IP Library Granted Patent US 11,274,600
Granted Patent B2
US 11,274,600 · App. 16/678,517 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Combined cycle plant, control device thereof, and operation method thereof

Inventors: Yuya Tsukuda (Yokohama, JP); Yasuhiro Shirahama (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
F02C6/18F01K13/02F01K23/105F02N9/04
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Patent No.
US 11,274,600
App. No.
16/678,517
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device causes a combined cycle plant to perform a first operation section, a second operation section, and a third operation section. In the first operation section, a first gas turbine unit and a steam turbine are driven without driving an auxiliary combustion device. The control device causes the plant to perform the second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the auxiliary combustion device, and the steam turbine are driven when a required output equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received. The control device causes the plant to perform the third operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving an auxiliary combustion device when a required output equal to or greater than a maximum output in the second operation section is received.

Claims (30)

1. An operation method of a combined cycle plant comprising:

a first gas turbine unit including a first gas turbine and a first heat recovery steam generator which is configured to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas of the first gas turbine;

a steam turbine which is configured to be driven by steam generated from the first heat recovery steam generator;

an auxiliary combustion device which is configured to burn fuel in a steam generator frame of the first heat recovery steam generator to increase an amount of generated steam so that an output of the steam turbine is increased; and

a second gas turbine unit including a second gas turbine and a second heat recovery steam generator which is configured to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas of the second gas turbine,

the operation method of the combined cycle plant executing:

a first operation section in which the first gas turbine unit is driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device, or the first gas turbine unit and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device;

a second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the auxiliary combustion device, and the steam turbine are driven when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received; and

a third operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the second operation section is received.

2. The operation method of the combined cycle plant according to claim 1 , wherein any one of performance of an alternative second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device, and performance of the second operation section is selectable when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received.

3. The operation method of the combined cycle plant according to claim 2 , wherein an indication that any one of the alternative second operation section and the second operation section is executable is displayed when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received.

4. The operation method of the combined cycle plant according to claim 3 , wherein a plant efficiency when the alternative second operation section is performed and a plant efficiency when the second operation section is performed are displayed.

5. A control device of a combined cycle plant including:

a first gas turbine unit including a first gas turbine and a first heat recovery steam generator which is configured to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas of the first gas turbine;

a steam turbine which is configured to be driven by steam generated from the first heat recovery steam generator;

an auxiliary combustion device which is configured to burn fuel in a steam generator frame of the first heat recovery steam generator to increase an amount of generated steam so that an output of the steam turbine is increased; and

a second gas turbine unit including a second gas turbine and a second heat recovery steam generator which is configured to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas of the second gas turbine,

the control device of the combined cycle plant comprising a control unit which controls the first gas turbine unit, the steam turbine, the auxiliary combustion device, and the second gas turbine unit such that they are able to perform:

a first operation section in which the first gas turbine unit is driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device, or the first gas turbine unit and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device;

a second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the auxiliary combustion device, and the steam turbine are driven when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received; and

a third operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the second operation section is received.

6. The control device of the combined cycle plant according to claim 5 , further comprising a receiving unit which receives any one selection between an alternative second operation section in which the first gas turbine unit, the second gas turbine unit, and the steam turbine are driven without driving the auxiliary combustion device, and the second operation section, and causes the control unit to perform the received operation section when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received.

7. The control device of the combined cycle plant according to claim 6 , further comprising a display unit which displays an indication that any one of the alternative second operation section and the second operation section is executable when a required output that is equal to or greater than a maximum output in the first operation section is received.

8. The control device of the combined cycle plant according to claim 7 , wherein the display unit displays a plant efficiency when the alternative second operation section is performed and a plant efficiency when the second operation section is performed.

9. A combined cycle plant comprising:

the control device of the combined cycle plant according to claim 5 ;

the first gas turbine unit;

the steam turbine;

the auxiliary combustion device; and

the second gas turbine unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054344/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2019
From: TSUKUDA, YUYA; SHIRAHAMA, YASUHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 050960/0315 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-211980 · Nov 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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