IP Library Granted Patent US 11,181,047
Granted Patent B2
US 11,181,047 · App. 16/772,972 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Fuel supply system, gas turbine, electricity generation plant, control method, and program

Inventors: Makoto Kishi (Tokyo, JP); Keisuke Yamamoto (Tokyo, JP); Hiroyuki Nakagawa (Yokohama, JP); Hisashi Nakahara (Yokohama, JP); Shinya Uchida (Yokohama, JP); Ryo Koto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.
F02C9/28F02C7/232F02C7/224F05D2220/76F05D2240/35F05D2270/301F05D2270/303
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Patent No.
US 11,181,047
App. No.
16/772,972
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine fuel supply system includes a fuel supply flow passage that includes a fuel gas heater which heats fuel and supplies the fuel heated by the fuel gas heater to a first nozzle and a second nozzle, a bypass flow passage that supplies the fuel to the first nozzle without passing through the fuel supply flow passage, and a bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel flowing in the bypass flow passage.

Claims (29)

1. A fuel supply system comprising:

a fuel supply flow passage that includes a fuel gas heater which heats fuel of a gas turbine and supplies the fuel heated by the fuel gas heater to a first nozzle of a pilot system which supplies flames serving as pilot flames and a second nozzle of another fuel system;

a bypass flow passage that connects to the pilot system and supplies the fuel to the first nozzle without passing through the fuel supply flow passage; and

a bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel flowing in the bypass flow passage.

2. The fuel supply system according to claim 1 , wherein a density of the fuel which is supplied to the first nozzle via the bypass flow passage is higher than a density of the fuel which is supplied to the first nozzle via the fuel supply flow passage.

3. The fuel supply system according to claim 1 , wherein a pressure loss in the bypass flow passage is less than a pressure loss in the fuel supply flow passage.

4. The fuel supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising a discharge flow passage of drainage that connects the bypass flow passage and the fuel supply flow passage.

5. The fuel supply system according to claim 4 , wherein the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve is provided between a connection position of the discharge flow passage in the bypass flow passage and a manifold to which the first nozzle is connected.

6. The fuel supply system according to claim 5 , wherein the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve is provided at a position which is closer to the manifold than the connection position of the discharge flow passage.

7. The fuel supply system according to claim 1 , wherein, when a piping distance between the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve and a manifold to which the first nozzle is connected is defined as a first distance and a piping distance between a first fuel flow rate adjusting valve that is disposed in the fuel supply flow passage and adjusts a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the first nozzle and the manifold is defined as a second distance, the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve is provided at a position at which the first distance is equal to or less than the second distance.

8. The fuel supply system according to claim 1 , further comprising a control device that adjusts an opening of the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve.

9. The fuel supply system according to claim 8 , wherein a first fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel supplied to the first nozzle is provided in the fuel supply flow passage, and

wherein the control device opens the first fuel flow rate adjusting valve and the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve at a time of a decrease in load with an opening greater than that before the decrease in load of the gas turbine.

10. The fuel supply system according to claim 9 , wherein the control device performs control for fully opening the first fuel flow rate adjusting valve for a predetermined time at the time of the decrease in load and opening the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve, which is in a closed state before the decrease in load, with a predetermined opening at the time of the decrease in load.

11. The fuel supply system according to claim 10 , wherein the control device controls the opening of the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve after the decrease in load, on the basis of a change index of a fuel flow rate which is determined according to an elapsed time after the decrease in load.

12. The fuel supply system according to claim 9 , wherein the control device learns a coefficient for adjusting the opening of the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve on the basis of a fuel-air ratio of the first nozzle and a fuel-air ratio of the second nozzle at the time of the decrease in load and information indicating a relationship between the fuel-air ratio of the first nozzle and the fuel-air ratio of the second nozzle at which a misfire occurs.

13. The fuel supply system according to claim 8 , wherein the control device corrects the opening of the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve on the basis of an environmental condition indicating a state of air which is suctioned into the gas turbine.

14. The fuel supply system according to claim 8 , wherein the control device corrects the opening of the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve on the basis of a fuel condition indicating a feature of the fuel.

15. A gas turbine comprising:

a compressor;

a combustor;

a turbine; and

the fuel supply system according to claim 1 .

16. A power generation plant comprising:

the gas turbine according to claim 15 ;

a steam turbine; and

a power generator.

17. A control method for a fuel supply system including: a fuel supply flow passage that includes a fuel gas heater which heats fuel of a gas turbine and supplies the fuel heated by the fuel gas heater to a first nozzle of a pilot system which supplies flames serving as pilot flames and a second nozzle of another fuel system, a bypass flow passage that connects to the pilot system and supplies the fuel to the first nozzle without passing through the fuel supply flow passage, and a bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve that adjusts a flow rate of the fuel flowing in the bypass flow passage,

wherein the bypass fuel flow rate adjusting valve is controlled from a closed state to an open state at the time of a decrease in load of the gas turbine.

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 Jun 15, 2020
From: KISHI, MAKOTO; YAMAMOTO, KEISUKE; NAKAGAWA, HIROYUKI; NAKAHARA, HISASHI; UCHIDA, SHINYA; KOTO, RYO
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052940/0136 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-003422 · Jan 12, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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