Combined power generation system and control method thereof
Disclosed herein is a combined power generation system that includes a heat recovery steam generator configured to recover exhaust heat from a gas turbine to produce steam and including a high-pressure superheater and a reheater, a steam turbine operated by receiving the produced steam and including a high-pressure turbine, a medium-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine, a condenser installed under the low-pressure turbine to condense steam, a high-pressure steam line for supplying the high-pressure turbine with the steam produced by the high-pressure superheater, a medium-pressure steam line for supplying the medium-pressure turbine with the steam that has passed through the high-pressure turbine, a high-pressure bypass line connected from the high-pressure steam line to the medium-pressure steam line, a reheat steam bypass line connected from downstream of the medium-pressure steam line to the condenser, and an additional high-pressure bypass line connected from the high-pressure steam line to the condenser.
1. A combined power generation system comprising:
a heat recovery steam generator configured to recover exhaust heat from a gas turbine to produce steam, the heat recovery steam generator comprising a high-pressure superheater and a reheater;
a steam turbine operated by receiving the produced steam, the steam turbine comprising a high-pressure turbine, a medium-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine;
a condenser installed under the low-pressure turbine to condense the steam;
a high-pressure steam line for supplying the high-pressure turbine with the steam produced by the high-pressure superheater;
a medium-pressure steam line for supplying the medium-pressure turbine with the steam that has passed through the high-pressure turbine;
a high-pressure bypass line connected from the high-pressure steam line to the medium-pressure steam line;
a reheat steam bypass line connected from downstream of the medium-pressure steam line to the condenser, and
an additional high-pressure bypass line connected from the high-pressure steam line to the condenser,
wherein the additional high-pressure bypass line has a physical capacity which is equal to a value determined by:
multiplying a difference in the amount of steam that is able to be discharged from the high-pressure bypass line and from the reheat steam bypass line, by a ratio of a design condition flux of the high-pressure bypass line and a discharge flux at startup, and
wherein the amount of steam is calculated by multiplying a reference cross-sectional area derived by multiplying a reciprocal of a product of density and sound speed under design pressure and temperature conditions by a design flux, and a product of density and sound speed under steam turbine pressure and temperature conditions required at startup.
2. The combined power generation system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a high-pressure bypass valve provided in the high-pressure bypass line;
a reheat steam bypass valve provided in the reheat steam bypass line; and
an additional high-pressure bypass valve provided in the additional high-pressure bypass line.
3. The combined power generation system according to claim 2 , wherein when the reference cross-sectional area is derived,
in the high-pressure bypass line, a maximum cross-sectional area is obtained by dividing a design flux by a maximum steam flux per unit area and dividing the same by a valve position at the time of design, and
in the reheat steam bypass line, a maximum cross-sectional area is obtained by dividing a design flux by a maximum steam flux per unit area and dividing the same by a valve position at the time of design.
4. The combined power generation system according to claim 2 , wherein when the amount of steam that is able to be discharged at startup is derived,
in the high-pressure bypass line, under conditions at startup, a steam flux is calculated by multiplying a maximum steam flux per unit area by the reference cross-sectional area, and
in the reheat steam bypass line, under conditions at startup, a steam flux is calculated by multiplying a maximum steam flux per unit area by the reference cross-sectional area.
5. The combined power generation system according to claim 2 , wherein when the capacity of the additional high-pressure bypass line is determined,
for conversion into design conditions, the difference in the amount of steam that is able to be discharged from the high-pressure bypass line and from the reheat steam bypass line is multiplied by the ratio of the design condition flux and the discharge flux at startup, and
the capacity of the additional high-pressure bypass line is designed to be a maximum valve position by dividing the design condition flux by a valve position at the time of design.