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Granted Patent B2
US 9,982,555 · App. 15/116,706 · Granted May 29, 2018

Gas turbine power generation system

Inventors: Aung Ko Thet (Tokyo, JP); Noriaki Hino (Tokyo, JP); Naohiro Kusumi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
F01D15/10F01D5/02F02C3/10F02C6/14H02K7/1823F05D2220/32F05D2220/76F05D2240/60F05D2270/06
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Patent No.
US 9,982,555
App. No.
15/116,706
Granted
May 29, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine power generation system has a dual-shaft gas turbine, an electric generator mechanically connected to a low pressure turbine of the dual-shaft gas turbine and electrically connected to an electric power system, a rotary electric machine mechanically connected to a high pressure turbine through a compressor of the dual-shaft gas turbine and electrically connected to the electric power system, and an electric power output from the electric generator side to the electric power system is adjusted by operation of the rotary electric machine as a motor or as a generator.

Claims (22)

1. A gas turbine power generation system comprising:

a dual-shaft gas turbine;

an electric generator mechanically connected to a low pressure turbine of the dual-shaft gas turbine and electrically connected to a n electric power system;

a rotary electric machine mechanically connected to a high pressure turbine through a compressor of the dual-shaft gas turbine and electrically connected to the electric power system; and

an automatic voltage regulator for excitation of the electric generator; wherein

an electric power output from the electric generator side to the electric power system is adjusted by operation of the rotary electric machine as a motor or as a generator; and

the operation of the rotary electric machine adjusts the electric power output from the electric generator side corresponding to a difference between required power and the electric power controlled by the excitation.

2. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 1 wherein the operation of the rotary electric machine adjusts active power and reactive power.

3. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 1 wherein the frequency converter is operated by semiconductor switching devices.

4. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 1 further comprising:

a frequency converter electrically connected between the rotary electric machine and the electric power system,

wherein the rotary electric machine is operated by the frequency converter.

5. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 4 further comprising:

a control system that makes a reference voltage for the excitation and that controls the frequency converter so as to operate the rotary electric machine to adjust the electric power output from the electric generator side corresponding to the difference between required power and the electric power controlled by the excitation, on the basis of an objective.

6. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 5 wherein the control system controls reactive power of the electric generator and active power and reactive power of the frequency converter.

7. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 5 wherein the control system controls active power of the electric generator and active power and reactive power of the frequency converter.

8. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 5 wherein the objective is a power factor at the power electric system side.

9. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 8 wherein the control system has the objective to achieve constant power factor operation.

10. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 5 wherein the objective is voltage at the power electric system side.

11. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 10 wherein the control system has the objective to achieve voltage stabilized operation.

12. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 5 wherein the objective is active power at the power electric system side.

13. A gas turbine power generation system according to claim 12 wherein the control system has the objective to achieve frequency stabilized operation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 4, 2016
From: THET, AUNG KO; HINO, NORIAKI; KUSUMI, NAOHIRO
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 039347/0458 →
Continuity (1)
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