Water quality monitoring system and steam turbine system including the same as well as water quality monitoring method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11060422-B2
Application number	US-201916273630-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A water quality monitoring system is disclosed including a sampling pipe that acquires steam that passes a bleed pipe that bleeds steam from a low pressure turbine to which steam of low pressure is supplied from among steam turbines, a steam inlet tank into which the steam acquired by the sampling pipe flows, a water quality measurement apparatus that measures the water quality of condensed water condensed from the steam flowed in the steam inlet tank, and a water quality diagnosis apparatus that diagnoses the water quality of the condensed water using a result of the measurement of the water quality measurement apparatus. The steam inlet tank is installed at a location higher than that of the water quality measurement apparatus such that the water quality measurement apparatus measures the water quality of the condensed water boosted to the atmospheric pressure utilizing the head difference.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water quality monitoring system evaluating a quality of steam used in a steam turbine system including steam turbines that produce mechanical energy from steam generated by a steam generation source, comprising:
a sampling pipe configured to acquire steam that bled from a low pressure turbine to which steam of low pressure is supplied from among the steam turbines;
a steam inlet tank into which the steam acquired by the sampling pipe flows;
a water quality measurement apparatus configured to measure a water quality of condensed water condensed from the steam flowed in the steam inlet tank; and
a water quality diagnosis apparatus configured to diagnose the water quality of the condensed water using a result of the measurement of the water quality measurement apparatus; wherein
the steam inlet tank is installed on a different floor of a building from the water quality measurement apparatus and at a location higher in height where the condensed water is boosted to atmospheric pressure due to a head difference with respect to the water quality measurement apparatus such that the water quality measurement apparatus measures the water quality of the condensed water boosted to the atmospheric pressure utilizing the head difference.

2. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a condensing apparatus having a cooling section for condensing the steam having flowed into the steam inlet tank.

3. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an introduction section configured to introduce a test piece to be exposed to the steam to be flowed in the steam inlet tank.

4. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 3 , wherein the introduction section is installed in a branch pipe branched from the sampling pipe and having a valve and is disposed in parallel to the steam inlet tank.

5. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a U-shape pipe provided between the steam inlet tank and the water quality measurement apparatus.

6. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the sampling pipe acquires steam having flowed into a feed water heater passing the bleed pipe.

7. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the sampling pipe acquires steam from the bleed pipe.

8. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the water quality diagnosis apparatus includes a display section that issues a warning notification when it is diagnosed that the water quality of the condensed water is deteriorated from a predetermined value.

9. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the water quality diagnosis apparatus includes a data collection section that stores a result of the measurement of the water quality measurement apparatus and water quality data of the condensed water.

10. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a turbine operation controlling section configured to adjust operation of the steam turbines based on a result of the water quality diagnosis by the water quality diagnosis apparatus.

11. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the water quality diagnosis apparatus includes a working stress evaluation section configured to evaluate working stress applied to the steam turbines.

12. The water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the water quality measurement apparatus measures one or more of pH, a dissolved oxygen amount, a temperature, electric conductivity, a cation concentration, a corrosion potential and an oxidation-reduction potential of the condensed water.

13. A steam turbine system, comprising:
the water quality monitoring system according to claim 1 .

14. A water quality monitoring method evaluating a quality of steam to be used in a steam turbine system including steam turbines that produce mechanical energy from steam generated by a steam generation source, comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring steam that passes a bleed pipe that bleeds steam from a low pressure turbine to which steam of low pressure is supplied from among the steam turbines;
a generation step of causing the steam acquired at the acquisition step to flow into a steam inlet tank and then condensing the steam to generate condensed water;
a water quality measurement step of measuring the water quality of the condensed water generated by the generation step; and
a water quality diagnosis step of diagnosing the water quality of the condensed water using a result of the measurement by the water quality measurement step, wherein
at the generation step, the condensed water is generated at a location on a different floor of a building from a water quality measurement apparatus and higher in height where the condensed water is boosted to atmospheric pressure due to a head difference with respect to the water quality measurement apparatus configured to measure the water quality of the condensed water such that the water quality measurement apparatus measures the water quality of the condensed water boosted to the atmospheric pressure utilizing the head difference.

15. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 14 , wherein,
the generation step generates the condensed water by cooling the steam using a cooling section.

16. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
an exposure step exposing a test piece to the steam acquired by the acquisition step.

17. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 16 , wherein the exposure step places the test piece into a branch pipe branched from a pipe for generating the steam at the generation step and including a valve.

18. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
an evaluation step of evaluating one or more of a crack growth characteristic, a crevice corrosion characteristic and stress corrosion cracking using the test piece generated at the exposure step.

19. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 16 , wherein for the test piece to be used at the exposure step, a material sensitized more than a used material that is used in the steam turbines is used.

20. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 14 , wherein the water quality measurement step measures one or more of the pH, dissolved oxygen amount, temperature, electric conductivity, cation concentration, corrosion potential and oxidation-reduction potential of the condensed water.

21. The water quality monitoring method according to claim 14 , further comprising:
a displaying step of issuing a warning notification when it is diagnosed by the water quality diagnosis step that the water quality of the condensed water is deteriorated with respect to a predetermined value.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Power Ltd

Inventors

• Sekine Yuichi
• Asai Kunio
• Iwamoto Yuichi
• Tamura Shingo

Classifications

• G01N2001/2229

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• G01N1/2226 Primary

  Sampling from a closed space, e.g. food package, head space · CPC title

• F22B37/38 Primary

  Determining or indicating operating conditions in steam boilers, e.g. monitoring direction or rate of water flow through water tubes · CPC title

• F01D25/32

  Collecting of condensation water; Drainage {; Removing solid particles} · CPC title

• F01D21/003

  Arrangements for testing or measuring (for measuring vibrations G01H) · CPC title