Gas turbine plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11459948-B2
Application number	US-202117167236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2021
Priority date	Feb 26, 2020
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A gas turbine plant includes a connection line configured to connect an outlet of a compressor high-pressure stage and an inlet of a turbine via a combustor, a bypass line configured to cause some or all of air compressed at a compressor low-pressure stage to bypass the compressor high-pressure stage and to be supplied to the connection line, and an adjustment device configured to adjust a flow rate of the air flowing through the bypass line. A plurality of types of fluid are supplied to the connection line in addition to the air compressed by the compressor, and during operation of the gas turbine plant, supply of at least one type of fluid of the plurality of types of fluid to the connection line is stopped according to an operating state of the gas turbine plant.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas turbine plant comprising:
a compressor including a compressor low-pressure stage for compressing air, and a compressor high-pressure stage for further compressing the air compressed at the compressor low-pressure stage;
a combustor configured to mix and combust the air compressed by the compressor and fuel;
a turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas generated in the combustor;
a connection line configured to connect an outlet of the compressor high-pressure stage and an inlet of the turbine via the combustor;
a bypass line configured to cause some or all of the air compressed at the compressor low-pressure stage to bypass the compressor high-pressure stage and to be supplied to the connection line;
a first adjustment device configured to adjust a flow rate of the air flowing through the bypass line;
a plurality of supply lines configured to supply a plurality of types of fluid, respectively, to the connection line in addition to the air compressed by the compressor;
a plurality of second adjustment devices provided in the plurality of supply lines, respectively, and configured to adjust an amount of a corresponding one of the plurality of types of fluid to be supplied to the connection line; and
a control device configured to control the first adjustment device and the plurality of second adjustment devices such that, during operation of the gas turbine plant, supply of at least one type of fluid of the plurality of types of fluid to the connection line is stopped according to an operating state of the gas turbine plant, and the bypass line is opened by the first adjustment device when the supply of the at least one type of fluid of the plurality of types of fluid to the connection line is stopped.

2. The gas turbine plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a fuel supply device configured to supply at least two types of fuel having different calorific values to the combustor, wherein
the plurality of types of fluid include the at least two types of fuel.

3. The gas turbine plant according to claim 2 ,
the fuel supply device is configured to supply, to the combustor, a first fuel and a second fuel having a lower calorific value than the first fuel, as the two types of fuel, and
the control device is configured to open the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when the first fuel is supplied to the combustor by the fuel supply device, and close the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when the second fuel is supplied to the combustor by the fuel supply device.

4. The gas turbine plant according to claim 2 ,
the control device is configured to open the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when a calorific value of the fuel supplied to the combustor by the fuel supply device is higher than a threshold value, and close the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when the calorific value of the fuel supplied to the combustor by the fuel supply device is lower than the threshold value.

5. The gas turbine plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a supply device configured to supply at least one of steam and water to the connection line, wherein
the plurality of types of fluid include at least one of steam and water.

6. The gas turbine plant according to claim 5 ,
the control device is configured to open the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when neither steam nor water is supplied to the connection line by the supply device, and close the bypass line by using the first adjustment device when at least one of steam and water is supplied to the connection line by the supply device.

7. The gas turbine plant according to claim 5 ,
the control device is configured to open or close the bypass line by using the first adjustment device, based on at least one of a supply amount of at least one of steam and water supplied to the connection line by the supply device, an output of the turbine, and a pressure at the outlet of the compressor high-pressure stage.

8. The gas turbine plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat recovery steam generator configured to heat at least one of steam or water by using heat of exhaust gas of the turbine; and
a feed water line configured to supply water to the heat recovery steam generator, wherein
the heat recovery steam generator includes a condensation economizer configured to condense a part of steam contained in the exhaust gas of the turbine, and
the plurality of supply lines includes a condensed water line configured to supply condensed water condensed by the condensation economizer to the feed water line or the connection line.

9. The gas turbine plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a heat recovery steam generator configured to heat at least one of steam or water by using heat of exhaust gas of the turbine;
a desalination device configured to produce fresh water by using energy generated in the gas turbine plant; and
a feed water line configured to supply water to the heat recovery steam generator,
wherein the plurality of supply lines includes a fresh water line configured to supply the fresh water produced by the desalination device to the feed water line or the connection line.

10. A gas turbine plant comprising:
a compressor;
a combustor configured to mix and combust air compressed by the compressor and fuel;
a turbine configured to be driven by combustion gas generated in the combustor;
a connection line configured to connect an outlet of the compressor and an inlet of the turbine via the combustor;
a plurality of supply lines configured to supply steam or water having different enthalpies to the connection line;
a plurality of adjustment devices provided in the plurality of supply lines, respectively, and configured to adjust an amount of steam or water to be supplied to the connection line;
at least one generator; and
a control device configured to control the plurality of adjustment devices, wherein
the control device is configured to increase an output of the turbine by controlling the plurality of adjustment devices to increase a supply amount of steam or water to be supplied to the connection line in order from steam or water having relatively higher enthalpy, among steam or water in the plurality of supply lines, and
the control device is configured to increase the supply amount of steam or water supplied to the connection line from the plurality of supply lines until any one of the following conditions (a) to (c) is satisfied:
(a) a total output of the at least one generator reaches a required value;
(b) all available steam or water is consumed; and
(c) a state of the gas turbine plant reaches the operational limit of the gas turbine plant.

11. The gas turbine plant according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a heat recovery steam generator configured to heat at least one of steam or water by using heat of exhaust gas of the turbine.

12. The gas turbine plant according to claim 11 , wherein the plurality of supply lines are configured to supply at least one of steam or water heated by the heat recovery steam generator to the connection line.

13. The gas turbine plant according to claim 12 , wherein
at least one of the plurality of supply lines branches to supply steam or water heated by the heat recovery steam generator as a heat source to the outside, and
the control device is configured to, when a heat demand of the outside is smaller than a reference level, control the plurality of adjustment devices to supply, to the connection line, steam or water with higher enthalpy than when the heat demand of the outside is great

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Uechi Hideyuki
• Song Hanjoon

Classifications

• F02C3/30 Primary

  Adding water, steam or other fluids {for influencing combustion, e.g. to obtain cleaner exhaust gases (F02C7/141, F02C7/30, F01D21/00, F01K21/04, F23D11/10 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F02C9/40

  specially adapted to the use of a special fuel or a plurality of fuels · CPC title

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F02C3/305 Primary

  Increasing the power, speed, torque or efficiency of a gas turbine or the thrust of a turbojet engine by injecting or adding water, steam or other fluids (F01K21/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02C6/18

  using the waste heat of gas-turbine plants outside the plants themselves, e.g. gas-turbine power heat plants (using waste heat as source of energy for refrigeration plants F25B27/02; using the waste heat of a gasturbine for steam generation or in a steam cycle see F01K23/10) · CPC title