Steam turbine plant and control device, and water quality management method for steam turbine plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11834969-B2
Application number	US-202017630237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 25, 2020
Priority date	Sep 25, 2019
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

A steam turbine plant includes a chemical supply part configured to supply a pH adjuster to feedwater to a steam generator, an adjustment part for adjusting a supply amount of the pH adjuster to the feedwater by the chemical supply part, and at least one carbon steel component that includes a pipe or a device formed from carbon steel and through which the feedwater flows, the carbon steel component being configured such that an internal temperature at least partially falls within a range of not less than 120° C. and not greater than 180° C. under load operating condition of the steam turbine plant. The adjustment part is configured to, under the load operating condition, adjust the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater in each of the at least one carbon steel component is not less than 9.8.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A steam turbine plant, comprising:
a chemical supply part configured to supply a pH adjuster to feedwater to a steam generator;
an adjustment part for adjusting a supply amount of the pH adjuster to the feedwater by the chemical supply part; and
at least one carbon steel component which includes a pipe or a device formed from carbon steel and through which the feedwater flows, the carbon steel component being configured such that an internal temperature at least partially falls within a range of not less than 120° C. and not greater than 180° C. under a load operating condition of the steam turbine plant,
wherein the adjustment part is configured to, under the load operating condition, adjust the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater in each of the at least one carbon steel component is not less than 9.8,
wherein the pH adjuster includes ammonia,
wherein the steam turbine plant comprises one or more steam drums for temporarily accommodating steam generated by a boiler serving as the steam generator,
wherein the one or more steam drums include:
a first drum supplied with the feedwater from a condenser and having a lowest internal pressure among the one or more steam drums; and
a second drum supplied with the feedwater from the condenser not via the first drum and having a higher internal pressure than the first drum,

wherein the at least one carbon steel component includes the first drum, and
wherein the adjustment part is configured to, under the load operating condition, adjust the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater to be supplied to the first drum is not less than 10.1.

2. The steam turbine plant according to claim 1 ,
wherein the pH adjuster includes a volatile substance.

3. The steam turbine plant according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjustment part is configured to decide the supply amount of the pH adjuster to the feedwater based on a concentration of the pH adjuster in the feedwater to be supplied to the steam generator or an index indicating the concentration.

4. A control device for controlling a steam turbine plant,
the steam turbine plant comprising:
a chemical supply part configured to supply a pH adjuster to feedwater to a steam generator; and
at least one carbon steel component which includes a pipe or a device formed from carbon steel and through which the feedwater flows, the carbon steel component being configured such that an internal temperature at least partially falls within a range of not less than 120° C. and not greater than 180° C. under load operating condition of the steam turbine plant,

wherein the control device is configured to, under the load operating condition, adjust the supply amount of the pH adjuster to the feedwater by the chemical supply part such that pH of the feedwater in each of the at least one carbon steel component is not less than 9.8,
wherein the pH adjuster includes ammonia,
wherein the steam turbine plant comprises one or more steam drums for temporarily accommodating steam generated by a boiler serving as the steam generator,
wherein the one or more steam drums include:
a first drum supplied with the feedwater from a condenser and having a lowest internal pressure among the one or more steam drums; and
a second drum supplied with the feedwater from the condenser not via the first drum and having a higher internal pressure than the first drum,

wherein the at least one carbon steel component includes the first drum, and
wherein the control device is configured to, under the load operating condition, adjust the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater to be supplied to the first drum is not less than 10.1.

5. A water quality management method for a steam turbine plant,
the steam turbine plant including
at least one carbon steel component which includes a pipe or a device formed from carbon steel and through which feedwater flows, the carbon steel component being configured such that an internal temperature at least partially falls within a range of not less than 120° C. and not greater than 180° C. under a load operating condition of the steam turbine plant,

the water quality management method comprising:
a step of supplying a pH adjuster to the feedwater to a steam generator; and
a step of, under the load operating condition, adjusting the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater in each of the at least one carbon steel component is not less than 9.8,
wherein the pH adjuster includes ammonia,
wherein the steam turbine plant comprises one or more steam drums for temporarily accommodating steam generated by a boiler serving as the steam generator,
wherein the one or more steam drums include:
a first drum supplied with the feedwater from a condenser and having a lowest internal pressure among the one or more steam drums; and
a second drum supplied with the feedwater from the condenser not via the first drum and having a higher internal pressure than the first drum,

wherein the at least one carbon steel component includes the first drum, and
wherein the method further comprises, under the load operating condition, adjusting the supply amount of the pH adjuster such that pH of the feedwater to be supplied to the first drum is not less than 10.1.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Power Ltd

Inventors

• HAMASAKI Akihiro
• Kido Haruka
• Nakamoto Mitsuru
• Tsubakizaki Senichi

Classifications

• F01K9/00 Primary

  Plants characterised by condensers arranged or modified to co-operate with the engines (by condensers structurally combined with engines F01K11/00; steam condensers per se F28B)(F01K23/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C02F1/66 Primary

  by neutralisation; pH adjustment (for degassing C02F1/20; using ion-exchange C02F1/42; for flocculation or precipitation of suspended impurities C02F1/52; for removing dissolved compounds C02F1/58) · CPC title

• F01D25/00

  Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups · CPC title

• F22B37/56

  Boiler cleaning control devices, e.g. for ascertaining proper duration of boiler blow-down · CPC title

• F22D11/006 Primary

  Arrangements of feedwater cleaning with a boiler · CPC title