Method for cleaning steam system of combined cycle plant

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12129792-B2
Application number	US-202218275082-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 8, 2022
Priority date	Mar 12, 2021
Publication date	Oct 29, 2024
Grant date	Oct 29, 2024

Abstract

A method for cleaning a steam system including an intermittent operation processing step and a commissioning processing step are executed. The intermittent operation processing step includes: a no-load operation step in which a gas turbine is operated with no load, with a steam stop valve and a bypass valve closed; during the no-load operation step, a pressure accumulating step in which steam is accumulated in a pressure accumulation region; and, after the pressure accumulating step, an intermittent blowing step in which the bypass valve is opened, and steam in the pressure accumulation region is allowed to flow into a condenser. The commissioning processing step includes: a commissioning step in which the gas turbine is commissioned with the steam stop valve closed and the bypass valve open; and a continuous blowing step in which steam from a waste heat recovery boiler is allowed to flow into the condenser.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant including a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator configured to generate steam by utilizing heat of an exhaust gas exhausted from the gas turbine, a steam turbine driven by the steam from the heat recovery steam generator, a condenser configured to convert the steam exhausted from the steam turbine back to water, a condensate pump configured to raise a pressure of the water from the condenser, a main steam line configured to guide the steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator to the steam turbine, a steam stop valve provided in the main steam line and configured to stop an inflow of the steam into the steam turbine, a bypass line branched from a position closer to a side of the heat recovery steam generator than the steam stop valve in the main steam line is and connected to the condenser, a bypass valve provided in the bypass line, a condensate line configured to guide the water inside the condenser to the condensate pump, and a water supply line configured to guide the water whose pressure is raised by the condensate pump to the heat recovery steam generator, the method comprising:
an intermittent operation processing step; and
a commissioning processing step performed after the intermittent processing step,
wherein the intermittent operation processing step includes
a no-load operation step of supplying a fuel to the gas turbine, and performing a no-load operation on the gas turbine in a state where the steam stop valve and the bypass valve are closed,
a pressure accumulating step of generating the steam in the heat recovery steam generator by utilizing the heat of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and accumulating the steam in a pressure accumulating region which is a portion closer to a side of the heat recovery steam generator than the steam stop valve in the main steam line is and a portion closer to the heat recovery steam generator side than the bypass valve in the bypass line is, during the no-load operation step,
an intermittent blowing step of stopping fuel supply to the gas turbine, opening the bypass valve, and causing the steam inside the pressure accumulating region to flow into the condenser, after the pressure accumulating step, and
a post-intermittent blowing foreign matter removing step of removing foreign matter inside the condenser and inside the condensate line after the intermittent blowing step, and

the commissioning processing step includes
a commissioning step of supplying the fuel to the gas turbine, and performing commissioning on the gas turbine, in a state where the steam stop valve is closed and in a state where the bypass valve is open,
a continuous blowing step of generating the steam in the heat recovery steam generator by utilizing the heat of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and causing the steam from the heat recovery steam generator to flow into the condenser via a portion of the main steam line and the bypass line, during the commissioning step, and
a post-commissioning foreign matter removing step of removing the foreign matter inside the condenser and inside the condensate line after a fuel supply to the gas turbine is stopped, after the commissioning step.

2. The method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant according to claim 1 ,
wherein the intermittent operation processing step is performed multiple times before the commissioning step.

3. The method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant according to claim 1 ,
wherein the commissioning processing step includes a partial load commissioning processing step,
the partial load commissioning processing step includes
a partial load continuous blowing step which is a portion of the continuous blowing step, and
a post-partial load foreign matter removing step which is a portion of the post-commissioning foreign matter removing step,

in the partial load commissioning step, the fuel is supplied to the gas turbine, and partial load commissioning is performed on the gas turbine, in a state where the steam stop valve is closed and in a state where the bypass valve is open,
in the partial load continuous blowing step, the steam is generated in the heat recovery steam generator by utilizing the heat of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and the steam from the heat recovery steam generator is caused to flow into the condenser via a portion of the main steam line and the bypass line, during the partial load commissioning step, and
the post-partial load foreign matter removing step is performed after the fuel supply to the gas turbine is stopped, after the partial load commissioning step, and
in the post-partial load foreign matter removing step, the foreign matter inside the condenser and inside the condensate line is removed.

4. The method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant according to claim 1 ,
wherein the commissioning processing step includes a partial load commissioning processing step,
the partial load commissioning processing step includes a first load commissioning processing step and a second load commissioning processing step performed after the first load commissioning processing,
the first load commissioning processing step includes
a first load continuous blowing step which is a portion of the continuous blowing step, and
a post-first load foreign matter removing step which is a portion of the post-commissioning foreign matter removing step,

in the first load commissioning step, the fuel is supplied to the gas turbine, and commissioning is performed on the gas turbine in a state where the steam stop valve is closed and in a state where the bypass valve is open,
in the first load continuous blowing step, the steam is generated in the heat recovery steam generator by utilizing the heat of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and the steam from the heat recovery steam generator is caused to flow into the condenser via a portion of the main steam line and the bypass line, during the first load commissioning step, and
the post-first load foreign matter removing step is performed after the fuel supply to the gas turbine is stopped, after the first load commissioning step,
in the post-first load foreign matter removing step, the foreign matter inside the condenser and inside the condensate line is removed,
the second load commissioning processing step includes
a second load continuous blowing step which is a portion of the continuous blowing step, and
a post-second load foreign matter removing step which is a portion of the post-commissioning foreign matter removing step,

in the second load commissioning step, the fuel is supplied to the gas turbine, and commissioning is performed on the gas turbine in a state where the steam stop valve is closed and in a state where the bypass valve is open,
in the second load continuous blowing step, the steam is generated in the heat recovery steam generator by utilizing the heat of the exhaust gas from the gas turbine, the steam from the heat recovery steam generator is caused to flow into the condenser via a portion of the main steam line and the bypass line, during the second load commissioning step, and
the post-second load foreign matter removing step is performed after the fuel supply to the gas turbine is stopped, after the second load commissioning step, and
in the post-second load foreign matter removing step, the foreign matter inside the condenser and inside the condensate line is removed.

5. The method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant according to claim 3 ,
wherein the partial load commissioning processing step is performed multiple times.

6. The method for cleaning a steam system of a combined cycle plant according to claim 3

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ueda Tatsuki
• KUWAZURU Kazushige
• Fujimura Daiki
• GOSHIMA Motohiro

Classifications

• F02C9/18

  by bleeding, bypassing or acting on variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or their stages {(F02C3/113 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F01D25/002 Primary

  Cleaning of turbomachines · CPC title

• Y02E20/16

  Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT] · CPC title

• F01D17/145

  by means of valves, e.g. for steam turbines (valves in general F16K) · CPC title

• F01K9/02

  Arrangements or modifications of condensate or air pumps · CPC title