Gas turbine cogeneration system, method of operating gas turbine cogeneration system, and method of modifying gas turbine cogeneration system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12258902-B2
Application number	US-202318510997-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 16, 2023
Priority date	Nov 29, 2022
Publication date	Mar 25, 2025
Grant date	Mar 25, 2025

Abstract

A gas turbine cogeneration system includes: a gas turbine; a first fuel supply facility for supplying a first fuel to the combustor; a second fuel supply facility for supplying a second fuel with a calorific value per mass lower than the first fuel; a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam using exhaust gas discharged from the turbine; a steam supply line for supplying steam discharged from the heat recovery steam generator to a steam consumer; a steam extraction line for supplying steam extracted from the steam supply line to both a head end side of the combustor and a turbine side of the combustor; and a fuel control part for controlling the first and second fuel supply facilities so that the amount of the first fuel decreases and the amount of the second fuel increases with a decrease in extraction amount of steam by the steam extraction line.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of operating a gas turbine cogeneration system, the gas turbine cogeneration system comprising:
a gas turbine including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine;
a first fuel supply facility for supplying a first fuel to the combustor;
a second fuel supply facility for supplying a second fuel to the combustor, the second fuel having a calorific value per mass that is lower than that of the first fuel;
a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam using exhaust gas discharged from the turbine;
a steam supply line for supplying the steam discharged from the heat recovery steam generator to a steam consumer; and
a steam extraction line for supplying steam extracted from the steam supply line to both a head end side of the combustor and a turbine side of the combustor, the turbine side of the combustor being closer to the turbine than the head end,
the method comprising;
acquiring a consumer steam increase command to increase a consumer steam supply amount, the consumer steam supply amount being a supply amount of the steam supplied to the steam consumer;
controlling the steam supply line to achieve the consumer steam supply amount indicated by the consumer steam increase command;
controlling the steam extraction line to reduce an extraction amount of the steam extracted by the steam extraction line in response to the increased consumer steam supply amount;
controlling the first fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the first fuel decreases in response to the decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line; and
controlling the second fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the second fuel increases in response to the decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line.

2. A method of modifying a gas turbine cogeneration system, the gas turbine cogeneration system comprising:
a gas turbine including a compressor, a combustor configured to burn only a first fuel, and a turbine;
a first fuel supply facility for supplying the first fuel to the combustor;
a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam using exhaust gas discharged from the turbine;
a steam supply line for supplying the steam discharged from the heat recovery steam generator to a steam consumer; and
a steam extraction line for supplying the steam extracted from the steam supply line to both a head end side of the combustor and a turbine side of the combustor, the turbine side of the combustor being closer to the turbine than the head end,
the method comprising:
replacing the combustor configured to burn only the first fuel with a second combustor configured to burn both the first fuel and a second fuel with a calorific value per mass lower than the first fuel;
adding a second fuel supply facility for supplying the second fuel to the second combustor; and
changing a controller configured to control only the first fuel supply facility to a second controller configured to control each of the first fuel supply facility and the second fuel supply facility, the second controller comprising a processor communicatively coupled with a memory, the memory having instructions programmed therein which, when executed by the processor, cause the second controller to:
acquire a consumer steam increase command to increase a consumer steam supply amount, the consumer steam supply amount being a supply amount of the steam supplied to the steam consumer;
control the steam supply line to achieve the consumer steam supply amount indicated by the consumer steam increase command;
control the steam extraction line so as to reduce an extraction amount of the steam extracted by the steam extraction line in response to the increased consumer steam supply amount:
control the first fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the first fuel decreases in response to a decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line; and
control the second fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the second fuel increases in response to the decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line.

3. A gas turbine cogeneration system, comprising:
a gas turbine including a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine;
a first fuel supply facility for supplying a first fuel to the combustor;
a second fuel supply facility for supplying a second fuel to the combustor, the second fuel having a calorific value per mass that is lower than that of the first fuel;
a heat recovery steam generator for generating steam using exhaust gas discharged from the turbine;
a steam supply line for supplying the steam discharged from the heat recovery steam generator to a steam consumer;
a steam extraction line for supplying steam extracted from the steam supply line to both a head end side of the combustor and a turbine side of the combustor, the turbine side of the combustor being closer to the turbine than the head end; and
a controller comprising a processor communicatively coupled with a memory, the memory having instructions programmed therein which, when executed by the processor, cause the controller to:
acquire a consumer steam increase command to increase a consumer steam supply amount, the consumer steam supply amount being a supply amount of the steam supplied to the steam consumer;
control the steam supply line to achieve the consumer steam supply amount indicated by the consumer steam increase command;
control the steam extraction line to reduce an extraction amount of the steam extracted by the steam extraction line in response to the increased consumer steam supply amount;
control the first fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the first fuel decreases in response to a decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line; and
control the second fuel supply facility so that a supply amount of the second fuel increases in response to the decrease in the extraction amount of the steam by the steam extraction line.

4. The gas turbine cogeneration system according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to increase the supply amount of the second fuel while satisfying a condition that a pressure ratio of the compressor is less than an allowable upper limit pressure ratio.

5. The gas turbine cogeneration system according to claim 4 , wherein the controller is further configured to: determine whether the pressure ratio calculated based on a measurement result of an air pressure measuring tool for measuring the pressure ratio of the compressor is not more than the allowable upper limit pressure ratio; and
decrease the supply amount of the second fuel when the pressure ratio is determined to be more than the allowable upper limit pressure ratio.

6. The gas turbine cogeneration system according to claim 3 , wherein the controller is further configured to:
acquire the supply amount of the first fuel and the supply amount of the second fuel, based on a target output of the gas turbine and an output of the gas turbine measured after it is determined that the steam is supplied in accordance with the consumer steam increase command.

7. The gas turbine cogeneration system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a water recovery system including a heat exchanging vessel for recovering water from the exhaust gas by heat exchange between the exhaust gas from the heat recovery steam generator and refrigerant water; and
a feedwater tank for storing boiler feedwater for supplying recovered water recovered by the water recovery system to the heat recovery steam generator.

8. The gas turbine cogeneration system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the first fuel is any of natural gas, off gas, or hydrogen

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Asao Takashi
• Sato Kazuhiko
• Yoshida Shohei
• Akiyama Ryo

Classifications

• F02C3/22 Primary

  the fuel or oxidant being gaseous at standard temperature and pressure (F02C3/28 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F02C9/28

  Regulating systems responsive to plant or ambient parameters, e.g. temperature, pressure, rotor speed (F02C9/30 - F02C9/38, F02C9/44 take precedence) · CPC title

• F05D2240/35

  Combustors or associated equipment · CPC title

• F02C3/30

  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

• Y02E20/16

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