Dual-fuel power system and air supply and purging method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12410754-B2
Application number	US-202217774116-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2022
Priority date	Feb 15, 2022
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

A dual-fuel power system and an air supply and purging method thereof are provided. The dual-fuel power system includes a plurality of dual-fuel power devices, a first air compressor and a second air compressor. Each of the plurality of dual-fuel power devices includes a compressed air supply pipeline, a first fuel nozzle and a second fuel nozzle, and the compressed air supply pipelines of the plurality of dual-fuel power devices are connected in sequence. The first air compressor includes a first air storage cylinder connected with the compressed air supply pipeline of any one of the plurality of dual-fuel power devices to supply air to the plurality of dual-fuel power devices; and the second air compressor includes a second air storage cylinder connected with the compressed air supply pipeline of any one of the plurality of dual-fuel power devices to supply air to the plurality of dual-fuel power devices. Thus, the plurality of dual-fuel power devices can be supplied with air through the second air compressor when the air supply from the first air compressor is insufficient.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dual-fuel power system, comprising:
three or more dual-fuel engines, each of the three or more dual-fuel engines comprising a compressed air supply pipeline, a first fuel nozzle and a second fuel nozzle, the compressed air supply pipeline being connected with the first fuel nozzle and the second fuel nozzle, and the compressed air supply pipelines of the three or more dual-fuel engines being connected to a main purging pipeline sequentially;
a first air compressor comprising a first air storage cylinder configured to be connected to the main purging pipeline from a first of two ends of the main purging pipeline to supply air to purge at least one of the first fuel nozzle and the second fuel nozzle of each of the three or more dual-fuel engines; and
a second air compressor comprising a second air storage cylinder configured to be connected to the main purging pipeline from a second of the two ends of the main purging pipeline to supply air to purge at least one of the first fuel nozzle and the second fuel nozzle of each of the three or more dual-fuel engines,
wherein the first air compressor and the second air compressor are combined to purge the three or more dual-fuel engines from the two ends of the main purging pipeline.

2. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a control device comprising a first air compressor control circuit and a second air compressor control circuit,
wherein the first air compressor control circuit and the second air compressor control circuit are in communicative connection with each other,
the first air compressor control circuit is in communicative connection with the first air compressor, and is configured to control starting and air displacement of the first air compressor;
the second air compressor control circuit is in communicative connection with the second air compressor, and is configured to control starting and air displacement of the second air compressor.

3. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 2 , wherein
the first air compressor control circuit is configured to control the first air compressor to start when any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines is started, and send a starting signal to the second air compressor control circuit when a pressure value of the first air storage cylinder is continuously less than a first predetermined pressure value for a predetermined time indicating a potential failure of the first air compressor; and
the second air compressor control circuit is configured to control the second air compressor to start according to the starting signal.

4. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 3 , wherein the first air compressor control circuit is further configured to increase the air displacement of the first air compressor to increase the pressure value of the first air storage cylinder when the pressure value of the first air storage cylinder is less than the first predetermined pressure value.

5. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 3 , wherein the second air compressor control circuit is further configured to increase the air displacement of the second air compressor to increase a pressure value of the second air storage cylinder when the second air compressor has been started and the pressure value of the second air storage cylinder is less than the first predetermined pressure value.

6. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first air compressor control circuit is further configured to reduce the air displacement of the first air compressor to reduce the pressure value of the first air storage cylinder when the pressure value of the first air storage cylinder is greater than a second predetermined pressure value; and/or, the second air compressor control circuit is configured to reduce the air displacement of the second air compressor to reduce the pressure value of the second air storage cylinder when the pressure value of the second air storage cylinder is greater than the second predetermined pressure value; and
the second predetermined pressure value is greater than or equal to the first predetermined pressure value.

7. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 2 , wherein:
in the control device further comprises a nozzle purging control circuit, and each of the three or more dual-fuel engines comprises a first valve and a second valve, the first valve is located between the first fuel nozzle and the compressed air supply pipeline, the second valve is located between the second fuel nozzle and the compressed air supply pipeline; and
the nozzle purging control circuit is in communicative connection with the three or more dual-fuel engines and configured to control opening and closing of the first valve and the second valve.

8. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 7 , wherein,
the nozzle purging control circuit is configured to control the first valve to close and the second valve to open so as to purge the second fuel nozzle when the first fuel nozzle supplies fuel gas; and
the nozzle purging control circuit is configured to control the first valve to open and the second valve to close so as to purge the first fuel nozzle when the second fuel nozzle supplies fuel gas.

9. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 7 , wherein, when any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines receives a shutdown command and is in a low-load operation state, the nozzle purging control circuit is configured to control the opening of the first valve and the second valve of the any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines to purge the first fuel nozzle and the second fuel nozzle simultaneously.

10. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 9 , wherein the nozzle purging control circuit is further configured to control the first valve and the second valve of the any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines to close so as to stop purging the first fuel nozzle and the second fuel nozzle when an exhaust temperature of the any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines is less than a predetermined temperature.

11. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the three or more dual-fuel engines further comprises an electric power supply circuit, an oil supply pipeline and an oil return pipeline; and
the first air compressor further comprises a first electric power supply circuit, a first oil supply pipeline and a first oil return pipeline, and the first electric power supply circuit, the first oil supply pipeline and the first oil return pipeline are respectively connected with the electric power supply circuit, the oil supply pipeline, and the oil return pipeline of any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines; and/or, the second air compressor further comprises a second electric power supply circuit, a second oil supply pipeline and a second oil return pipeline, and the second electric power supply circuit, the second oil supply pipeline and the second oil return pipeline are respectively connected with the electric power supply circuit, the oil supply pipeline and the oil return pipeline of any one of the three or more dual-fuel engines.

12. The dual-fuel power system according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the three or more dual-fuel engines comprises a turbine engine.

13. An air supply and purging method comprising:
providing a dual-fuel power system, the dual power system comprising:
three or more dual-fuel power engines, each of the three or more dual-fuel power engines comprising a compressed air supply pipeline, a first fuel nozzle and a second fuel nozzle, the compressed air supply pipeline being connected with the first fuel nozz

Assignees

• Yantai Jereh Petroleum Equipment & Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Jianwei
• Zhang Rikui
• Feng Xiaoyu
• Li Fuhong
• Zhang Peng

Classifications

• F23D2209/30

  Purging · CPC title

• F02M37/54

  characterised by air purging means (having priming pumps F02M37/16) · CPC title

• F02C9/40

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

• F02C7/236

  Fuel delivery systems comprising two or more pumps · CPC title

• F02C6/16 Primary

  for storing compressed air · CPC title