The present invention relates to a gas turbine combustor.
In recent years, from the viewpoint of prevention of global warming, effective use of natural resources, there are increasing tendencies of using, as fuel of a gas turbine combustor, gas containing hydrogen such as a coke oven gas by-produced in iron works and off-gas by-produced in oil refineries. The fuel of this type (hereinafter, hydrogen content fuel) has less emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which causes the global warming, in combustion and is effective for prevention of the global warming. In an integrated coal gasification combined cycle plant (IGCC plant) that gasifies coal, which is an abundant resource, and generates power, a system (carbon capture & storage: CCS) that captures and stores carbon in hydrogen content fuel (coal-derived syngas) supplied to a gas turbine combustor is provided to further reduce the emission of CO2.
Incidentally, the hydrogen in the hydrogen content fuel has a wide inflammable range and high burning velocity. Therefore, high-temperature flames are locally formed near a wall surface in a combustion chamber. It is likely that the reliability of the gas turbine combustor is spoiled. As a method of suppressing the high-temperature flames from being locally formed, there is a method of arranging a fuel jet and a combustion air flow passage on the same axis and supplying a fuel flow as a coaxial jet wrapped by an air flow to the combustion chamber (see JP-A-2003-148734, etc.).
In general, in the IGCC plant, the coal-derived syngas is generated using steam generated by waste heat of a gas turbine. Therefore, the gas turbine is started up by startup fuel (e.g., oil fuel) other than the coal-derived syngas. Under a part load condition in which the coal-derived syngas is usable, the startup fuel is switched to the coal-derived syngas. The gas turbine is operated up to a base load condition while controlling the number of burners to be burned. In general, when the hydrogen content fuel is used, when ignition fails, the hydrogen content fuel is emitted without being burned. It is likely that explosion occurs because of, in particular, the hydrogen in the hydrogen content fuel in the gas turbine on the downstream side. Therefore, as explained above, the operating method for starting up the gas turbine with the startup fuel is adopted to secure safety.
However, when the startup fuel is switched to the coal-derived syngas, flames generated by the respective fuels interfere with each other and the temperature of a structure of the gas turbine combustor excessively rises. It is likely that the reliability of the gas turbine combustor is deteriorated. In particular, since the compositions of the by-product gas and the coal-derived syngas variously change according to operating conditions of the plant, a way of rising of the temperature of the structure greatly changes. Therefore, it is desirable to cool the structure according to the operating conditions to suppress the excessive temperature rise and secure the reliability of the gas turbine combustor. JP-A-2003-148734 has room of improvement concerning this point.
The present invention has been devised in view of the above and an object of the present invention is to suppress an excessive temperature rise of a structure of a gas turbine combustor and secure the reliability of the gas turbine combustor.
In order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a gas turbine combustor including a plurality of fuel nozzles that inject fuel, an air hole plate including a plurality of air holes formed to correspond to the plurality of fuel nozzles, the air hole plate being provided on a downstream side in a flowing direction of the fuel of the plurality of fuel nozzles, and a combustion chamber that causes the fuel and an air injected from the plurality of air holes to burn to generate combustion gas, the air hole plate including a center air hole group configured from the plurality of air holes and a plurality of outer circumferential air hole groups configured from the plurality of air holes and formed to surround the center air hole group, the gas turbine combustor including: a hole part and a temperature sensor provided on the air hole plate to be located in a region surrounded by a pair of the outer circumferential air hole groups adjacent to each other and the center air hole group; a supply source of coolant; a cooling pipeline that connects the hole part and the supply source; a valve provided in the cooling pipeline; and a control system that drives the valve on the basis of a measured value of the temperature sensor.
According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress an excessive temperature rise of a structure of a gas turbine combustor and secure the reliability of the gas turbine combustor.
(Configuration)
1. Gas Turbine Plant
The compressor 2 is started up by the startup motor 7, compresses air 101 sucked from the atmosphere via an inlet (not shown in the figure) to generate high-pressure compressed air 102, and supplies the compressed air 102 to the combustor 3. The combustor 3 mixes the compressed air 102 supplied from the compressor 2 with fuel supplied from a fuel supplying system 26 (explained below) and burns the compressed air 102 and the fuel, generates high-temperature combustion gas 110, and supplies the combustion gas 110 to the turbine 4. The combustion gas 110 supplied from the combustor 3 expands, whereby the turbine 4 is driven. The combustion gas 110 that has driven the turbine 4 is discharged from the turbine 4 as exhaust gas 111. The power generator 6 rotates with a driving force obtained by the turbine 4 and generates power. In this embodiment, the compressor 2, the turbine 4, and the power generator 6 are coupled to one another by a shaft 29.
2. Combustor
The combustor 3 includes an outer casing 10, a combustion liner 12, an end cover 13, a burner part 8, a fuel supplying system 26, an oil fuel supplying system 27, and a cooling system 35.
The combustion liner 12 is provided on a downstream side in a flowing direction of the combustion gas 110 of the burner part 8. In the following explanation, “upstream” and “downstream” in the flowing direction of the combustion gas 110 are simply referred to as “upstream” and “downstream”. The combustion liner 12 is formed in a cylindrical shape and partitions the compressed air 102 supplied from the compressor 2 and the combustion gas 110 generated by the combustor 3. The outer casing 10 is formed in a cylindrical shape and provided on the outer circumference side of the combustion liner 12 to cover the combustion liner 12. An annular space formed between the outer casing 10 and the combustion line 12 configures an annular channel 24 in which the compressed air 102 supplied from the compressor 2 to the combustor 3 flows. The compressed air 102 flowing in the annular channel 24 performs convection cooling of the combustion liner 12 from an outer wall surface side of the combustion liner 12. A large number of communication holes 25 are formed on a wall surface of the combustion liner 12. A part of the compressed air 102 flowing in the annular channel 24 flows into the inside of the combustion liner 12 from the annular channel 24 via the communication holes 25 as cooling air 103 and is used for film cooling of the combustion liner 12. The air not used for the film cooling of the combustion liner 12 in the compressed air 102 flowing in the annular channel 24 flows in the annular channel 24 toward the burner part 8 and flows into the burner part 8 as combustion air 102a. The combustion air 102a flowed into the burner part 8 is injected into a combustion chamber 5 together with the fuel supplied from the fuel supplying system 26 to the burner part 8 and is burned. The end cover (a combustor end cover) 13 is provided on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the compressed air 102 flowing in the annular channel 24 of the burner part 8 and closes one end (an end portion on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the compressed air 102 flowing in the annular channel 24) of the outer casing 10. The combustion chamber 5 is formed on the inner side of the combustion liner 12. In the combustion chamber 5, gas mixture of fuel injected from air hole groups 51 and 52 formed in an air hole plate 20 (explained below) of the burner part 8 and the combustion air 102a is burned and the combustion gas 110 is generated.
2-1. Burner Part
The burner part 8 is disposed to be orthogonal to the center axis of the combustion liner 12 and entirely closes the end portion on the upstream side of the combustion liner 12. The burner part 8 includes an oil spray nozzle 40, pluralities of fuel nozzles 22 and 28, fuel dividers 23 and 30, and an air hole plate 20. In this embodiment, the burner part 8 is configured from one pilot burner 32 disposed coaxially with the combustion liner 12 on an upstream side of the combustion chamber 5 and a plurality of main burners 33 disposed around the pilot burner 32. Specifically, the oil spray nozzle 40, the plurality of fuel nozzles (fuel nozzles for pilot burner) 22, the fuel divider (a fuel divider of pilot burner) 23, and the air hole group 51 of the air hole plate 20 configure the pilot burner 32. The plurality of fuel nozzles (fuel nozzles for main burner) 28, the fuel divider (a fuel divider for main burner) 30, and the air hole group 52 of the air hole plate 20 configure the main burners 33. Each of the pilot burner 32 and the main burners 33 is concentrically divided into a plurality of (in this embodiment, three) annular rows. In the following explanation, the plurality of annular rows of the pilot burner 32 and the main burners 33 are respectively referred to as first row, second row, and third row as appropriate from the inner circumference side toward the outer circumference side.
The oil spray nozzle 40 is a nozzle that supplies startup fuel to the combustion chamber 5. The oil spray nozzle 40 is supported coaxially with the combustion liner 12 by the end cover 13. That is, the distal end portion of the oil spray nozzle 40 is located in the center of the air hole plate 20 (the first row of the pilot burner 32) when viewed from the combustion chamber 5. As the startup fuel, oil fuel such as gas oil, kerosene, or fuel oil A or gas fuel such as natural gas or propane can be used.
The plurality of fuel nozzles 22 are disposed concentrically in the second and third rows of the pilot burner 32 and provided (annularly disposed) over the entire circumferences of the rows. The plurality of fuel nozzles 22 are supported by the fuel divider 23. The fuel divider 23 is supported by the end cover 13. The distal end of the fuel nozzle 22 is formed in a cylindrical shape. The fuel nozzle 22 injects the fuel supplied from the fuel supplying system 26 toward the air hole group 51 of the air hole plate 20.
The plurality of fuel nozzles 28 are concentrically disposed in the first to third rows of the main burners 33 and provided (annularly disposed) over the entire circumferences of the rows. The fuel nozzles 28 disposed in the first row are supported by a fuel divider 30B. The fuel nozzles 28 disposed in the second and third rows are supported by a fuel divider 30C. The fuel dividers 30B and 30C are supported by the end cover 13. The distal end of the fuel nozzle 28 is formed in a cylindrical shape. The fuel nozzle 28 injects the fuel supplied from the fuel supplying system 26 toward the air hole group 52 of the air hole plate 20.
The air hole plate 20 includes the air hole groups 51 and 52. The air hole plate 20 is a disk-like plate coaxial with the combustion liner 12 and is disposed spaced apart from the distal ends of the pluralities of fuel nozzles 22 and 28 on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel of the pluralities of fuel nozzles 22 and 28. That is, in this embodiment, the pluralities of fuel nozzles 22 and 28 are not inserted into the air hole groups 51 and 52. A center region of the air hole plate 20 (a region configuring the pilot burner 32) is recessed to the fuel nozzle 22 side (the upstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel). That is, a wall surface 301 on the combustion chamber 5 side and a wall surface on the fuel nozzle 22 side in the center region of the air hole plate 20 incline to the upstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel toward the center of the air hole plate 20 with respect to a wall surface 302 on the combustion chamber 5 side and a wall surface on the fuel nozzle 22 side in a region excluding the center region.
The air hole group (a center air hole group) 51 is formed in the center region of the air hole plate 20. The center air hole group 51 is configured from pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B. In this embodiment, the pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B are concentrically disposed in the second and third rows of the pilot burner 32 and provided over the entire circumferences of the air hole rows. In the pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B, one air hole is disposed to correspond to one fuel nozzle 22 on the downstream side in the flow direction of the fuel of the fuel nozzle 22. The pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B are formed in a right circular cylindrical shape in which two circles configuring an inlet (an opening section on the upstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel) and an outlet (an opening section on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel) and the center axis are orthogonal to each other. On the other hand, since the center region of the air hole plate 20 is recessed to the fuel nozzle 22 side as explained above, the center axes of the pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B incline to the radial direction inner side of the air hole plate 20 with respect to the axes of the fuel nozzles 22 corresponding to the pluralities of air holes 51A and 51B.
The air hole group (an outer circumferential air hole group) 52 is formed to surround the center air hole group 51 on the outer circumference side of the center air hole group 51 of the air hole plate 20. The outer circumferential air hole group 52 is configured from pluralities of air holes 52A, 52B, and 52C. The pluralities of air holes 52A to 52C are concentrically disposed in the first to third rows of the main burners 33 and provided over the entire circumferences of the air hole rows. In the pluralities of air holes 52A to 52C, one air hole is disposed to correspond to one fuel nozzle 28 on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel of the fuel nozzle 28. The pluralities of air holes 52A to 52C are formed in a right circular cylindrical shape in which two circles configuring an inlet and an outlet and the center axis are orthogonal to each other. The pluralities of air holes 52A to 52C are disposed coaxially with the fuel nozzles 28 corresponding to the pluralities of air holes 52A to 52C.
2-2. Fuel Supplying System
The fuel supplying system 26 includes a fuel supply source 200, a common fuel pipeline 207, first to third fuel pipelines 201 to 203, and first to third fuel supply nozzles 41 to 43. The fuel supply source 200 is a supply source of fuel supplied to the first to third fuel supply nozzles 41 to 43. The common fuel pipeline 207 is connected to the fuel supply source 200. A fuel shut-off valve (a switch valve) 60 is provided in the common fuel pipeline 207. The first to third fuel pipelines 201 to 203 branch from the common fuel pipeline 207 in parallel and are connected to the first to third fuel supply nozzles 41 to 43. First to third fuel flow control valves 61 to 63 are provided in the first to third fuel pipelines 201 to 203. The first to third fuel supply nozzles 41 to 43 are connected to the fuel dividers 23, 30B, and 30C. Note that the number of fuel pipelines branching from the common fuel pipeline 207 is not limited to three.
The fuel guided from the fuel supply source 200 to the first to third fuel supply nozzles 41 to 43 through the first to third fuel pipelines 201 to 203 is supplied to the fuel dividers 23, 30B, and 30C. The fuel (F1 fuel) supplied to the fuel divider 23 through the first fuel supply nozzle 41 is injected from the distal end of the fuel nozzle 22 and supplied to the fuel chamber 5. The fuel (F2 and F3 fuels) supplied to the fuel dividers 30B and 30C through the second and third fuel supply nozzles 42 and 43 is injected from the distal end of the fuel nozzle 28 and supplied to the fuel chamber 5. A flow rate of the F1 fuel is adjusted by the first fuel flow control valve 61, a flow rate of the F2 fuel is adjusted by the second fuel flow control valve 62, and a flow rate of the F3 fuel is adjusted by the third fuel flow control valve 63. In this embodiment, a power generation amount of the gas turbine plant 1 is adjusted by individually adjusting the flow rates of the F1 to F3 fuels with the first to third fuel flow control valves 61 to 63. Note that, as the F1 to F3 fuels, gas fuel containing hydrogen or carbon monoxide such as coke oven gas, off-gas by-produced in oil refineries, or coal-derived syngas, natural gas, or the like can be used.
2-3. Oil Fuel Supplying System
The oil fuel supplying system 27 includes an oil fuel supply source 210 and an oil fuel pipeline 204. The oil fuel supply source 210 is a supply source of oil fuel supplied to the oil spray nozzle 40. The oil fuel pipeline 204 connects the oil fuel supply source 210 and the oil spray nozzle 40. An oil fuel shut-off valve (switch valve) 65 and an oil fuel flow control valve 66 are provided in the oil fuel pipeline 204. The oil fuel guided from the oil fuel supply source 210 to the oil spray nozzle 40 through the oil fuel pipeline 204 is injected from the distal end of the oil spray nozzle 40 and supplied to the combustion chamber 5. A flow rate of the oil fuel supplied to the oil spray nozzle 40 is adjusted by the oil fuel flow control valve 66.
2-4. Cooling System
The cooling system 35 includes a coolant supply source 220, a cooling pipeline 205, a cooling nozzle 31, a thermocouple 401, a cooling hole 601, and a control system 500. The coolant supply source 220 is a supply source of coolant supplied to the cooling hole 601. The cooling pipeline 205 connects the coolant supply source 220 and the cooling nozzle 31. The cooling nozzle 31 is connected to the cooling hole 601. The coolant guided from the coolant supply source 220 to the cooling nozzle 31 through the cooling pipeline 205 is injected into the combustion chamber 5 via the cooling hole 601. In the cooling pipeline 205, a coolant shut-off valve (switch valve) 67 and a coolant flow control valve 68 are provided. In this embodiment, the coolant shut-off valve 67 and the coolant flow control valve 68 are electrically connected to the control system 500. The coolant shut-off valve 67 receives an input of signals S1 and S2 from the control system 500 and switches opening and shut-off of the cooling pipeline 205. Specifically, the coolant shut-off valve 67 opens the cooling pipeline 205 when receiving an input of the signal (an opening signal) S1 from the control system 500 and shuts off the cooling pipeline 205 when receiving an input of the signal (a shut-off signal) S2 from the control system 500. Valve opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 is adjusted according to signals S3 and S4 from the control system 500. Specifically, the coolant flow control valve 68 is adjusted to opening corresponding to the signal (an opening command signal) S3 when receiving an input of the signal S3 from the control system 500 and adjusted to opening of zero (i.e., the coolant flow control valve 68 closes) when receiving an input of the signal (a closing command signal) S4 from the control system 500. By adjusting the opening of the coolant flow control valve 68, the flow rate of the coolant supplied from the coolant supply source 220 to the cooling hole 601 is adjusted.
The thermocouple (a temperature sensor) 401 and the cooling hole (a hole part) 601 are provided on the air hole plate 20 to be located in a region surrounded by two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other and the center air hole group 51. As shown in
The cooling hole 601a is formed on a straight line La extending from the center of the air hole plate 20 and passing between two outer circumferential air hole groups 52a and 52b adjacent to each other. The cooling hole 601a is formed in a right circular cylindrical shape in which two circles configuring an opening section on the upstream side and an opening section on the downstream side in the flowing direction of the coolant and the center axis are orthogonal to each other and is disposed coaxially with the cooling nozzle 31 (see
The thermocouple 401a measures a metal temperature Tm in a region Ra of the air hole plate 20. The thermocouple 401a is provided on a straight line La to be adjacent to the cooling hole 601a. Note that, in this specification, “adjacent” refers to a state in which the thermocouple 401a is provided apart from the cooling hole 601a by a minimum distance at which the thermocouple 401a is not affected by the coolant flowing in the cooling hole 601a. The thermocouple 401a is inserted into and provided in a hole part for thermocouple (not shown in the figure) formed from the wall surface 302 on the combustion chamber 5 side of the air hole plate 20 toward the upstream side in the flowing direction of the fuel.
The temperature comparator 501 is electrically connected to the thermocouple 401. The temperature comparator 501 compares a maximum among the metal temperatures Tm in regions Ra to Rf of the air hole plate 20 measured by the thermocouple 401 and an upper limit value (setting value) Tmax. The upper limit value Tmax is a maximum temperature at which a structure (e.g., the air hole plate 20) of the combustor 3 can maintain structural strength. The temperature comparator 501 is electrically connected to the coolant flow calculation part 502. When the metal temperature Tm is larger than the upper limit value Tmax, the temperature comparator 501 outputs a signal (a metal signal) concerning the metal temperature Tm to the coolant flow calculation part 502. On the other hand, the temperature comparator 501 compares a minimum among the metal temperatures Tm in the regions Ra to Rf of the air hole plate 20 measured by the thermocouple 401 and a lower limit value (setting value) Tmin. The lower limit value Tmin is a minimum temperature at which a flame temperature in the combustion chamber 5 does not drop because of the coolant and flame does not become unstable. When the metal temperature Tm is smaller than the lower limit value Tmin, the temperature comparator 501 outputs a signal (a stop signal) to the coolant flow calculation part 502.
The coolant flow calculation part (a calculation part) 502 is electrically connected to the memory part 503. When receiving an input of the metal signal output from the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 acquires (calculates), on the basis of the metal temperature Tm, opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 from a table indicating a relation between the metal temperature Tm and the opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 stored in the memory part 503. The calculation part 502 outputs the signal S1 to the coolant shut-off valve 67 to open the cooling pipeline 205, outputs the signal S3 to the coolant flow control valve 68 to adjust the opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 to the acquired opening, and supplies the coolant to the combustion chamber 5 via the cooling hole 601. On the other hand, when receiving an input of the stop signal from the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 outputs the signal S2 to the coolant shut-off valve 67 to shut off the cooling pipeline 205 and outputs the signal S4 to the coolant flow control valve 68 to adjust the opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 to zero.
(Operation)
In the following explanation, a process from the time when the gas turbine starts the startup until the time when the gas turbine reaches the FSFL is divided into five points in time (points in time “a” to “e”) and a change in a fuel flow rate is explained. The point in time “a” is a point in time when the gas turbine starts the startup. The point in time “b” is a point in time when the gas turbine reaches a rated rotation speed and no load state (full speed no load (FSNL)). The point in time “c” is a point in time when the fuel is switched. The point in time “d” is a point in time when the burner part 8 is switched to a full combustion mode. The point in time “e” is a point in time when the gas turbine reaches the FSFL.
*Points in Time “a” to “b”
At the point in time “a”, the compressor 2 is started up. When the turbine 4 is accelerated to reach rotation speed that satisfies an ignitability condition, the oil fuel is supplied from the oil fuel supply source 210 to the oil spray nozzle 40 and burned to ignite the combustor 3. A flow rate of the oil fuel is increased even after the turbine 4 reaches predetermined rotation speed. The turbine 4 is accelerated until the gas turbine reaches the FSNL. During this period, the F1 and F2 fuels are not supplied to the fuel nozzles 22 and 28. Note that a temporal section from the time when the gas turbine starts the startup until the time when the gas turbine starts to take a load is referred to as acceleration range.
*Points in Time “b” to “c”
At the point in time “b”, when the gas turbine reaches the FSNL, the gas turbine starts to take a load from the power generator 6 and increases the load. The flow rate of the oil fuel supplied to the oil spray nozzle 40 is increased according to the increase in the load. The load is increased until the load reaches a specified part load condition for starting switching of the fuel.
*Points in Time “c” to “d”
At the point in time “c”, when the load reaches the specified part load condition for starting the switching of the fuel, a flow rate of the F1 and F2 fuels is increased while the flow rate of the oil fuel is reduced. The switching of the fuel is started. The combustor 3 operates in a combustion mode (a partial combustion mode) in which the F1 and F2 fuels supplied from the fuel supply source 200 to the first and second fuel pipelines 201 and 202 are injected from the fuel nozzle 22 of the pilot burner 32 and the fuel nozzle 28 in the first row of the main burners 33.
*Points in Time “d” to “e”
At the point in time “d”, when the load reaches the specified part load condition for switching the combustion mode, the combustor 3 operates in a combustion mode (a full combustion mode) in which the F1 to F3 fuels supplied from the fuel supply source 200 to the first to third fuel pipelines 201 to 203 are injected from the fuel nozzle 22 of the pilot burner 32 and the fuel nozzles 28 in the first to third rows of the main burners 33. Thereafter, a flow rate of the F1 to F3 fuels is increased. The gas turbine reaches the FSFL. Note that a temporal section from the time when the gas turbine reaches the FSNL until the time when the gas turbine reaches the FSFL is referred to as load up range.
A supply procedure of the coolant is explained.
In the process from the time when the gas turbine starts the startup until the gas turbine reaches the FSFL, in particular, at the points in time “c” to “d”, as shown in
When the switching of the fuel is started, as shown in
The temperature comparator 501 compares a maximum among the metal temperatures Tm in the regions Ra to Rf of the air hole plate 20 measured by the thermocouple 401 and the upper limit value Tmax (step S2). Specifically, when the metal temperature Tm is larger than the upper limit value Tmax (Tmax<Tm) (Yes), the temperature comparator 501 outputs a metal signal to the calculation part 502. The control system 500 shifts the procedure to step S3. Conversely, when the metal temperature Tm is equal to or smaller than the upper limit value Tmax (Tmax≧Tm) (NO), the control system 500 returns the procedure to step S1.
When receiving an input of the metal signal output by the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 acquires opening of the coolant flow control valve 68 on the basis of the metal temperature Tm and outputs the signal S1 to the coolant shut-off valve 67 and outputs the signal S3 to the coolant flow control valve 68 (step S3).
Subsequently, the thermocouple 401 measures the metal temperature Tm (step S4) and outputs the metal temperature Tm to the temperature comparator 501.
The temperature comparator 501 compares a minimum among the metal temperatures Tm in the regions Ra to Rf of the air hole plate 20 measured by the thermocouple 401 and the lower limit value Tmin (step S5). Specifically, when the metal temperature Tm is smaller than the lower limit value Tmin (Tm<Tmin) (Yes), the temperature comparator 501 outputs a signal to the calculation part 502. Conversely, when the metal temperature Tm is equal to or larger than the lower limit value Tmin (Tmin≦Tm) (No), the control system 500 returns the procedure to step S4.
When receiving an input of the signal from the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 outputs the signal S2 to the coolant shut-off valve 67 and outputs the signal S4 to the coolant flow control valve 68 (step S6). The control system 500 ends the procedure.
(Effect)
(1)
As illustrated in
On the other hand, in this embodiment, the thermocouple 401 and the cooling hole 601 are provided in the regions Ra to Rf surrounded by the two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other and the center air hole group 51 of the air hole plate 20. The coolant is supplied to the cooling hole 601 on the basis of a measured value of the thermocouple 401. Therefore, as illustrated in
(2) As explained above, the oil fueled pilot intensified flame 82 expands among the plurality of outer circumferential air hole groups 52. Therefore, among the regions surrounded by the two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other and the center air hole group 51 of the air hole plate 20, temperature easily rises, in particular, in a region located on a straight line extending from the center of the air hole plate 20 and passing between the two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other. On the other hand, in this embodiment, the cooling hole 601 is formed on the straight line extending from the center of the air hole plate 20 and passing between the two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other. Therefore, it is possible to effectively cool the region where the temperature easily rises.
(3) In this embodiment, the measured value (the metal temperature Tm) of the thermocouple 401 and the upper limit value Tmax are compared. The coolant is supplied to the cooling hole 601 when the measured value of the thermocouple 401 is larger than the upper limit value Tmax. Therefore, as illustrated in
(4) In this embodiment, the measured value (the metal temperature Tm) of the thermocouple 401 and the lower limit value Tmin are compared. The supply of the coolant to the cooling hole 601 is stopped when the measured value of the thermocouple 401 is smaller than the lower limit value Tmin. Therefore, as illustrated in
(Configuration)
This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the cooling system 35 further includes a cooling pipeline 206, a cooling nozzle 34, a thermocouple 402, and a cooling hole 602. Otherwise, this embodiment is the same as the first embodiment.
As shown in
In the configuration illustrated in
The cooling holes 602a are formed to be arranged at intervals on a straight line La. The thermocouples 402a are provided adjacent to the cooling holes 602 at intervals on the straight line La. That is, in this embodiment, the thermocouple 401a, the cooling hole 601a, the three thermocouples 402a, and the three cooling holes 602a are arranged on the straight line La. The thermocouples 402b to 402f and the cooling holes 602b to 602f are provided in the same manner as the thermoplastics 402a and the cooling holes 602a.
As shown in
When receiving an input of the second metal signal output from the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 acquires (calculates), on the basis of the metal temperature Tn, opening of the coolant flow control valve 69 from a table indicating a relation between the metal temperature Tn and the opening of the coolant flow control valve 69 stored in the memory part 503. The calculation part 502 outputs the signal S5 to the coolant flow control valve 69 to adjust the opening of the coolant flow control valve 69 to the acquired opening and supplies the coolant to the combustion chamber 5 via the cooling hole 602. On the other hand, when receiving an input of the stop signal from the temperature comparator 501, the calculation part 502 outputs the signal S6 to the coolant flow control valve 69 to adjust the opening of the coolant flow control valve 69 to zero.
(Effect)
In this embodiment, at least one cooling hole 602 is provided on the air hole plate 20 to be located in the regions Sa to Sf between the two outer circumferential air hole groups 52 adjacent to each other. Therefore, as illustrated in
In this embodiment, the measured values (the metal temperatures Tm and Tn) of the thermocouples 401 and 402 and the upper limit value Tmax are compared. The coolant is supplied to the cooling hole 601 when the metal temperature Tm is larger than the upper limit value Tmax (at time “tc1” in
In this embodiment, the measured values (the metal temperatures Tm and Tn) of the thermocouples 401 and 402 and the lower limit value Tmin are compared. The supply of the coolant to the cooling hole 601 is stopped when the metal temperature Tm is smaller than the lower limit value Tmin (at time “td1” in
<Others>
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments explained above. Various modifications are included in the present invention. For example, the embodiments are explained in detail in order to clearly explain the present invention and are not always limited to embodiments including all the explained components. For example, a part of the components of a certain embodiment can be replaced with the components of another embodiment. The components of another embodiment can be added to the components of a certain embodiment.
In the embodiments, the configuration is explained in which the openings of the coolant flow control valves 68 and 69 are adjusted according to the measured values of the thermocouples 401 and 402 and the flow rate of the coolant is controlled. However, an essential effect of the present invention is to suppress an excessive temperature rise of a structure of a gas turbine combustor and secure the reliability of the gas turbine combustor. As long as the essential effect is obtained, the configuration explained above does not always need to be adopted. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which a rather large amount of the coolant is supplied when the measured values of the thermocouples 401 and 402 are near the upper limit value Tmax and a rather small amount of the coolant is supplied when the measured values are near the lower limit value Tmin.
In the embodiments, the configuration is explained in which the memory part 503 of the control system 500 stores the table indicating the relation between the metal temperature Tm and the openings of the coolant flow control valves 68 and 69. However, as long as the essential effect of the present invention is obtained, the configuration does not always need to be adopted. For example, a configuration may be adopted in which the calculation part 502 of the control system 500 stores the table.
In the embodiments explained above, the configuration is explained in which the distal ends of the fuel nozzles 22 and 28 are not inserted into the air hole groups 51 and 52. However, the distal ends of the fuel nozzles 22 and 28 may be inserted into the air hole groups 51 and 52. In this case, since inlet areas of the air hole groups 51 and 52 decrease, the fluid velocity of an air jet increases and the mixture of the fuel injected from the fuel nozzles 22 and 28 and the air is further promoted.
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2016-075875 | Apr 2016 | JP | national |