Patent Grant
9810159
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor.
Description of Related Art
In the gas turbine combustor, there are a diffusion combustor and a premix combustor available. The diffusion combustor is a system for separately feeding and burning fuel and air in a combustion chamber, and a flame is formed in a state close to the stoichiometric ratio of fuel to air, and the local flame temperature rises, so that although the combustion stability is high, the nitrogen oxide (NOx) emission increases.
On the other hand, the premix combustor is a system for premixing fuel and air and then feeding and burning them in the combustion chamber, and the mixing ratio of fuel and air on the flame sheet is lower than that in the diffusion combustion, and the local flame temperature is lowered, so that the emission of NOx can be reduced.
As general use of a low NOx combustor, at the time of a low load operation from start up to acceleration, the diffusion combustion of high combustion stability is used and at the time of the base load operation from a partial load, the diffusion combustion of high combustion stability and the premix combustion capable of reducing the NOx emission are combined, thus the combustion stability and the reduction in the NOx discharging rate are compatible with each other.
When using the gas turbine for power generation, the gas turbine needs to withstand a load dump when the load operation state is transferred to the no-load operation state due to separation of the generator from the gas turbine. The load dump is to urgently separate the generator and turbine from each other from some cause and in this case, the gas turbine needs to immediately enter the full speed no-load operation state.
Immediately after the load dump, the rotating speed of the gas turbine increases. If the rotating speed of the gas turbine increases to the limit value or higher, there is a concern that it may lead to damage to the compressor or turbine and it is necessary to promptly reduce the fuel flow rate to the minimum limit capable of maintaining the flame by the gas turbine combustor, thereby suppressing an increase in the rotating speed of the gas turbine.
Due to the increase in the rotating speed of the gas turbine in correspondence to the load dump, the flow rate of compressed air flowing into the gas turbine combustor increases, and the fuel flow rate reduces suddenly, so that the inner state of the gas turbine combustor is transiently greatly changed. Therefore, in the gas turbine combustor, high combustion stability is required, and when reducing the fuel flow rate at the time of load dump, so as to dump the fuel for premix combustion, thereby switch to the independent diffusion combustion, the fuel flow rate is controlled.
In Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 10 (1998)-169467 of a prior art, at the time of load dump of the gas turbine, an art capable of switching the premix combustion to the independent diffusion combustion without delay of ignition is disclosed.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 10 (1998)-169467
The regulation and social demands on the environment become stronger day by day and also in the gas turbine combustor, a further reduction in the NOx emission is required. In the base load operation state from the partial load of the gas turbine, the combustion of the gas turbine combustor is switched to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, thus the NOx emission rate can be reduced.
Further, in the gas turbine, to suppress the increase in the rotating speed due to the load dump, the fuel for the premix combustion is dumped at the time of load dump and so as to switch to the independent diffusion combustion, the fuel flow rate fed to the gas turbine combustor is controlled.
In Japanese Patent Laid-open No. Hei 10 (1998)-169467 aforementioned, at the time of load dump of the gas turbine, the art capable of switching the premix combustion to the independent diffusion combustion without delay of ignition is disclosed, though the time required to return from the load dump to the ordinary operation state depends upon the cause of the load dump and there is a possibility that the full speed no-load operation state after the load dump may be held for many hours.
When the full speed no-load operation state after the load dump is held for many hours, the independent diffusion combustion state of a high NOx emission is continued, so that an increase in the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation state after the load dump causes a problem.
An object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to full speed no-load operation after the load dump.
An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a rotating speed detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, and a fuel control unit for judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and controlling respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner.
An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a detector for detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, a recorder for recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine detected by the rotating speed detector, an arithmetic unit for calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine recorded in the recorder, a bleed valve opening angle detector for detecting an opening angle of a compressor bleed valve installed in a compressor, a logic circuit for checking a value of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine calculated by the arithmetic unit and an opening angle signal of the bleed valve detected by the bleed valve opening angle detector, and a fuel control unit for respectively controlling a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner so as to switch a combustion state of the gas turbine combustor from independent diffusion combustion by the diffusion combustion burner to mixed combustion of diffusion combustion and premix combustion by the diffusion combustion burner and the premix combustion burner on the basis of check results by the logic circuit.
An apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner comprising: a fuel control unit for respectively controlling a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner so as to switch a combustion state of the gas turbine combustor from independent diffusion combustion by the diffusion combustion burner to mixed combustion of diffusion combustion and premix combustion by the diffusion combustion burner and the premix combustion burner on the basis of a signal transmitted from a timer circuit, which is installed to transmit a signal for controlling the fuel control unit after a predetermined period of time after receipt of a load dump signal of gas turbine, after a predetermined period of time.
A method for controlling a gas turbine combustor including a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner, comprising the steps of: detecting a rotating speed of gas turbine, recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine, calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the recorded detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine, judging a starting situation of reduction in the rotating speed of gas turbine on the basis of the calculated change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine, and regulating a fuel flow rate fed to the gas turbine combustor controls respectively a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner.
A method for controlling a gas turbine combustor including a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner, comprising the steps of: detecting a rotating speed of a gas turbine, recording the detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine, calculating a change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine in accordance with details of the recorded detected value of the rotating speed of gas turbine, detecting an opening angle of a compressor bleed valve installed in a compressor, and regulating a fuel flow rate fed to the gas turbine combustor on the basis of check results of a calculated value of the change with time of the rotating speed of gas turbine and a detected opening angle signal of the bleed valve respectively controls a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner so as to switch a combustion state of the gas turbine combustor from independent diffusion combustion by the diffusion combustion burner to mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and the premix combustion by the diffusion combustion burner and the premix combustion burner.
A method for controlling a gas turbine combustor having a diffusion combustion burner and a premix combustion burner, comprising the steps of: controlling a fuel flow rate for the diffusion combustion burner to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner installed in the gas turbine combustor and a fuel flow rate for the premix combustion to be fed to the premix combustion burner respectively so as to switch a combustion state of the gas turbine combustor from independent diffusion combustion by the diffusion combustion burner to mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and the premix combustion by the diffusion combustion burner and the premix combustion burner on the basis of a signal transmitted from a timer circuit, which is installed to transmit a signal for controlling the fuel control unit after a predetermined period of time after receipt of a load dump signal of gas turbine, after a predetermined period of time.
According to the present invention, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
A control apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor that is an embodiment of the present invention will be explained below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
When using the gas turbine for power generation, the gas turbine needs to withstand the load dump of the gas turbine transferring from the load operation state to the no-load operation state by separating the generator from the gas turbine.
At the time of the load dump of the gas turbine, it is necessary to promptly reduce the fuel flow rate down to the minimum limit at which the gas turbine combustor can maintain the flame and prevent the compressor and gas turbine from damage due to an increase in the rotating speed of the gas turbine up to the limit value or higher.
Due to the increase in the rotating speed of the gas turbine in correspondence to the load dump, the flow rate of compressed air flowing into the gas turbine combustor increases, and the fuel flow rate reduces suddenly, so that the inner state of the gas turbine combustor is greatly changed transiently. Therefore, the gas turbine combustor is required for high combustion stability, so that when reducing the fuel flow rate at the time of the load dump of the gas turbine, fuel is controlled so as to dump the premix fuel and switch to the independent diffusion combustion.
On the other hand, if the combustion of the gas turbine combustor is switched from the premix combustion to the independent diffusion combustion, the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump increases.
Therefore, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor of the present invention includes the detector for detecting the rotating speed of the gas turbine, the recorder for recording a signal of the detector, the arithmetic unit for calculating the change with time of the rotating speed from the information of the recorder, and the fuel control unit, upon receipt of a signal from the arithmetic unit, for controlling the fuel flow rates to be fed to the diffusion combustion burner and premix combustion burner of the gas turbine combustor and is structured so as to output an operation signal to the fuel control unit from the arithmetic unit if the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed due to the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce from the increased rotating speed of the gas turbine and control the fuel flow rate fed to the gas turbine combustor so as to switch the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion.
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor is structured as mentioned above, thus if the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed after the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce, the independent diffusion combustion can be promptly switched to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, so that the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be reduced.
(Embodiment 1)
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the first embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
Compressed air 100 compressed by the compressor 1 flows into the gas turbine combustor 2 via a diffuser 5 and passes between an outer sleeve 6 and a combustor liner 7.
A part of the compressed air 100 flows into a combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 as cooling air 101 of the combustor liner 7. The compressed air 100 not used as cooling air 101 respectively flows into a diffusion combustion burner 9 arranged on the upstream side of the combustor 2 and on the axial center side of the combustor and a premix combustion burner 10 arranged on the outer circumference side of the diffusion combustion burner 9 as combustion air.
The diffusion combustion burner 9 installed in the gas turbine combustor 2 includes a fuel nozzle 11 for the diffusion combustion burner and a swirler 12. The compressed air 100 flowing in the diffusion combustion burner 9 is swirled by the swirler 12 as diffusion combustion air 102, thereby flows into the combustion chamber 8, burns diffusion burner fuel injected from the fuel nozzle 11 for the diffusion combustion burner, and forms a diffusion flame 103 in the combustion chamber 8.
The premix combustion burner 10 installed in the gas turbine combustor 2 respectively includes a plurality of fuel nozzles 13 for the premix burner and a flame stabilizer 14. The compressed air 100 flowing in the premix combustion burner 10 is mixed and burnt with the premix burner fuel injected from the premix burner fuel nozzles 13 as premix combustion air 104 and forms a premix flame 105 in the combustion chamber 8 on the downstream side of the flame stabilizer 14.
High-temperature combustion gas 106 generated by the diffusion flame 103 and the premix flame 105 in the combustion chamber 8 passes through a transition piece 15 installed on the downstream side of the gas turbine combustor 2 and flows into the turbine 3. The combustion gas 106 drives the turbine 3, permits the generator 4 connected to the turbine 3 to rotate, takes out electric power, and then is discharged from the turbine 3 via the exhaust duct.
The fuel fed to the gas turbine combustor 2 is fed through a diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and a premix combustion burner fuel system 18 which branch from a fuel main pipe 16. The fuel main pipe 16, the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17, and the premix combustion burner fuel system 18 respectively include a dump valve 19 and a control valve 20, thus the ratio of the fuel flow fed to the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and the premix combustion burner fuel system 18 can be controlled.
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Therefore, in the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, as shown in
In the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, as shown in
The rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 detects it by calculating the trend of the change of the rotating speed of the gas turbine on the basis of the value of the rotating speed of the gas turbine recorded in the rotating speed recorder 201 that the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed immediately after the load dump which occurs in the gas turbine starts to reduce from the once-increased rotating speed of the gas turbine, thereby judges the switching of the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2.
And, the control apparatus is structured so that when it is detected by the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 that the once-increased rotating speed of the gas turbine starts to reduce, the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 outputs an instruction signal to a fuel control unit 203 for controlling the flow rate of the fuel to be fed to the gas turbine combustor 2 and the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion by the fuel control unit 203.
When the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased due to the load dump starts to reduce, the reduction of the rotating speed of the gas turbine is detected by the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202, and the fuel control unit 203 receiving the instruction signal for switching the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202, so as to switch the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, controls so as to reduce the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a which is fed to the diffusion combustion burner 9 of the gas turbine combustor 2 via the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and increase the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which is fed to the premix combustion burner 10 via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18.
In the state that the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed due to the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce from the increased rotating speed of the gas turbine, the transient unstable state due to the load dump is almost settled and even if the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, the combustion stability of the gas turbine combustor 2 can be kept.
After the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, the fuel flow rate is regulated and the gas turbine is controlled so as to enter the full speed no-load operation. By executing such fuel control, in the full speed no-load operation state after the load dump of the gas turbine, the NOx emission generated from the gas turbine combustor 2 can be reduced.
Further, in the aforementioned control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, the reliability of the gas turbine combustor 2 can be improved. Namely, in the diffusion combustion of the gas turbine combustor 2, a flame is formed in a mixing state close to the stoichiometric ratio of fuel to air, so that compared with the premix combustion, a local flame temperature becomes high.
Therefore, when the independent diffusion combustion of the gas turbine combustor 2 is continued in the full speed no-load operation state after the load dump of the gas turbine, there is a possibility that the metal temperature of the diffusion burner 9 of the gas turbine combustor 2 may rise.
Therefore, in the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, when the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed after the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce, as mentioned above, the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is promptly switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, so that a heat load generated by combustion can be diffused to the diffusion combustion burner 9 and the premix combustion burner 10.
As a result, in the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, when the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed after the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce, the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, thus after ignition of the premix combustion burner 10, the metal temperature of the diffusion combustion burner 9 is reduced and even in the full speed no-load operation state, the metal temperature of the diffusion combustion burner 9 can be suppressed low, so that the reliability of the diffusion combustion burner 9 can be improved.
Further, the temperature of the premix combustion burner 10 rises when the combustion form is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, though the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a fed to the premix combustion burner 10 via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18 is sufficiently low compared with the rated load condition, so that the metal temperature of the premix combustion burner 10 is low and the gas turbine combustor 2 creates no trouble in reliability.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
(Embodiment 2)
Next, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the second embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
In the fuel control method by the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of the first embodiment, when the rising width of the rotating speed at the time of the load dump of the gas turbine is wide, under the condition that the rotating speed of the gas turbine is high and the air flow rates of the compressed air 100 and the premix combustion air 104 which flow into the gas turbine combustor 2 are high, the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion. Therefore, at the time of ignition of the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2, the premix flame 105 becomes unstable transiently and there is a possibility of flame loss.
Therefore, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment is structured so as to install the rotating speed comparison arithmetic unit 204 for comparing the switching rotating speed for switching the combustion form from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion with the information of the rotating speed of the gas turbine recorded in the recorder 201 and the logic circuit 205 for deciding signals of the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 and the rotating speed comparison arithmetic unit 204.
In
The switching rotating speed φp is within the range from the rated rotating speed to 110% of the rated rotating speed and it is desirable to set the rotating speed of the gas turbine so that even if the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 burns stably.
The logic circuit 205 decides the signals output from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 and the rotating speed comparison arithmetic unit 204 and only upon receipt of both of an output signal from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 when the rotating speed of the gas turbine which is increased once due to the load dump starts to reduce and a signal of the rotating speed of the gas turbine of the switching rotating speed φp or lower output from the rotating speed comparison arithmetic unit 204, transmits an operation signal from the logic circuit 205 to the fuel control unit 203.
The fuel control unit 203 receives the operation signal from the logic circuit 205 and so the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, controls so as to reduce the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a which is fed via the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and increase the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which is fed via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18.
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment is structured as mentioned above, thus when the rising width of the rotating speed of the gas turbine at the time of the load dump of the gas turbine is wide, after the rotating speed of the gas turbine reduces down to the switching rotating speed φp, the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, so that the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 can be ignited stably and can be prevented from flame loss.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
(Embodiment 3)
Next, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the third embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
As shown in
Therefore, in the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, if it is detected by the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 that the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce from the rated rotating speed, a signal is transmitted from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202 to the switching rotating speed arithmetic unit 206.
The switching rotating speed arithmetic unit 206 receiving the signal of detecting that the rotating speed of the gas turbine starts to reduce from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202, by a built-in arithmetic unit, from the maximum rotating speed φmax of the gas turbine recorded in the rotating speed recorder 201, on the basis of Formulas (1) and (2) indicated below, calculates a fuel control switching rotating speed φc.
By the calculator built in the switching rotating speed arithmetic unit 206, the fuel control switching rotating speed φc is calculated by Formula (1) indicated below.
φc=φfs+α×(φmax−φfs) (1)
In Formula (1), φmax indicates a maximum rotating speed after the load dump and φfs indicates a rated rotating speed. α indicates a constant and it is a value within the range indicated in Formula (2).
0≦α<1 (2)
The switching rotating speed arithmetic unit 206 transmits the fuel control switching rotating speed φc calculated by the built-in calculator on the basis of Formulas (1) and (2) to the fuel control unit 203 as information of the switching rotating speed φc.
The fuel control unit 203 receiving the information from the switching rotating speed arithmetic unit 206, in the switching rotating speed φc, so that the switching of the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion is completed, as shown in
In the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, a fuel flow ratio Fd of the diffusion combustion burner fuel fed to the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and a fuel flow ratio Fp of the diffusion combustion burner fuel fed to the premix combustion burner fuel system 18, using the maximum rotating speed φmax, the fuel control switching rotating speed φc, the rotating speed φ detected by the rotating speed detector 200, and a fuel flow ratio Fd1 of the diffusion combustion burner fuel after switching, are calculated from Formulas (3), (4), and (5) indicated below.
The relationship of the rotating speed of the gas turbine to the fuel flow ratios of the diffusion combustion burner fuel and premix combustion burner fuel is shown in
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment is structured as mentioned above, thus the reliability when switching the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion can be improved.
When switching the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2, if the operation of closing the control valve 20 of the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 for feeding the diffusion combustion burner fuel to the diffusion combustion burner 9 is faster than the operation of opening the control valve 20 of the premix combustion burner fuel system 18 for feeding the premix combustion burner fuel to the premix burner 10 of the gas turbine combustor 2, for the flow rate of the compressed air 100 for the rotating speed of the gas turbine, the premix combustion ratio is increased transiently, and the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 becomes unstable, and there is a possibility of flame loss.
Therefore, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, by use of the aforementioned constitution, in accordance with the rotating speed of the gas turbine, switches the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, so that when the rotating speed of the gas turbine is high, the diffusion combustion ratio of high stability increases, and the flame stability is ensured, and when the rotating speed of the gas turbine reduces, the premix combustion ratio increases, thus the NOx emission generated by the gas turbine combustor 2 can be reduced.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
(Embodiment 4)
Next, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
The bleed valve 21 installed in the compressor 1 is installed in the middle of the flow path for connecting the intermediate stage of the compressor 1 and the exhaust duct, and the bleed valve 21 is opened, and a part of the compressed air 100 compressed by the compressor 1 is permitted to escape into the exhaust duct, thus in the start-up and acceleration processes of the gas turbine, the compressor 1 is prevented from surging.
The operation of the bleed valve 21, in the start-up and acceleration processes of the gas turbine, totally opens the bleed valve 21 and when the rotating speed of the gas turbine is at a fixed value or higher, totally closes the bleed valve 21. If the bleed valve 21 is totally closed, the flow rate of the compressed air 100 flowing into the gas turbine combustor 2 increases.
Next, the operation of the bleed valve 21 at the time of load dump of the gas turbine will be explained by referring to
Thereafter, if the rotating speed of the gas turbine starts to reduce, the opening angle 21a of the bleed valve 21 is operated so as to be totally closed. At this time, in accordance with the totally closing operation of the opening angle 21a of the bleed valve 21, the flow rate 100a of the compressed air 100 flowing into the gas turbine combustor 2 increases, so that when the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, on the downstream side of the premix combustion burner 10, the mixing ratio of fuel and air is lowered, and the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 becomes unstable, and there is a possibility of flame loss.
Therefore, until the totally closing operation of the opening angle 21a of the bleed valve 21 is finished, it is desirable that the gas turbine combustor 2 is kept in the independent diffusion combustion state of high stability.
Therefore, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment shown in
The logic circuit 208, when the condition that the bleed valve 21 is totally closed after the load dump of the gas turbine and the rotating speed of the gas turbine starts to reduce is effected, outputs an instruction signal to the fuel control unit 201.
The fuel control unit 201, upon receipt of the instruction signal from the logic circuit 208, so that the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, controls so as to reduce the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a which is fed to the diffusion combustion burner 9 of the gas turbine combustor 2 via the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and increase the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which is fed to the premix combustion burner 10 via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18.
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment is structured as mentioned above, thus after completion of the totally closing operation of the bleed valve 21 installed in the compressor 1, the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 can be switched to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion. Therefore, by the totally closing operation of the bleed valve 21, the premix flame 105 formed in the combustion chamber 8 of the gas turbine combustor 2 can be prevented from becoming unstable and losing the flame.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
(Embodiment 5)
Next, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the fifth embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
According to the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment, the timer circuit 209 receiving the load dump signal of the gas turbine transmits a signal to the fuel control unit 203 after the predetermined period of time from the load dump.
Namely, the timer circuit 209 is structured so as to preset the time required for the rotating speed of the gas turbine to increase once due to the load dump of the gas turbine to reduce on a level free of trouble even if the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion and output a signal after the preset time elapses from the load dump.
And, the fuel control unit 203 receiving the output signal from the timer circuit 209, so that the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, controls so as to reduce the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a which is fed to the diffusion combustion burner 9 of the gas turbine combustor 2 via the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and increase the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which is fed to the premix combustion burner 10 via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18.
The signal delay time set in the timer circuit 209 should preferably be a sufficient period of time for the rotating speed of the gas turbine increased from the rated rotating speed due to the load dump of the gas turbine to reduce again down to the rated rotating speed and a short period of time as possible to reduce the NOx emission in the independent diffusion combustion of the gas turbine combustor 2 and concretely, should preferably be about 30 seconds.
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment is structured as mentioned above, thus a similar effect to that of the gas turbine combustor 2 of Embodiment 1 can be reproduced by the simple timer circuit 209, and the control logic is simplified, thus the cost of the control apparatus can be decreased.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
(Embodiment 6)
Next, the control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor and the control method of the gas turbine combustor of the sixth embodiment of the present invention will be explained by referring to
The biaxial gas turbine unit, as shown in
The gas turbine combustor 2 of this embodiment includes the detector 200 for detecting the rotating speed of the gas turbine in the low pressure turbine 23.
As shown in
The fuel flow rate fed to the gas turbine combustor 2 is reduced, thus the rotating speed 23a of the low pressure turbine 23 is slowly reduced down to the rated rotating speed.
A detection signal of the turbine rotating speed of the low pressure turbine 23 detected by the rotating speed detector 200 is transmitted to the recorder 201 and the information of the rotating speed of the low pressure turbine 23 is preserved by the recorder 201. From the information of the rotating speed of the low pressure turbine preserved in the recorder 201, the change with time of the rotating speed of the low pressure turbine is calculated by the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202.
When it is detected by the arithmetic unit 202 that the rotating speed increased immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine starts to reduce due to a reduction in the fuel flow rate, a signal is transmitted to the fuel control unit 203 from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202. The fuel control unit 203 receiving the signal transmitted from the rotating speed trend arithmetic unit 202, so that the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 is switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, controls so as to reduce the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a which is fed to the diffusion combustion burner 9 of the gas turbine combustor 2 via the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and increase the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which is fed to the premix combustion burner 10 via the premix combustion burner fuel system 18.
The high pressure turbine 22 serves as a function of driving the compressor 1, so that the fuel flow rate reduces after the load dump of the gas turbine, thus the rotating speed reduces slowly. Therefore, when the rotating speed 23a of the low pressure turbine 23 increases once, then starts to reduce, and approaches the rated rotating speed, so as to switch the combustion form of the gas turbine combustor 2 from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion, increase the diffusion combustion burner fuel flow rate 17a and the premix combustion burner fuel flow rate 18a which are fed to the diffusion combustion burner fuel system 17 and the premix combustion burner fuel system 18, and increase again the rotating speed 22a of the high pressure turbine 22 up to the rated rotating speed, the fuel flow rate is controlled by the fuel control unit 203.
The control apparatus of the gas turbine combustor 2 is structured as this embodiment, thus even in the biaxial gas turbine unit, the combustion form can be promptly switched from the independent diffusion combustion to the mixed combustion of the diffusion combustion and premix combustion after the load dump of the gas turbine and the NOx emission in the full speed no-load operation state can be reduced.
According to this embodiment, a method and an apparatus for controlling a gas turbine combustor capable of ensuring combustion stability immediately after the load dump of the gas turbine and reducing the NOx emission due to the full speed no-load operation after the load dump can be realized.
The present invention can be applied to the gas turbine combustor.
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| 2010-198518 | Sep 2010 | JP | national |
This application is a division of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/213,263, filed Aug. 19, 2011, which claims priority from Japanese patent application JP 2010-198518 filed on Sep. 6, 2010, the disclosures of which are expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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