Automated tuning of gas turbine combustion systems
First Claim
1. A tuning system for tuning the operation of a gas turbine, the system comprising:
- operational turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, the operational control elements producing a change in operational parameter data of the gas turbine;
a tuning controller communicating with the operational turbine controls to adjust one or more operational control elements, the tuning controller configured to tune the operation of the turbine in accordance with the following;
receiving real-time or near real-time operational parameter data about the turbine,adjusting stored operational standards of the turbine by selecting one or more desired tuning priorities,determining whether sensed operational parameter data is within the stored operational standards and producing one or more indicators if said operational data is not within the stored operational standards,ranking the one or more indicators based on the hierarchy of tuning priorities to determine the dominant tuning concern, andtuning the operation of the turbine by causing an adjustment in one of the operational control elements, wherein the operational control element being adjusted is selected based on the dominant tuning concern, andwherein the adjustment is made to the overall operational control element of the turbine.
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a tuning system for tuning the operation of a gas turbine. The system comprises operational turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, including at least one of turbine fuel distribution or the fuel temperature. The system also has a tuning controller communicating with the turbine controls. The tuning controller is configured to tune the operation of the turbine in accordance with the following steps: receiving operational data about the turbine, providing a hierarchy of tuning issues, determining whether sensed operational data is within predetermined operational limits and producing one or more indicators. If the operational data is not within predetermined operational limits, the tuning controller will rank the one or more indicators to determine dominant tuning concern, and tune the operation of the turbine based on dominant tuning concern. Also provided herein are a method and computer readable medium for tuning.
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25 Claims
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1. A tuning system for tuning the operation of a gas turbine, the system comprising:
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operational turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, the operational control elements producing a change in operational parameter data of the gas turbine; a tuning controller communicating with the operational turbine controls to adjust one or more operational control elements, the tuning controller configured to tune the operation of the turbine in accordance with the following; receiving real-time or near real-time operational parameter data about the turbine, adjusting stored operational standards of the turbine by selecting one or more desired tuning priorities, determining whether sensed operational parameter data is within the stored operational standards and producing one or more indicators if said operational data is not within the stored operational standards, ranking the one or more indicators based on the hierarchy of tuning priorities to determine the dominant tuning concern, and tuning the operation of the turbine by causing an adjustment in one of the operational control elements, wherein the operational control element being adjusted is selected based on the dominant tuning concern, and wherein the adjustment is made to the overall operational control element of the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of tuning the operation of a gas turbine, the turbine having turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, the operational control elements producing a change in operational parameter data of the gas turbine, the method comprising:
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receiving real-time or near real-time operational parameter data about the turbine, adjusting stored operational standards of the turbine by selecting one or more desired tuning priorities, determining whether sensed operational parameter data is within the stored operational standards and producing one or more indicators if said operational data is not within the stored operational standards, ranking the one or more indicators based on the hierarchy of tuning priorities to determine the dominant tuning concern, and tuning the operation of the turbine by causing an adjustment in one of the operational control elements, wherein the operational control element being adjusted is selected based on the dominant tuning concern, and wherein the adjustment is made to the overall operational control element of the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having embodied therein a computer program for tuning the operation of a combustion turbine comprising code segments for:
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controlling operational control elements of the turbine, the operational control elements producing a change in operational parameter data of the gas turbine, receiving real-time or near real-time operational parameter data about the turbine, adjusting stored operational standards of the turbine by selecting one or more desired tuning priorities, determining whether sensed operational parameter data is within the stored operational standards and producing one or more indicators if said operational data is not within the stored operational standards, ranking the one or more indicators based on the hierarchy of tuning priorities to determine the dominant tuning concern, and tuning the operation of the turbine by causing an adjustment in one of the operational control elements, wherein the operational control element being adjusted is selected based on the dominant tuning concern, and wherein the adjustment is made to the overall operational control element of the turbine. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A tuning system for tuning the operation of a gas turbine, the system comprising:
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operational turbine controls for controlling operational control elements of the turbine, the operational control elements producing a change in operational parameter data of the gas turbine; a tuning controller communicating with the operational turbine controls to adjust one or more operational control elements, the tuning controller configured to tune the operation of the turbine in accordance with the following; receiving real-time or near real-time operational parameter data about the turbine, adjusting stored operational standards of the turbine by selecting one or more desired tuning priorities, determining whether sensed operational parameter data is within the stored operational standards and producing one or more indicators if said operational data is not within the stored operational standards, ranking the one or more indicators based on the hierarchy of tuning priorities to determine the dominant tuning concern, and reactively tuning the operation of the turbine by causing an adjustment in one of the operational control elements, wherein the operational control element being adjusted is selected based on the dominant tuning concern.
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