Cooling system for gas turbine, gas turbine equipment provided with same, and parts cooling method for gas turbine

• US 10,634,058 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2016
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Power Limited (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: mitsubishi hitachi power systems, ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Iwasaki, Yoshifumi, Ai, Toshishige, Fukunaga, Yuya, Iwasaki, Tatsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Walthour, Scott J
• Application Number:
  US15/545,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20180010520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 25/12 Cooling
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 5/187 Convection cooling
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 9/041 using blades F01D5/148 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 3/06 the compressor comprising only axial stages F02C3/10 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 6/08 the gas being bled from the gas-turbine compressor
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 7/185 Cooling means for reducing the temperature of the cooling air or gas
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 9/18 by bleeding, bypassing or acting on variable working fluid interconnections between turbines or compressors or their stages F02C3/113 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/32 in gas turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2240/35 Combustors or associated equipment
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/211 by intercooling, e.g. during a compression cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/606 Bypassing the fluid
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/112 by limiting temperatures
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/303 Temperature

Abstract

A cooling system includes: a high pressure bleed line configured to bleed high pressure compressed air from a first bleed position of a compressor and to send the air to a first hot part; a low pressure bleed line configured to bleed low pressure compressed air from a second bleed position of the compressor and to send the air to a second hot part; an orifice provided in the low pressure bleed line; a connecting line configured to connect the high pressure bleed line and the low pressure bleed line; a first valve provided in the connecting line; a bypass line configured to connect the connecting line and the low pressure bleed line; and a second valve provided in the bypass line.

Claims

1. A method for cooling parts of a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor configured to burn a fuel in the air compressed by the compressor and to generate a combustion gas, and a turbine driven using the combustion gas, the method comprising:

a high pressure bleeding step of bleeding air from a first bleed position of the compressor as first air and sending the first air via a high pressure bleed line to a first hot part of the gas turbine which is in contact with the combustion gas the high pressure bleed line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the high pressure bleed line configured to connect to, and bleed the first air from, the first bleed position of the compressor, the second end of the high pressure bleed line being configured to connect to the first hot part;

a cooling step of cooling, using a cooler, the first air sent to the first hot part in the high pressure bleeding step;

a low pressure bleeding step of bleeding second air at a pressure lower than that of the first air from a second bleed position of the compressor and sending the second air via a low pressure bleed line to a second hot part of the gas turbine without passing through a cooler, the second hot part in contact with the combustion gas and disposed under a lower pressure environment than the first hot part;

a mixing step of mixing the first air cooled in the cooling step into the second air sent to the second hot part;

a first control step of using a first control unit to control a degree of valve opening of a first valve to control a flow rate of the first air mixed into the second air, the first valve being provided on a connecting line, the connecting line configured to connect together (1) a first position in the high pressure bleed line between the second end of the high pressure bleed line and the cooler and (2) the low pressure bleed line; and

a second control step of using a second control unit to control a degree of valve opening of a second valve to control a flow rate of parts inflow air, the parts inflow air being a mixture of the first air and the second air, the flow rate of the first air being controlled in the first control step, the second valve being provided at a second position in the high pressure bleed line between the first end of the high pressure bleed line and the cooler,

wherein, in the first control step, the flow rate of the first air to be mixed into the second air is controlled by the first control unit based on at least one of (1) an intake temperature that is a temperature of air suctioned by the compressor or (2) an output correlation value that is either a gas turbine output or a value correlated with the gas turbine output, and

in the second control step, the flow rate of the parts inflow air is controlled by the second control unit based on the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value includes the intake temperature, and wherein in the first control step, when the intake temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined intake temperature, a control signal is output by the first control unit to the first valve to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the intake temperature which is smaller than the predetermined intake temperature.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value includes the output correlation value, and wherein in the first control step, when the output correlation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined correlation value, a control signal is output by the first control unit to the first valve to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the output correlation value which is smaller than the predetermined correlation value.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value includes the output correlation value, and wherein in the first control step, when the output correlation value is equal to or less than a predetermined correlation value, a control signal is output by the first control unit to the first valve to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the output correlation value which is larger than the predetermined correlation value.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value includes the output correlation value, and wherein in the second control step, when the output correlation value is equal to or less than a predetermined correlation value, a control signal is output by the second control unit to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the output correlation value which is larger than the predetermined correlation value.

6. The method according to claim 2, wherein the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value includes the intake temperature, and wherein in the second control step, when the intake temperature is equal to or lower than the predetermined intake temperature, a control signal is output by the second control unit to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the intake temperature which is larger than the predetermined intake temperature.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein, in the second control step, when the intake temperature has reached a temperature between the predetermined intake temperature and a second temperature which is higher than the predetermined intake temperature, a control signal is output by the second control unit to the second valve to set a constant degree of valve opening, and when the intake temperature is equal to or higher than the second temperature, a control signal is output by the second control unit to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or less than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the intake temperature which is smaller than the second temperature.

8. A cooling system for a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor configured to burn a fuel in the air compressed by the compressor to generate a combustion gas, and a turbine driven using the combustion gas, the cooling system for a gas turbine comprising:

a high pressure bleed line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the high pressure bleed line configured to connect to, and bleed air from, a first bleed position of the compressor, the high pressure bleed line configured to direct the air bled from the first bleed position to a first hot part of the gas turbine which is in contact with the combustion gas, the second end of the high pressure bleed line being configured to connect to the first hot part;

a cooler configured to cool air passing through the high pressure bleed line;

a low pressure bleed line configured to bleed air from a second bleed position of the compressor at a pressure lower than that of the air which is bled from the first bleed position, the low pressure bleed line configured to send the air bled from the second bleed position to a second hot part of the gas turbine which is in contact with the combustion gas and disposed under a lower pressure environment than the first hot part;

a connecting line configured to connect together (1) a first position in the high pressure bleed line between the second end of the high pressure bleed line and the cooler and (2) the low pressure bleed line;

a first valve provided in the connecting line;

a second valve provided at a second position in the high pressure bleed line between the first end of the high pressure bleed line and the cooler;

a first control unit configured to control a degree of valve opening of the first valve; and

a second control unit configured to control a degree of valve opening of the second valve,

wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on at least one of (1) an intake temperature that is a temperature of air suctioned by the compressor or (2) an output correlation value that is either a gas turbine output or a value correlated with the gas turbine output, and

wherein the second control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the second valve based on the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value.

9. The cooling system according to claim 8, wherein the low pressure bleed line is not provided with a cooler.

10. A cooling system for a gas turbine, the gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air, a combustor configured to burn a fuel in the air compressed by the compressor to generate a combustion gas, and a turbine driven using the combustion gas, the cooling system comprising:

a high pressure bleed line having a first end and a second end, the first end of the high pressure bleed line configured to connect to, and bleed air from, a first bleed position of the compressor, the high pressure bleed line configured to direct the air bled from the first bleed position to a first hot part of the gas turbine which is in contact with the combustion gas, the second end of the high pressure bleed line being configured to connect to the first hot part;

a cooler configured to cool air passing through the high pressure bleed line;

a low pressure bleed line having a first end and a second end, the first end configured to connect to, and bleed air from, a second bleed position of the compressor at a pressure lower than that of the air which is bled from the first bleed position, the low pressure bleed line configured to send the air bled from the second bleed position to a second hot part of the gas turbine which is in contact with the combustion gas and disposed under a lower pressure environment than the first hot part, wherein the low pressure bleed line is not provided with a cooler, and wherein the second end of the low pressure bleed line is configured to connect to the second hot part;

a minimum flow rate securing device configured to secure a minimum flow rate of air flowing through the low pressure bleed line while limiting a flow rate of the air flowing through the low pressure bleed line;

a connecting line configured to connect together (1) a first position in the high pressure bleed line between the second end of the high pressure bleed line and the cooler and (2) a second position in the low pressure bleed line between the first end of the low pressure bleed line and the minimum flow rate securing device;

a first valve provided in the connecting line;

a bypass line configured to connect together (1) a third position in the connecting line between the second position in the low pressure bleed line and the first valve and (2) a fourth position in the low pressure bleed line between the second end of the low pressure bleed line and the minimum flow rate securing device; and

a second valve provided in the bypass line.

11. The cooling system according to claim 10, further comprising:

a first control unit configured to control a degree of valve opening of the first valve; and

a second control unit configured to control a degree of valve opening of the second valve,

wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on at least one of parameter value of (1) an intake temperature that is a temperature of air suctioned by the compressor or (2) an output correlation value that is either a gas turbine output or a value correlated with the gas turbine output, and wherein the second control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the second valve based on the at least one of the intake temperature or the output correlation value.

12. The cooling system according to claim 11, wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on the intake temperature such that when the intake temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined intake temperature, the first control unit is configured to output, to the first valve, a control signal to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the intake temperature which is smaller than the predetermined intake temperature.

13. The cooling system according to claim 12, wherein the first control unit is configured to receive a second temperature near the second hot part, the first control unit configured to, when the second temperature is equal to or higher than a predetermined second hot part temperature, output a control signal to increase the degree of valve opening of the first valve.

14. The cooling system according to claim 11, wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on the output correlation value, the first control unit configured to, when the output correlation value is equal to or greater than a predetermined correlation value, output a control signal to the first valve to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the output correlation value which is smaller than the predetermined correlation value.

15. The cooling system according to claim 11, wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on the output correlation value, the first control unit configured to, when the output correlation value is equal to or less than a predetermined correlation value, output a control signal to the first valve to set the degree of valve opening of the first valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the first valve at a value of the output correlation value which is larger than the predetermined correlation value.

16. The cooling system according to claim 11, wherein the first control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the first valve based on the intake temperature, the first control unit configured to, when the intake temperature is equal to or lower than a predetermined intake temperature, output a control signal to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the intake temperature which is larger than the predetermined intake temperature.

17. The cooling system according to claim 16, wherein the second control unit is further configured to, when the intake temperature is between the predetermined intake temperature and a second temperature which is higher than the predetermined intake temperature, output a control signal to the second valve to maintain a constant degree of valve opening of the second valve, the second control unit further configured to, when the intake temperature is equal to or higher than the second temperature, output a control signal to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or less than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the intake temperature which is smaller than the second temperature.

18. The cooling system according to claim 11, wherein the second control unit is configured to control the degree of valve opening of the second valve based on the output correlation value, the second control unit being configured to, when the output correlation value is equal to or less than a predetermined correlation value, output a control signal to the second valve to set the degree of valve opening of the second valve to be equal to or greater than the degree of valve opening of the second valve at a value of the output correlation value which is larger than the predetermined correlation value.

19. The cooling system according to claim 10, wherein the low pressure bleed line is connected to a turbine vane, and wherein the second hot part is the turbine vane.

20. A gas turbine system comprising:

the cooling system according to claim 10; and

a gas turbine.