Method and apparatus for achieving power augmentation in gas turbines using wet compression
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02C-003/30
출원번호
UP-0469845
(2006-09-01)
등록번호
US-7784286
(2010-09-20)
우선권정보
GB-0129251.5(2001-12-06)
발명자
/ 주소
Bolis, Giacomo
Hagström, Gustav
Hoffman, Jürgen
Wasmuth, Thorsten
출원인 / 주소
ALSTOM Technology Ltd
대리인 / 주소
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
4인용 특허 :
85
초록▼
A gas turbine unit as well as a method for operating a gas turbine with high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine unit are disclosed. A very quick and at the same time easily controllable augmentation or reduction of the shaft power of the gas turbine unit can be achieved by providing at leas
A gas turbine unit as well as a method for operating a gas turbine with high-pressure turbine and a low-pressure turbine unit are disclosed. A very quick and at the same time easily controllable augmentation or reduction of the shaft power of the gas turbine unit can be achieved by providing at least one liquid droplet injection device on the upstream side of said compressor for injecting liquid into the stream of intake air in order to increase the shaft power generated by the gas turbine unit. The amount of water mass flow corresponding to the desired increase or decrease of shaft power output of the gas turbine unit is added or reduced in the form of liquid droplets in a substantially stepless manner and immediately within a time interval that is determined by the design characteristics of the liquid droplet injection device.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A gas turbine unit comprising: a compressor for compressing a stream of intake air supplied thereto and discharging compressed air; a high-pressure combustion chamber in which fuel is combusted with the compressed air discharged from said compressor; a high-pressure turbine d
What is claimed is: 1. A gas turbine unit comprising: a compressor for compressing a stream of intake air supplied thereto and discharging compressed air; a high-pressure combustion chamber in which fuel is combusted with the compressed air discharged from said compressor; a high-pressure turbine driven by hot combustion air discharged from said high-pressure combustion chamber; a low-pressure combustion chamber in which fuel is combusted with expanded combustion air discharged from said high-pressure turbine; and a low-pressure turbine driven by the hot combustion air discharged from said low-pressure combustion chamber; wherein said compressor is working with a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar; wherein at least one liquid droplet injection device is provided on an upstream side of said compressor for injecting liquid into the stream of intake air to increase shaft power generated by the gas turbine unit, said injection device allowing an addition of liquid mass flow in the form of liquid droplets; and wherein responsive to a desired increase of shaft power output the at least one liquid droplet injection device delivers the liquid to reach a discrete rate of mass flow within 60 seconds; and further comprising a fuel control valve that adjusts fuel mass flow in order to maintain firing temperatures of the gas turbine unit, wherein the at least one liquid droplet injection device is operable with an on/off-control signal, and wherein the fuel control valve is controllable as a function of liquid droplet injection using a single feed forward signal synchronized to the on/off-control signal. 2. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, further comprising an intake air guide with a cross-section, wherein said liquid droplet injection device permits said liquid mass flow to be injected substantially across the entire cross-section of the intake air guide. 3. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, further comprising a cooling system that uses at least partially compressed air discharged from the compressor to cool components of the gas turbine unit, wherein the cooling system comprises a cooling unit that is controlled to provide constant quality with respect to temperature and pressure of air cooled thereby. 4. The gas turbine unit of claim 3, wherein the at least one injection device is controlled using a single feed forward signal synchronized to the on/off-control signal of the liquid droplet injection device, wherein the signals optionally can be slightly displaced relative to each other in order to account for hysteresis-effects of the gas turbine unit. 5. The gas turbine unit of claim 3, wherein the air is cooled by the cooling system to have a temperature between 300° C. and 400° C. allowing a tolerance of less than +/−10° C., while maintaining a pressure between 15 bar and 40 bar. 6. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, further comprising an intake manifold disposed upstream of said compressor and an intake duct disposed upstream of said intake manifold and connected to said intake manifold by an expansion joint, wherein the liquid droplet injection device is disposed proximate the expansion joint. 7. The gas turbine unit of claim 6, wherein the intake duct additionally comprises a silencer disposed upstream of said liquid droplet injection device and a filter disposed proximate an intake opening of the intake duct. 8. The gas turbine unit of claim 7, further comprising additional cooling means for cooling the intake air disposed downstream of the filter. 9. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplet injection device comprises a grid of fogging water ducts with fogging nozzles mounted on the downstream side thereof for injecting droplets into the stream of intake air. 10. The gas turbine unit of claim 9, wherein the fogging water ducts are arranged in a substantially parallel manner on a carrying rack. 11. The gas turbine unit of claim 9, wherein the fogging nozzles are binary nozzles fed with gas and liquid. 12. The gas turbine unit of claim 9, wherein the fogging nozzles are binary nozzles fed with quasi-gas and liquid. 13. The gas turbine unit of claim 9, wherein the fogging water ducts and the fogging nozzles are spaced within the stream of intake air to produce even droplet distribution in the stream of intake air. 14. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplets are sized between 2 μm and 40 μm. 15. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplets are sized about 10 μm. 16. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplet injection device is disposed proximate an inlet to the compressor inlet. 17. The gas turbine unit of claim 1, wherein the liquid droplet injection device is disposed at a bellmouth of the compressor. 18. The process of claim 1, wherein the single feed forward signal and the on/off-control signal are synchronized but displaced relative to each other sufficient to account for hysteresis-effects of the gas turbine unit. 19. A gas turbine unit comprising: a compressor for compressing a stream of intake air supplied thereto and discharging compressed air, said compressor working with a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar; a high-pressure combustion chamber in which fuel is combusted with the compressed air discharged from said compressor; a high-pressure turbine driven by hot combustion air discharged from said high-pressure combustion chamber; a low-pressure combustion chamber in which fuel is combusted with expanded combustion air discharged from said high-pressure turbine; a low-pressure turbine driven by the hot combustion air discharged from said low-pressure combustion chamber; a liquid droplet injection device disposed on an upstream side of said compressor for injecting liquid mass flow into the stream of intake air to increase shaft power generated by the gas turbine unit; and wherein responsive to a desired increase of shaft power output the at least one liquid droplet injection device delivers liquid to reach a discrete rate of the liquid mass flow within 60 seconds; and further comprising a fuel control valve that adjusts fuel mass flow in order to maintain firing temperatures of the gas turbine unit, wherein the liquid droplet injection device is operable with an on/off-control signal, and wherein the fuel control valve is controllable as a function of liquid droplet injection using a single feed forward signal synchronized to the on/off-control signal. 20. The gas turbine unit of claim 19, wherein the liquid droplet injection device permits the liquid mass flow to be injected substantially across the stream of intake air supplied to the compressor. 21. The gas turbine unit of claim 19, wherein the liquid droplet injection device comprises a plurality of liquid atomization nozzles. 22. The gas turbine unit of claim 21, wherein the liquid atomization nozzles are disposed in a how-weighted manner with respect to the stream of intake air. 23. The process of claim 19, wherein the single feed forward signal and the on/off-control signal are synchronized but displaced relative to each other sufficient to account for hysteresis-effects of the gas turbine unit. 24. A gas turbine unit comprising: a turbine; a combustion chamber; a compressor for compressing a stream of intake air supplied thereto and discharging compressed air, said compressor having a pressure ratio larger than 15 bar; and a liquid droplet injection device disposed on an upstream side of said compressor for injecting liquid mass flow into the stream of intake air to increase shaft power generated by the gas turbine unit, the liquid droplet injection device operable between a first state permitting a first mass flow and a second state permitting no mass flow; a fuel control valve that adjusts fuel mass flow in order to maintain firing temperatures of the gas turbine unit, wherein the liquid droplet injection device is operable with an on/off-control signal, and wherein the fuel control valve is controllable as a function of liquid droplet injection using a single feed forward signal synchronized to the on/off-control signal; wherein an incremental change in mass flow is not permitted between the first and second states; wherein the first mass flow corresponds to a desired power adjustment. 25. The process of claim 24, wherein the single feed forward signal and the on/off-control signal are synchronized but displaced relative to each other sufficient to account for hysteresis-effects of the gas turbine unit.
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