System and method for air extraction from gas turbine engines
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F02C-006/08
F01D-013/00
F02C-009/18
출원번호
US-0075026
(2011-03-29)
등록번호
US-10041407
(2018-08-07)
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/ 주소
Nenmeni, Vijay Anand Raghavendran
Alexander, Michael Joseph
Plummer, Paul William
Janssen, Timothy Lee
출원인 / 주소
General Electric Company
대리인 / 주소
Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
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초록▼
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that allows air to be extracted from a plurality of gas turbine engines and fed to a downstream process, even in situations in which one or more of the gas turbine engines are operating in a part load condition. For example, in an embodiment, a
The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method that allows air to be extracted from a plurality of gas turbine engines and fed to a downstream process, even in situations in which one or more of the gas turbine engines are operating in a part load condition. For example, in an embodiment, a method includes monitoring signals representative of a header pressure of a header, or a pressure of extraction air flow from one or more gas turbine engines to the header, or both, and maintaining substantially continuous flows of extraction air from the gas turbine engines to the header. The substantially continuous flows are maintained when the gas turbine engines are under symmetric and asymmetric load conditions.
대표청구항▼
1. A system, comprising: an extraction air header configured to receive a first extraction air flow from a first compressor of a first gas turbine engine and a second extraction air flow from a second compressor of a second gas turbine engine;an extraction air controller configured to maintain the f
1. A system, comprising: an extraction air header configured to receive a first extraction air flow from a first compressor of a first gas turbine engine and a second extraction air flow from a second compressor of a second gas turbine engine;an extraction air controller configured to maintain the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header during operational conditions in which the first and second gas turbine engines are symmetrically loaded and during operational conditions in which the first and second gas turbine engines are asymmetrically loaded; anda flow regulation device communicatively coupled to the extraction air controller and disposed downstream of the extraction air header, wherein the flow regulation device is configured to enable a pressure drop downstream of the extraction air header to cause a reduction of a header pressure of the extraction air header. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the extraction air controller is configured to maintain the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header in a symmetric pressure condition and an asymmetric pressure condition, while the first and second gas turbine engines are operating, by controlling the flow regulation device. 3. The system of claim 1, wherein the extraction air controller is configured to maintain the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header during and after a transition between the symmetric load condition and the asymmetric load condition using the flow regulation device. 4. The system of claim 1, wherein the symmetric load condition represents first and second full load conditions on the respective first and second gas turbine engines, and the asymmetric load condition represents a partial load condition on the first gas turbine engine and the second full load condition on the second gas turbine engine. 5. The system of claim 1, wherein the extraction air controller is configured to reduce the header pressure of the extraction air header using the flow regulation device if the second extraction air flow has a pressure less than the first extraction airflow. 6. The system of claim 1, wherein the extraction air controller is configured to maintain, via the flow regulation device, the header pressure of the extraction air header at least less than or equal to a lowest pressure of the first and second extraction air flows. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the flow regulation device is configured to maintain the header pressure in response to control signals from the extraction air controller. 8. The system of claim 1, comprising the first gas turbine engine, the second gas turbine engine, and an air separation unit (ASU) coupled to the extraction air header downstream of the flow regulation device. 9. A method, comprising: monitoring a first signal representative of a first flow of extraction air from a first gas turbine engine and a second signal representative of a second flow of extraction air from a second gas turbine engine, or a third signal representative of a header pressure of an extraction air header, or a combination, with an extraction air controller; andmaintaining, using at least the extraction air controller and a flow regulation device disposed downstream of the extraction air header, the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header during operational conditions in which the first and second gas turbine engines are symmetrically loaded and during operational conditions in which the first and second gas turbine engines are asymmetrically loaded, wherein the flow regulation device is configured to enable a pressure drop downstream of the extraction air header to cause a reduction of a header pressure of the extraction air header. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein maintaining the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header comprises adjusting the header pressure, via the flow regulation device, if the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal, or a combination, indicate an asymmetric load condition. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein adjusting the header pressure comprises reducing the header pressure, via the flow regulation device, to a pressure substantially equal to or lower than the lowest pressure of the first and second extraction air flows. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein adjusting the header pressure comprises, in addition to adjusting the flow regulation device, adjusting a position of a first flow control valve disposed along a first conduit fluidly coupling the first gas turbine engine with the extraction air header, or adjusting a position of a second flow control valve disposed along a second conduit fluidly coupling the second gas turbine engine with the extraction air header, or any combination thereof. 13. The method of claim 9, comprising boosting, using the flow regulation device, the flow regulation device comprising a compressor, an air pressure downstream from the extraction air header if the first and second extraction air flows provide insufficient pressure to meet a pressure demand of a downstream system. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein maintaining, using at least the extraction air controller and the flow regulation device disposed downstream of the extraction air header, the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header comprises maintaining the first and second extraction air flows to the extraction air header during and after a transition between a symmetric load condition and an asymmetric load condition. 15. A system, comprising: a non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising: stored instructions executable by an extraction air controller of a gas turbine system to perform a process comprising: monitoring a first signal representative of a first flow of extraction air from a first gas turbine engine and a second signal representative of a second flow of extraction air from a second gas turbine engine, or a third signal representative of a header pressure of an extraction air header, or any combination thereof, with the extraction air controller; andmaintaining, using at least the extraction air controller, the header pressure of the extraction air header by controlling a compressor disposed downstream of, and fluidly coupled to, the extraction air header, such that the compressor is configured to draw the header pressure down. 16. The system of claim 15, wherein monitoring the first signal, the second signal, the third signal, or any combination thereof, comprises determining whether the first and/or the second gas turbine engine is operating at part load, and reducing the header pressure, via the compressor, to a level substantially equal to or lower than the lowest pressure of the first extraction air flow or the second extraction air flow if the first, second, or third signals indicate an asymmetric load condition. 17. The system of claim 16, wherein the process performed by executing the stored instructions comprises increasing an air pressure of a combined flow of extraction air flowing from the header when reducing the header pressure.
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