EP2527737A2 - Control method for controlling the supply of fuel to a gas turbine plant and gas turbine plant - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a control method for controlling the supply of fuel in a gas turbine plant and to a gas turbine plant.
- Gas turbine plants of the known type comprise a combustion chamber, which is supplied with a fuel, generally gas.
- the amount of gas supplied to the combustion chamber is calculated by a fuel supply control device.
- the present invention relates to a control method for controlling the supply of fuel to a gas turbine; the plant comprising a gas turbine and a combustion chamber supplied with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer; the method being characterized by comprising the steps of:
- the present invention relates to a gas turbine plant comprising a gas turbine, a combustion chamber supplied with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, and a control device for controlling the supply of fuel to the gas turbine plant; the control device being configured:
- reference numeral 1 indicates as a whole a gas turbine plant for the production of electricity.
- Plant 1 comprises a compressor 3, a combustion chamber 4, a gas turbine 6 and a generator 7, which converts the mechanical power supplied by turbine 6 into electric power PEL to be supplied to an electric network 8.
- the electric network 8 being connected to generator 7 by means of a switch 9.
- Plant 1 further comprises a supply circuit 10 configured to supply the fuel to the combustion chamber 4, a sensor assembly 11 arranged at the exhaust 12 of turbine 6 and a control device 14 for controlling the supply of fuel to the combustion chamber 4 on the basis of the data detected by the sensor group 11.
- the supply circuit 10 is provided with at least one control valve 16, which is controlled by the control device 14 by means of a control signal U c for supplying a flow rate of fuel Q TOT , generally gas, to the combustion chamber 4.
- the sensor assembly 11 comprises at least a first sensor 18 configured to detect a first parameter indicating the amount of unburned fuel and at least a second sensor 19 configured to detect a parameter indicating the specific energy produced by the combustion.
- specific energy produced by the combustion means the amount of energy developed by the mass unit of the mixture of fuel and oxidizer in the combustion chamber 4.
- the first parameter is the concentration of unburned hydrocarbons UHC present in the exhaust gas 12.
- the first sensor 18 is a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) configured to detect the concentration of unburned hydrocarbons in the analyzed gas.
- FID Flame Ionization Detector
- the first sensor 18 is configured to detect the amount of UHC (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm 3 ) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6.
- Normal cubic meter means a cubic meter of gas under normal pressure (1013 bar) and temperature (0° C) conditions.
- a variant (not shown) requires the first sensor 18 to be an optical sensor capable of detecting the concentration of UHC by means of a sensor installed on the exhaust pipe of turbine 6 and capable of measuring the UHC concentration "in situ”.
- the second parameter is the concentration of carbon monoxide CO present in the exhaust gas 12.
- the second sensor 19 is preferably an infrared light detector (commonly called NDIR: Non-Dispersive Infrared Sensor), which is simply a spectroscope configured to detect the concentration of CO in the analyzed gas.
- the second sensor 19 is configured to detect the amount of CO (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm 3 ) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6.
- a variant (not shown) requires the second sensor 18 to be an optical sensor capable of detecting the concentration of CO by means of a sensor installed on the exhaust pipe of turbine 6 and capable of measuring the CO concentration "in situ”.
- the control device 14 is configured to calculate the control signal U c on the basis of the parameters detected by the sensor assembly 11.
- the control device 14 is configured to calculate a flow rate Q TOT to the supplied to the combustion chamber on the basis of the first parameter correlated to the combustion of unburnt hydrocarbons (UHC) and of the second parameter correlated to the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO), detected by the first sensor 19 and by the second sensor 19, respectively.
- the control device 14 comprises a calculation block 20 configured to calculate the minimum basic flow rate Q MIN_BASE , a configuration block 21 configured to calculate the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN , a subtractor node 22, a calculation block 23 configured to calculate a flow rate contribution ⁇ .Q, an adder node 24 and a valve control block 25 configured to calculate the control signal U c on the basis of an input flow rate Q TOT .
- the calculation block 20 is configured to calculate the minimum basic flow rate Q MIN _ BASE to be supplied to the combustion chamber 4 in accordance with control logics which are not the object of the present invention.
- the control block 21 is configured to calculate the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN on the basis of the parameters detected by the sensor assembly 11.
- the calculation block 21 comprises a first error calculation block 30, a second error calculation block 31, a first normalization block 32, a second normalization block 33, a first multiplier node 34, a second multiplier node 35, a subtractor node 37 and a filtering module 40.
- the first error calculation block 30 is configured to calculate a first error between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of unburned hydrocarbons UHC detected by the first sensor 18 and a first reference value UHC REF .
- the first error UHC ERR is a significant parameter of the excess fuel amount which cannot be burnt in the combustion chamber 4.
- the first reference value UHC REF varies according to the type and dimensions of plant 1. In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, UHC REF is equal to 0.2 mg/Nm 3 .
- the first error UHC ERR is thus integrated and normalized in the first normalization block 32 so as to provide a first normalized error UHC ERR - NORM which may be compared with other parameters.
- the first normalization block 32 is configured to convert the first error UHC ERR into a non-dimensional numeric value (UHC ERR-NORM ) from 0 to 100.
- the first normalized error UHC ERR-NORM is then supplied to the first multiplier node 34 to be multiplied by a first coefficient K UHC so as to output a first normalized, weighted error UHC ERR-NORM-KUHC .
- the first coefficient K UHC has a predefined value, determined according to the weight to be attributed to the first normalized error UHC ERR-NORM .
- the first coefficient K UHC is preferably equal to 1.
- the second error calculation block 31 is configured to calculate a second error CO ERR between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of carbon monoxide CO detected by the second sensor 19 and a second reference value CO REF .
- the second error CO ERR is a significant parameter of the excessive cooling of the combustion process in the combustion chamber 4.
- the second reference value CO REF varies according to the type and dimensions of plant 1. Preferably, the second reference value CO REF is equal to 3 mg/Nm 3 .
- the second error CO ERR is thus integrated and normalized in the second normalization block 33 so as to provide a second normalized error CO ERR-NORM which may be compared with other parameters.
- the second normalization block 33 is configured to convert the second error CO ERR into a non-dimensional numeric value (CO ERR-NORM ) from 0 to 100.
- the second normalized error CO ERR-NORM is then supplied to the second multiplier node 35 to be multiplied by a second coefficient K CO so as to output a second normalized, weighted error CO ERR-NORM-KCO .
- the second coefficient K CO has a predefined value, determined according to the weight to be attributed to the second normalized error CO ERR-NORM .
- the second coefficient K CO is preferably equal to 1.
- the difference signal DIFF thus obtained may be zero when the contributions given by the excess of fuel and by the excessive cooling of the combustion are equal; positive in the presence of fuel in excess; negative when the cooling action given by the excess of oxidizer in the mixture of fuel and oxidizer is dominant.
- the difference signal DIFF is thus supplied to the filtering module 40, which is configured to eliminate the negative values of the difference signal DIFF and to limit the positive values of the difference signal DIFF under a maximum value so as to supply the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN which will be supplied to the subtractor node 22 in figure 2 .
- the maximum value is equal to the minimum flow rate Q MIN calculated by the calculation block 20.
- the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN will be equal to the different signal DIFF if the difference signal DIFF is lower than the maximum value, while it will be equal to the maximum value if the different signal DIFF is higher than the maximum value.
- the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN is supplied to the subtractor node 22, which substantially carries out the following operation:
- Q MIN Q MIN_BASE - ⁇ Q MIN
- the minimum flow rate Q MIN is thus supplied to the adder node 24, which adds the minimum flow rate Q MIN and the flow rate contribution ⁇ Q.
- the flow rate contribution ⁇ Q is calculated by the calculation block 23 in accordance with control logics which are not the object of the present invention and mainly based on the power, speed and turbine exhaust gas temperature request.
- the control device 14 is advantageously configured so as to reduce the fuel flow rate Q TOT supplied by the combustion chamber 4 when an excess of fuel condition occurs with respect to that which can be instantaneously burnt.
- control device 14 is configured to calculate the amount of fuel which must be subtracted (i.e. the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN ) to avoid excess of fuel and to optimize the overall performance of plant 1.
- FIG 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention in which the same reference numbers used in figures 1-3 are kept to indicate similar elements.
- the sensor assembly 111 also comprises, in addition to the first sensor 18 and to the second sensor 19, a third sensor 119 configured to detect a parameter indicating the amount of oxygen O 2 present in the exhaust gas 12 of turbine 6.
- the third sensor 119 is an infrared light detector (commonly called NDIR: Non-Dispersive Infrared Sensor), which is simply a spectroscope configured to detect the concentration of CO in the analyzed gas.
- the third sensor 119 is configured to detect the amount of CO (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm 3 ) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6.
- the parameter indicating the amount of oxygen O 2 present in the exhaust gas of turbine 6 detected by the third sensor 120 is supplied to the control device 114.
- the control device 114 differs from the control device 14 of the first embodiment just for the presence of a calculation block 121, which is configured to calculate the variation of minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN on the basis of the parameters detected by the first sensor 18, the second sensor 19 and the third sensor 119.
- the calculation block 121 differs from the calculation block 21 substantially for the presence, downstream of the filtering module 40, of a third error calculation block 125 and of a saturation block 126.
- the maximum value MAX of the filtering module 40 is not equal to the minimum basic flow rate Q MIN _ BASE , but is equal to a value established beforehand. In the non-limitative example described and shown herein, the maximum value MAX is equal to 21. Such a value corresponds to the limit condition in which there is no combustion due to excess of oxidizer.
- the third error calculation block 125 is configured to calculate a first error O 2ERR between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of O 2 detected by the third sensor 119 and the value of the filtered difference signal DIFF FILT output by the filtering module 40.
- the third error O 2ERR is a significant parameter of the imbalance in the fuel/oxidizer ratio.
- the third error O 2ERR is then integrated and saturated between 0 and the value of the minimum basic flow rate Q MIN _ BASE so as to output the variation of the minimum flow rate ⁇ Q MIN which will be supplied to the subtractor node 22 in figure 2 .
- a parameter indicating the fuel/oxidizer ratio (i.e. O 2 ) is also controlled in order to obtain an optimal combustion, in which the combustion process is maintained, and an optimal temperature, and in which only the amount of fuel that it may actually burn is supplied to the combustion chamber.
- Effects obtained by injecting the strictly required amount of fuel are an improvement of the thermal machine efficiency with saving of fuel, an increase of the load gradient because the combustion process of the injected fuel is accelerated, a reduction of the UHC emissions and a reduction of CO emissions, especially at low loads by controlling cooling.
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- at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6), detecting at least a first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration (UHC);
- at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6,) detecting at least a second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion (CO);
- calculating a fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO).
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- The present invention relates to a control method for controlling the supply of fuel in a gas turbine plant and to a gas turbine plant.
- Gas turbine plants of the known type comprise a combustion chamber, which is supplied with a fuel, generally gas.
- The amount of gas supplied to the combustion chamber is calculated by a fuel supply control device.
- Over the past years, the design of fuel supply control devices has mainly focused on the reduction of pollutants by controlling flame temperature in the combustion chamber, neglecting overall plant efficiency in some cases.
- Indeed, it often occurs, above all under conditions of power generated in variable rate mode, that an amount of fuel higher than the amount which may actually be burnt is supplied to the combustion chamber. This determines wasting of fuel and consequent worsening of overall plant efficiency.
- It is thus an object of the present invention to provide a control method for controlling the supply of fuel which is free from the drawbacks disclosed above; in particular, it is the object of the present invention to provide a control method which is capable of optimizing fuel consumption and increasing the overall efficiency of the plant.
- In accordance with such objects, the present invention relates to a control method for controlling the supply of fuel to a gas turbine; the plant comprising a gas turbine and a combustion chamber supplied with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer; the method being characterized by comprising the steps of:
- at the exhaust of the gas turbine, detecting at least a first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration;
- at the exhaust of the gas turbine, detecting at least a second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion;
- calculating a fuel flow rate to be supplied to the combustion chamber on the basis of the first parameter and of the second parameter.
- It is a further object of the present invention to provide an efficient gas turbine plant in which fuel consumption is optimized.
- In accordance with such objects, the present invention relates to a gas turbine plant comprising a gas turbine, a combustion chamber supplied with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, and a control device for controlling the supply of fuel to the gas turbine plant; the control device being configured:
- to detect a first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration at the exhaust of the gas turbine at least;
- to detect at least a second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion at the exhaust of the gas turbine;
- to calculate a fuel flow rate to be supplied to the combustion chamber on the basis of the first parameter and of the second parameter.
- Further features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of a non-limitative embodiment thereof, with reference to the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which:
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figure 1 , reference numeral 1 indicates as a whole a gas turbine plant for the production of electricity. - Plant 1 comprises a compressor 3, a combustion chamber 4, a gas turbine 6 and a generator 7, which converts the mechanical power supplied by turbine 6 into electric power PEL to be supplied to an electric network 8. The electric network 8 being connected to generator 7 by means of a switch 9.
- Plant 1 further comprises a supply circuit 10 configured to supply the fuel to the combustion chamber 4, a sensor assembly 11 arranged at the exhaust 12 of turbine 6 and a control device 14 for controlling the supply of fuel to the combustion chamber 4 on the basis of the data detected by the sensor group 11.
- In particular, the supply circuit 10 is provided with at least one control valve 16, which is controlled by the control device 14 by means of a control signal Uc for supplying a flow rate of fuel QTOT, generally gas, to the combustion chamber 4.
- The sensor assembly 11 comprises at least a first sensor 18 configured to detect a first parameter indicating the amount of unburned fuel and at least a second sensor 19 configured to detect a parameter indicating the specific energy produced by the combustion. Thereinafter, "specific energy produced by the combustion" means the amount of energy developed by the mass unit of the mixture of fuel and oxidizer in the combustion chamber 4.
- In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, the first parameter is the concentration of unburned hydrocarbons UHC present in the exhaust gas 12.
- Preferably, the first sensor 18 is a Flame Ionization Detector (FID) configured to detect the concentration of unburned hydrocarbons in the analyzed gas. In particular, the first sensor 18 is configured to detect the amount of UHC (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm3) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6. "Normal cubic meter" means a cubic meter of gas under normal pressure (1013 bar) and temperature (0° C) conditions.
- A variant (not shown) requires the first sensor 18 to be an optical sensor capable of detecting the concentration of UHC by means of a sensor installed on the exhaust pipe of turbine 6 and capable of measuring the UHC concentration "in situ".
- In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, the second parameter is the concentration of carbon monoxide CO present in the exhaust gas 12.
- The second sensor 19 is preferably an infrared light detector (commonly called NDIR: Non-Dispersive Infrared Sensor), which is simply a spectroscope configured to detect the concentration of CO in the analyzed gas. In particular, the second sensor 19 is configured to detect the amount of CO (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm3) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6.
- A variant (not shown) requires the second sensor 18 to be an optical sensor capable of detecting the concentration of CO by means of a sensor installed on the exhaust pipe of turbine 6 and capable of measuring the CO concentration "in situ".
- The control device 14 is configured to calculate the control signal Uc on the basis of the parameters detected by the sensor assembly 11. In particular, the control device 14 is configured to calculate a flow rate QTOT to the supplied to the combustion chamber on the basis of the first parameter correlated to the combustion of unburnt hydrocarbons (UHC) and of the second parameter correlated to the concentration of carbon monoxide (CO), detected by the first sensor 19 and by the second sensor 19, respectively.
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figure 2 , the control device 14 comprises a calculation block 20 configured to calculate the minimum basic flow rate QMIN_BASE, a configuration block 21 configured to calculate the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQ MIN, a subtractor node 22, a calculation block 23 configured to calculate a flow rate contribution Δ.Q, an adder node 24 and a valve control block 25 configured to calculate the control signal Uc on the basis of an input flow rate QTOT. - The calculation block 20 is configured to calculate the minimum basic flow rate QMIN_BASE to be supplied to the combustion chamber 4 in accordance with control logics which are not the object of the present invention.
- The control block 21 is configured to calculate the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN on the basis of the parameters detected by the sensor assembly 11.
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figure 3 , the calculation block 21 comprises a first error calculation block 30, a second error calculation block 31, a first normalization block 32, a second normalization block 33, a first multiplier node 34, a second multiplier node 35, a subtractor node 37 and a filtering module 40. - In detail, the first error calculation block 30 is configured to calculate a first error between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of unburned hydrocarbons UHC detected by the first sensor 18 and a first reference value UHCREF.
- The first error UHCERR is a significant parameter of the excess fuel amount which cannot be burnt in the combustion chamber 4.
- The first reference value UHCREF varies according to the type and dimensions of plant 1. In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, UHCREF is equal to 0.2 mg/Nm3 .
- The first error UHCERR is thus integrated and normalized in the first normalization block 32 so as to provide a first normalized error UHCERR-NORM which may be compared with other parameters. In the non-limiting example described herein, the first normalization block 32 is configured to convert the first error UHCERR into a non-dimensional numeric value (UHCERR-NORM) from 0 to 100.
- The first normalized error UHCERR-NORM is then supplied to the first multiplier node 34 to be multiplied by a first coefficient KUHC so as to output a first normalized, weighted error UHCERR-NORM-KUHC. The first coefficient KUHC has a predefined value, determined according to the weight to be attributed to the first normalized error UHCERR-NORM. In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, the first coefficient KUHC is preferably equal to 1.
- The second error calculation block 31 is configured to calculate a second error COERR between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of carbon monoxide CO detected by the second sensor 19 and a second reference value COREF. The second error COERR is a significant parameter of the excessive cooling of the combustion process in the combustion chamber 4. The second reference value COREF varies according to the type and dimensions of plant 1. Preferably, the second reference value COREF is equal to 3 mg/Nm3.
- The second error COERR is thus integrated and normalized in the second normalization block 33 so as to provide a second normalized error COERR-NORM which may be compared with other parameters. In the non-limiting example described herein, the second normalization block 33 is configured to convert the second error COERR into a non-dimensional numeric value (COERR-NORM) from 0 to 100.
- The second normalized error COERR-NORM is then supplied to the second multiplier node 35 to be multiplied by a second coefficient KCO so as to output a second normalized, weighted error COERR-NORM-KCO. The second coefficient KCO has a predefined value, determined according to the weight to be attributed to the second normalized error COERR-NORM. In the non-limiting example described and shown herein, the second coefficient KCO is preferably equal to 1.
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- The difference signal DIFF thus obtained may be zero when the contributions given by the excess of fuel and by the excessive cooling of the combustion are equal; positive in the presence of fuel in excess; negative when the cooling action given by the excess of oxidizer in the mixture of fuel and oxidizer is dominant.
- The difference signal DIFF is thus supplied to the filtering module 40, which is configured to eliminate the negative values of the difference signal DIFF and to limit the positive values of the difference signal DIFF under a maximum value so as to supply the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN which will be supplied to the subtractor node 22 in
figure 2 . - Preferably, the maximum value is equal to the minimum flow rate QMIN calculated by the calculation block 20.
- Thereby, if the difference signal DIFF is zero (i.e. the contributions of the excess of fuel and of the excessive cooling of the combustion are equal), the variation of minimum flow rate ΔQMIN will be zero and therefore no correction to the minimum flow rate value QMIN will be made.
- If the different signal DIFF is negative, instead, the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN will be zero, and therefore no correction to the minimum flow rate QMIN value will be made.
- If instead the difference signal DIFF is positive (i.e. in the presence of excess of fuel), the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN will be equal to the different signal DIFF if the difference signal DIFF is lower than the maximum value, while it will be equal to the maximum value if the different signal DIFF is higher than the maximum value.
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- The minimum flow rate QMIN is thus supplied to the adder node 24, which adds the minimum flow rate QMIN and the flow rate contribution ΔQ. The flow rate contribution ΔQ is calculated by the calculation block 23 in accordance with control logics which are not the object of the present invention and mainly based on the power, speed and turbine exhaust gas temperature request.
- In essence, the adder node 24 outputs a fuel flow rate QTOT = QMIN + ΔQ, which is supplied to the valve control block 25 for controlling the control signal Uc which regulates the opening degree of the control valve 16.
- The control device 14 is advantageously configured so as to reduce the fuel flow rate QTOT supplied by the combustion chamber 4 when an excess of fuel condition occurs with respect to that which can be instantaneously burnt.
- In particular, the control device 14 is configured to calculate the amount of fuel which must be subtracted (i.e. the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN) to avoid excess of fuel and to optimize the overall performance of plant 1.
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Figure 4 shows a second embodiment of the present invention in which the same reference numbers used infigures 1-3 are kept to indicate similar elements. - According to such a variant, the sensor assembly 111 also comprises, in addition to the first sensor 18 and to the second sensor 19, a third sensor 119 configured to detect a parameter indicating the amount of oxygen O2 present in the exhaust gas 12 of turbine 6.
- Preferably, the third sensor 119 is an infrared light detector (commonly called NDIR: Non-Dispersive Infrared Sensor), which is simply a spectroscope configured to detect the concentration of CO in the analyzed gas. In particular, the third sensor 119 is configured to detect the amount of CO (in mg) present in a normal cubic meter (in Nm3) of gas taken from the exhaust 12 of turbine 6.
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figure 2 , the parameter indicating the amount of oxygen O2 present in the exhaust gas of turbine 6 detected by the third sensor 120 is supplied to the control device 114. The control device 114 differs from the control device 14 of the first embodiment just for the presence of a calculation block 121, which is configured to calculate the variation of minimum flow rate ΔQ MIN on the basis of the parameters detected by the first sensor 18, the second sensor 19 and the third sensor 119. - With reference to
figure 3 , the calculation block 121 differs from the calculation block 21 substantially for the presence, downstream of the filtering module 40, of a third error calculation block 125 and of a saturation block 126. - Furthermore, in this second embodiment, the maximum value MAX of the filtering module 40 is not equal to the minimum basic flow rate QMIN_BASE, but is equal to a value established beforehand. In the non-limitative example described and shown herein, the maximum value MAX is equal to 21. Such a value corresponds to the limit condition in which there is no combustion due to excess of oxidizer.
- The third error calculation block 125 is configured to calculate a first error O2ERR between the value of the parameter indicating the amount of O2 detected by the third sensor 119 and the value of the filtered difference signal DIFFFILT output by the filtering module 40.
- The third error O2ERR is a significant parameter of the imbalance in the fuel/oxidizer ratio.
- The third error O2ERR is then integrated and saturated between 0 and the value of the minimum basic flow rate QMIN_BASE so as to output the variation of the minimum flow rate ΔQMIN which will be supplied to the subtractor node 22 in
figure 2 . - Advantageously, in this second embodiment, a parameter indicating the fuel/oxidizer ratio (i.e. O2) is also controlled in order to obtain an optimal combustion, in which the combustion process is maintained, and an optimal temperature, and in which only the amount of fuel that it may actually burn is supplied to the combustion chamber.
- Effects obtained by injecting the strictly required amount of fuel are an improvement of the thermal machine efficiency with saving of fuel, an increase of the load gradient because the combustion process of the injected fuel is accelerated, a reduction of the UHC emissions and a reduction of CO emissions, especially at low loads by controlling cooling.
- It is finally apparent that changes and variations may be made to the plant described herein without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
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- Control method for controlling the supply of fuel to a gas turbine plant (1); the plant (1) comprising a gas turbine (6) and a combustion chamber (4) fed with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer; the method being characterized by comprising the steps of:- detecting at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) at least a first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration (UHC);- detecting at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) at least a second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion (CO);- calculating a fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO) .
- Method according to claim 1, comprising the step of- calculating a first error (UHCERR) between a first reference value (UHCREF) and the detected first parameter (UHC);- calculating a second error (COERR) between the second reference value (COREF) and the detected second parameter (CO);- calculating the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of a first error (UHCERR) and of a second error (COERR) .
- Method according to claim 2, comprising the steps of:- detecting at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) a third parameter related to the oxygen concentration (O2);- calculating the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the third parameter O2).
- Method according to claim 3, comprising the steps of:- calculating a third error (O2ERR) between a third reference value and the detected third parameter (O2);- calculating the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the third error (O2ERR).
- Method according to claim 4, comprising the step of calculating the third reference value on the basis of first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO).
- Method according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the step of calculating the third reference value comprises calculating the third reference value on the basis of the first error (UHCERR) and of the second error (COERR).
- Method according to anyone of the foregoing claims, wherein the first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration is the unburned hydrocarbon concentration (UHC) in the gas at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6).
- Method according to anyone of the foregoing claims, wherein the second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion is carbon monoxide concentration (CO) in the gas at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6).
- Gas turbine plant comprising a gas turbine (6), a combustion chamber (4) fed with a mixture of fuel and oxidizer, and a control device (14, 114) for controlling the fuel supply to the gas turbine plant (1); the control device (14, 114) being configured to:- detect at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) at least a first parameter related to the unburned fuel concentration (UHC);- detect at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) at least a second parameter related to the specific energy produced by the combustion (CO);- calculate a fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO).
- Plant according to claim 9, wherein the control device (14, 114) is configured to:- calculate a first error (UHCERR) between a first reference value (UHCREF) and the detected first parameter (UHC);- calculate a second error (COERR) between a second reference value (COREF) and the detected second parameter (CO);- calculate the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the first error (UHCERR) and of the second error (COERR) .
- Plant according to claim 9 or 10, comprising a first sensor (18) configured to detect at the exhaust (12) of the gas turbine (6) a third parameter related to the oxygen concentration (O2); the control device (14) being configured to calculate the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the third parameter (O2).
- Plant according to claim 11, wherein the control device (14) is configured to:- calculate a third error (O2ERR) between a third reference value and the detected third parameter (O2);- calculating the fuel flow rate (QTOT) to be supplied to the combustion chamber (4) on the basis of the third error (O2ERR).
- Plant according to claim 12, wherein the control device (14) is configured to calculate the third reference value on the basis of the first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO).
- Plant according to claim 13, wherein the control device (14) is configured to calculate the third reference value on the basis of the first parameter (UHC) and of the second parameter (CO).
- Plant according to claim 13 or 14, wherein the control device (14) is configured to calculate the third reference value on the basis of the first error (UHCERR) and of the second error (COERR).
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