Patents by Inventor Daotong Chong

Daotong Chong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11598524
    Abstract: In a high-efficient clean, high-variable load rate coal-fired power generation system, through the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module coupled with high temperature and low temperature storage tanks, the operating temperature of the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module is controlled in a range of 300° C. to 400° C., ensuring that the SCR catalyst has high activity in full-working conditions. Moreover, the high temperature and low temperature storage tanks are coupled with the high-pressure heater group for steam turbine regenerative system, so that when the coal-fired unit needs to increase load rate, the thermal storage energy is quickly converted into output power. In addition, energy stored in the high temperature and low temperature storage tanks come from both the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module and the thermal storage medium heater within the boiler, the operational flexibility and the boiler efficiency are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Ming Liu, Jiping Liu, Daotong Chong, Qinan Xing, Chaoyang Wang
  • Patent number: 11560879
    Abstract: A solar-aided coal-fired flexible power generation system and an operating method thereof are provided. The system includes a coal-fired thermal power generation system and a high-temperature heat storage system coupled with solar thermal power generation; wherein a heat storage medium heater is arranged in the boiler flue; the flow rates of heat storage medium entering the solar heat collection device and the heat storage medium heater are adjusted by the regulating valve and the pump, eliminating irradiation fluctuation influences and maintaining stable power; a heat storage medium tank is used for peak shaving to reduce steam turbine output under stable boiler combustion; the flow and temperature of the feedwater entering the heat storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger are adjusted to realize rapid load cycling. The present invention can realize solar and coal-fired generation coupling, reduce coal consumption, and greatly improve the flexibility and economy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Patent number: 11396827
    Abstract: A control method for optimizing a solar-to-power efficiency of a solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions is provided. Through reading the relevant information of the solar collecting system, the coal-fired power generation system, the environmental conditions, and the working conditions of the solar-aided coal-fired power system, the water flow rate range able to be heated by the solar collecting unit and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio range are determined; through establishing the relationship between the solar-to-power efficiency and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio, the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio is regulated, so that a flow rate of water entering the solar collecting system to be heated is controlled, thereby maximizing the solar-to-power efficiency and improving the economy of the solar-aided coal-fired power system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Xin Li, Daotong Chong, Junjie Yan
  • Patent number: 11359807
    Abstract: A control method for optimizing generated power of a solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions sets maximizing generated power without changing main steam flow rate as a control goal. A solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio is adjusted to adjust water flow rate heated by a solar heat collection system, so as to achieve the control goal. Control steps include reading relevant information; calculating the water flow rate range heated by the solar heat collection system, and an applicable solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio range; establishing a correspondence between the generated power and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio within this range; selecting a solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio corresponding to the maximum generated power; and adjusting the water flow rate entering the solar heat collection system to an optimized value. The present invention can flexibly control the solar-coal coupling and improve the economy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Daotong Chong, Xin Li, Ming Liu, Junjie Yan
  • Publication number: 20220145779
    Abstract: A control method for optimizing a solar-to-power efficiency of a solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Xin Li, Daotong Chong, Junjie Yan
  • Publication number: 20220146096
    Abstract: In a high-efficient clean, high-variable load rate coal-fired power generation system, through the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module coupled with high temperature and low temperature storage tanks, the operating temperature of the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module is controlled in a range of 300° C. to 400° C., ensuring that the SCR catalyst has high activity in full-working conditions. Moreover, the high temperature and low temperature storage tanks are coupled with the high-pressure heater group for steam turbine regenerative system, so that when the coal-fired unit needs to increase load rate, the thermal storage energy is quickly converted into output power. In addition, energy stored in the high temperature and low temperature storage tanks come from both the internal thermal source SCR denitration catalytic module and the thermal storage medium heater within the boiler, the operational flexibility and the boiler efficiency are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Ming Liu, Jiping Liu, Daotong Chong, Qinan Xing, Chaoyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20220099071
    Abstract: A solar-aided coal-fired flexible power generation system and an operating method thereof are provided. The system includes a coal-fired thermal power generation system and a high-temperature heat storage system coupled with solar thermal power generation; wherein a heat storage medium heater is arranged in the boiler flue; the flow rates of heat storage medium entering the solar heat collection device and the heat storage medium heater are adjusted by the regulating valve and the pump, eliminating irradiation fluctuation influences and maintaining stable power; a heat storage medium tank is used for peak shaving to reduce steam turbine output under stable boiler combustion; the flow and temperature of the feedwater entering the heat storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger are adjusted to realize rapid load cycling. The present invention can realize solar and coal-fired generation coupling, reduce coal consumption, and greatly improve the flexibility and economy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Publication number: 20220090779
    Abstract: A control method for optimizing generated power of a solar-aided coal-fired power system under off-design working conditions sets maximizing generated power without changing main steam flow rate as a control goal. A solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio is adjusted to adjust water flow rate heated by a solar heat collection system, so as to achieve the control goal. Control steps include reading relevant information; calculating the water flow rate range heated by the solar heat collection system, and an applicable solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio range; establishing a correspondence between the generated power and the solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio within this range; selecting a solar-coal feedwater flow distribution ratio corresponding to the maximum generated power; and adjusting the water flow rate entering the solar heat collection system to an optimized value. The present invention can flexibly control the solar-coal coupling and improve the economy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Daotong Chong, Xin Li, Ming Liu, Junjie Yan
  • Patent number: 11236633
    Abstract: A solar aided coal-fired power generation system participating in primary frequency regulation and a control method thereof propose a system configuration with two regulation schemes by coupling medium-low-temperature solar collectors and a coal-fired generation unit. The two regulation schemes are a high-pressure feedwater bypass scheme and a low-pressure condensate bypass scheme. The present invention formulates a primary frequency regulation control logic, so as to efficiently and accurately participate in the primary frequency regulation, thereby keeping the power grid frequency rapidly stable. The present invention also formulates a working fluid outlet temperature control logic for the solar aided coal-fired thermal system, which adjusts a heat exchange working fluid flow of the solar collectors to ensure that the temperature in each section is stable during the primary frequency regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Yongliang Zhao, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong
  • Patent number: 11204162
    Abstract: A method for controlling a coal supply quantity during a transient load-varying process considering exergy storage correction of a boiler system of a coal-fired unit is provided. Temperatures and pressures of working fluid and metal heating surface of the boiler system of the coal-fired unit are measured and recorded in real-time, and converted into the exergy storage amount at different operating load points. During the transient operation process, the real-time exergy storage amount of the boiler system is compared with the exergy storage amount at the corresponding steady-state load point, and the real-time exergy storage variation is obtained; thereafter, the feed-forward control signal of coal supply quantity input is superposed to the existing coal supply quantity command of the boiler system, and the coal supply quantity signal of the boiler system based on the exergy storage correction is finally generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ming Liu, Yongliang Zhao, Junjie Yan, Daotong Chong
  • Publication number: 20210317983
    Abstract: A method for controlling a coal supply quantity during a transient load-varying process considering exergy storage correction of a boiler system of a coal-fired unit is provided. Temperatures and pressures of working fluid and metal heating surface of the boiler system of the coal-fired unit are measured and recorded in real-time, and converted into the exergy storage amount at different operating load points. During the transient operation process, the real-time exergy storage amount of the boiler system is compared with the exergy storage amount at the corresponding steady-state load point, and the real-time exergy storage variation is obtained; thereafter, the feed-forward control signal of coal supply quantity input is superposed to the existing coal supply quantity command of the boiler system, and the coal supply quantity signal of the boiler system based on the exergy storage correction is finally generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Ming Liu, Yongliang Zhao, Junjie Yan, Daotong Chong
  • Patent number: 11146069
    Abstract: An optimized control method for a primary frequency regulation based on art exergy storage correction of a thermodynamic system of a coal-fired unit is provided. Through measuring and recording temperatures and pressures of working fluids and metal heating surfaces of the coal-fired unit thermodynamic system in real-time, an exergy storage amount of the thermodynamic system is obtained. During a transient process, according to an exergy storage variation before and after acting of each regulation scheme, a maximum power output of each scheme is obtained. Thereafter, through comparing the maximum power output with a power regulation quantity required by a power grid, an optimal primary frequency regulation control scheme is selected, so as to maintain a fast and stable grid frequency. The present invention reduces a selection blindness of the primary frequency regulation schemes, so that an operation flexibility of the coal-fired power unit during the transient processes is greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yongliang Zhao, Junjie Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong
  • Publication number: 20210310365
    Abstract: A solar aided coal-fired power generation system participating in primary frequency regulation and a control method thereof propose a system configuration with two regulation schemes by coupling medium-low-temperature solar collectors and a coal-fired generation unit. The two regulation schemes are a high-pressure feedwater bypass scheme and a low-pressure condensate bypass scheme. The present invention formulates a primary frequency regulation control logic, so as to efficiently and accurately participate in the primary frequency regulation, thereby keeping the power grid frequency rapidly stable. The present invention also formulates a working fluid outlet temperature control logic for the solar aided coal-fired thermal system, which adjusts a heat exchange working fluid flow of the solar collectors to ensure that the temperature in each section is stable during the primary frequency regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Yongliang Zhao, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong
  • Publication number: 20210218247
    Abstract: An optimized control method for a primary frequency regulation based on an exergy storage correction of a thermodynamic system of a coal-fired unit is provided. Through measuring and recording temperatures and pressures of working fluids and metal heating surfaces of the coal-fired unit thermodynamic system in real-time, an exergy storage amount of the thermodynamic system is obtained. During a transient process, according to an exergy storage variation before and after acting of each regulation scheme, a maximum power output of each scheme is obtained. Thereafter, through comparing the maximum power output with a maximum power regulation quantity required by a current frequency regulation, an optimal primary frequency regulation control scheme is selected, and a primary frequency regulation control logic is corrected, so as to be high-efficiently and accurately involved in the primary frequency regulation control and maintain a fast and stable grid frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yongliang Zhao, Junjie Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong
  • Patent number: 10968784
    Abstract: A flexible coal-fired power generation system includes a thermal system for coal-fired power generating unit and a high-temperature heat storage system connected in parallel, wherein: the heat storage system includes a heat storage medium pump (17), a cold heat storage medium tank (18), a hot heat storage medium tank (20), multiple valves, and a heat storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger (21). A heat storage medium heater (16) locates in the boiler (1) and is connected with both the cold heat storage medium tank (18) and the hot heat storage medium tank (20). Through the heat storage medium pump (17), the flow of heat storage medium that enters the heat storage medium heater (16) is adjusted to reduce the output of the steam turbine when the boiler (1) is stably burning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Patent number: 10960353
    Abstract: An all-condition auxiliary denitration system and an operation method thereof are provided. The system includes a heat-storage medium heater, a low-temperature reheater, an economizer, and an SCR denitration device which are successively interconnected, and further including a heat-storage medium tank and a heat-storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger. A flow of a cold heat-storage medium entering the heat-storage medium heater is regulated, so that heat absorption of the heat-storage medium is matched with a boiler load. Flows of hot heat-storage medium and feedwater, which enter the heat-storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger, are regulated through a feedwater regulating valve and a hot heat-storage medium outlet regulating valve. A total feedwater flow is regulated with assistance of a bypass feedwater regulating valve, so that a temperature of flue gas entering the SCR denitration device is kept in an optimal operation range under different boiler loads, and denitration efficiency is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN JIATONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Daotong Chong, Ming Liu, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Publication number: 20210033004
    Abstract: A flexible coal-fired power generation system includes a thermal system for coal-fired power generating unit and a high-temperature heat storage system connected in parallel, wherein: the heat storage system includes a heat storage medium pump (17), a cold heat storage medium tank (18), a hot heat storage medium tank (20), multiple valves, and a heat storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger (21). A heat storage medium heater (16) locates in the boiler (1) and is connected with both the cold heat storage medium tank (18) and the hot heat storage medium tank (20). Through the heat storage medium pump (17), the flow of heat storage medium that enters the heat storage medium heater (16) is adjusted to reduce the output of the steam turbine when the boiler (1) is stably burning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Publication number: 20210016224
    Abstract: An all-condition auxiliary denitration system and an operation method. thereof are provided. The system includes a heat-storage medium heater, a low-temperature reheater, an economizer, and an SCR denitration device which are successively interconnected, and further including a heat-storage medium tank and a heat-storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger. A flow of a cold heat-storage medium entering the heat-storage medium heater is regulated, so that heat absorption of the heat-storage medium is matched with a boiler load. Flows of hot heat-storage medium and feedwater, which enter the heat-storage medium and feedwater heat exchanger, are regulated through a feedwater regulating valve and a hot heat-storage medium outlet regulating valve. A total feedwater flow is regulated with assistance of a bypass feedwater regulating valve, so that a temperature of flue gas entering the SCR denitration device is kept in an optimal operation range under different boiler loads, and denitration efficiency is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Hui Yan, Daotong Chong, Ming Liu, Jinshi Wang, Weixiong Chen, Junjie Yan
  • Patent number: 10832355
    Abstract: An analysis method of coal consumption of the thermal power unit during peak shaving transients includes measuring and recording the coal-feeding rate under different steady-state loads, and then establishing the relationship between the coal-feeding rate and the load, wherein the coal consumption index of the unit during transients can be directly presented by the difference between the real-time coal-feeding rate and a steady-state corresponding value; the total coal increment can be obtained by integrating the real-time coal-feeding rate increment with time; for different loads, the coal consumption increment due to the unit's thermal storage variation can be defined as the thermal storage coal consumption increment; the thermal storage deviation of the unit during transients causes the additional coal consumption, which is defined as the process control coal consumption increment. This work can provide the clear guidance for the fuel control of the thermal power unit during peak shaving processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Junjie Yan, Chaoyang Wang, Ming Liu, Daotong Chong