Varying Cycle Frequency Relative To Prime Mover Speed Patents (Class 60/39.22)
  • Patent number: 8881498
    Abstract: A method for primary regulation of a combined gas and steam turbine installation in network operation, wherein the combined gas and steam turbine installation includes a gas turbine and a steam turbine arranged along at least one shaft includes operating at least one steam turbine actuating valve on a restricted basis along a working steam supply line to at least one pressure stage of the steam turbine so as to provide a steady-state steam turbine reserve power, wherein the at least one steam turbine actuating valve is changed to a less restricted state if a network frequency decreases so as to require network frequency support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Hamid Olia, Jan Schlesier, Martin Schoenenberger
  • Patent number: 8621840
    Abstract: A control device of a gas turbine electric energy production plant (1), which delivers a power (P) at a frequency (fl); the control device (8) comprising power control means (15), for controlling the power (P) delivered by the plant (1) according to a reference power value (PSETNEW), and frequency control means (16), for determining correction values (PFSETPR; PFSETINT) of the reference power value (PSETNEW) according to a frequency error (eF), given by the difference between the plant frequency (f1) and a nominal frequency (fN); the device (8) being characterized in that the frequency control means (16) comprise integral control means (22) configured to calculate the correction values (PFSETINT) if the frequency error (eF) is beyond a first frequency range (B1), and proportional control means (20), which are deactivated when the frequency error (eF) is beyond a first frequency range (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Ansaldo Energia S.p.A
    Inventors: Flavio Ferrera, Paolo Pesce
  • Patent number: 8474271
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling a gas turbine are disclosed. The gas turbine can include a compressor oversized in airflow capacity and one or variable blade rows to control the airflow into the compressor. The position of the variable blade rows can be controlled according to a nominal variable blade row schedule that is defined to throttle down the variable blade rows to provide nominal flow into the compressor. The positions of the variable blade rows can be adjusted from the nominal positions set forth in the variable blade row schedule pursuant to a request to operate the gas turbine system in either a controlled output mode or in a frequency compensation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Edward Miller, Philip L. Andrew
  • Patent number: 7073335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas storage power station (1) having a turbine group (3) and a compressor group (4). The turbine group (3) has at least one turbine (5, 6) and a generator (10). During normal operation of the turbine group (3), the generator (10) emits power directly to a main load (11). The compressor group (4) has at least one compressor (12) and one electric motor (15). The gas storage power station (1) furthermore has a power consumption device (20), which can be activated in order to consume turbine and/or generator power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralf Gerdes, Peter Keller-Sornig, Ilja Tuschy
  • Patent number: 7028461
    Abstract: A uniaxial gas turbine system, comprising a uniaxial gas turbine, a rotary machine driven by the uniaxial gas turbine, a continuously variable transmission for transmitting a driving force from the uniaxial gas turbine to the rotary machine, and a control device for controlling the speed of the uniaxial gas turbine to an optimum speed and controlling the gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission so that the speed of the rotary machine becomes a prescribed speed, whereby the speed of the gas turbine or the rotary machine can be optimized according to the load variation of the rotary machine driven by the gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuhiko Goi
  • Patent number: 6909199
    Abstract: An electrical system and method for a turbine/alternator comprising a gas driven turbine and a permanent magnet alternator rotating on a common shaft includes an inverter circuit connectable either to an output circuit or the stator winding of the alternator. A control circuit during a start-up mode switches the inverter circuit to the stator winding of the alternator and during a power out mode switches the inverter circuit to the output circuit. During the power out mode, output voltage is continuously measured and the inverter circuit is controlled to compensate for output voltage fluctuations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Elliott Energy Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Suresh C. Gupta, Douglas R. Burnham, J. Michael Teets, Jon W. Teets