JP2007177665A - Steam turbine plant - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid a turbine protection operation due to rising of the exhaust temperature of a high pressure turbine by excessive increase of a high pressure turbine bypass steam amount in a rapid decrease of a load. <P>SOLUTION: The steam turbine plant is equipped with a high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 for controlling a main steam amount for bypassing a high pressure turbine 5, and a low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 for controlling a high temperature reheat steam amount for bypassing an intermediate pressure turbine 11 and a low pressure turbine 13, controls the opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 based on a load command value, and controls the opening of the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 based on the reheat steam pressure corresponding to pressure in a front step part of the high pressure turbine. Even when a control valve 4 of the high pressure turbine is throttled when the load rapidly decreases and the main steam pressure rising, a certain amount of the main steam is distributed in the high pressure turbine by suppressing the opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 to an opening upper limit to suppress excessive rising of the exhaust temperature of the high pressure turbine. Thereby, the turbine protection operation due to abnormal rise of exhaust temperature in the high pressure turbine is avoided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a steam turbine plant, and more particularly, to a technology for controlling a turbine bypass valve when a turbine load is suddenly reduced.

  A steam turbine plant in a general thermal power plant is configured as described in Patent Document 1. That is, a high-pressure turbine provided with an adjusting valve to which high-pressure steam generated in a boiler is supplied via a main steam pipe, a reheater to which low-temperature steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine is supplied via a low-temperature reheat pipe, An intermediate pressure turbine having an intercept valve to which high-temperature steam heated by a reheater is supplied via a high-temperature reheat pipe, a low-pressure turbine to which steam discharged from the intermediate-pressure turbine is supplied, and an exhaust from the low-pressure turbine And a condenser through which the steam is guided. In addition, a high-pressure turbine bypass valve provided in a bypass pipe that bypasses the high-pressure turbine and connects the main steam pipe and the low-temperature reheat pipe, and a high-temperature reheat pipe and the condenser that bypass the intermediate-pressure turbine and the low-pressure turbine are connected. And a low-pressure turbine bypass valve provided in the bypass pipe. A high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means for controlling the opening of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve based on a main steam pressure set value obtained by adding a fixed value to the main steam pressure corresponding to the load command value; Low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means for controlling the opening of the low-pressure turbine bypass valve based on a reheat steam pressure set value obtained by adding a fixed value to the reheat steam pressure corresponding to the pressure. That is, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means bypass-controls the main steam amount supplied to the high-pressure turbine based on the main steam pressure setting value. However, since a fixed value is added to the main steam pressure set value, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve is in a fully closed standby state during normal load operation. Further, the low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means bypass-controls the amount of high-temperature reheat steam supplied to the intermediate pressure and low-pressure turbine based on the reheat steam pressure set value. However, since a fixed value is added to the reheat steam pressure set value, the low pressure turbine bypass valve is in a fully closed standby state during normal load operation.

  With this configuration, according to the steam turbine plant described in Patent Document 1, when the load suddenly decreases such as a turbine load interruption due to an external accident or a limited load due to equipment failure, the load suddenly decreases from the plant controller. According to the command, the amount of main steam supplied to the high-pressure turbine is rapidly throttled by the control valve, and the supply fuel to the boiler is throttled. Further, at the same time, the fixed values added to the set values of the high pressure turbine bypass valve and the low pressure turbine bypass valve are removed. As a result, the control shifts to bypass control with the pressure detection value immediately before the sudden decrease in load as the set value.With the rapid increase in pressure in the main steam pipe and the high-temperature reheat pipe due to the rapid throttling of the control valve and the continued generation of steam due to residual boiler heat. The high pressure turbine bypass valve and the low pressure turbine bypass valve are opened. As a result, surplus steam in the steam system is finally discharged to the condenser, and the steam system is stably controlled in response to a sudden decrease in load. Then, after the operation of the steam system has settled, the openings of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve are increased at a constant rate in preparation for the restart of the plant, and the residual steam is discharged to the condenser.

  On the other hand, when the load suddenly decreases, the main steam amount of the high-pressure turbine is rapidly throttled by the control valve, but there is a follow-up delay in the opening operation of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve. The pressure in the high-temperature reheat pipe rises above the pressure before the sudden decrease in load. Further, in the case of a coal fired boiler, even if the fuel is rapidly narrowed down, main steam generation is continued due to residual coal combustion, so that the amount of pressure increase in the main steam pipe and the high-temperature reheat pipe increases. In response to such pressure increases in the main steam pipe and the high-temperature reheat pipe, the control devices for the high-pressure turbine bypass valve and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve operate to suppress the pressure increase and reduce the pressure to a specified value. Thus, the operation of opening the high pressure turbine bypass valve and the low pressure turbine bypass valve is continued.

JP 11-270305 A

  By the way, the bypass capacities of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve are generally determined based on the bypass amount required when starting the steam turbine plant (for example, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve is 40% of the rated operation flow rate, The low-pressure turbine bypass valve is 60% of the rated operating flow). Therefore, if the high-pressure turbine bypass valve is opened when the load suddenly decreases, the main steam pressure is higher than the high-temperature reheat steam pressure, so the amount of steam that passes through the high-pressure turbine bypass valve transiently decreases It may exceed. In this case, since the main steam pressure is higher than the high-temperature reheat steam pressure, the amount of steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine is limited, the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine rises, and the plant may be stopped by the turbine protection operation. The turbine bypass control described in Patent Document 1 does not consider such a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to avoid a turbine protection operation due to an increase in exhaust temperature of a high-pressure turbine due to an excessive increase in the amount of high-pressure turbine bypass steam when the load in a steam turbine plant is suddenly reduced.

  In order for the steam turbine plant of the present invention to solve the above-described problems, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means includes means for setting the upper limit of the opening of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve based on the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine. Features.

  Because it has such characteristics, even if the main steam pressure rises by narrowing the adjustment valve of the high pressure turbine when the load suddenly decreases and the opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve is increased, it is suppressed to the upper limit of the opening, An excessive increase in the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine can be suppressed by suppressing the bypass amount of the high-pressure turbine. As a result, the plant can be prevented from being stopped by the turbine protection operation caused by the abnormal increase in the high-pressure turbine exhaust temperature.

  Further, the low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means of the present invention can comprise a control means for fully opening the low-pressure turbine bypass valve when the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine exceeds a set value.

  Thus, according to the high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means of the present invention, when the load suddenly decreases, surplus steam generated by the capacity limit or delay of the boiler can be processed as much as possible by the turbine bypass valve. It is extremely effective for stable operation of the entire plant.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the turbine protection operation | movement by the exhaust gas temperature rise of a high pressure turbine can be avoided by the excessive increase in the amount of high pressure turbine bypass steam at the time of the load reduction in a steam turbine plant.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments. FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a steam turbine plant of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the steam turbine plant of the present embodiment includes a boiler 1, a high-pressure steam valve 3 and a high-pressure valve 4 that are supplied with high-pressure steam generated in the boiler 1 via a main steam pipe 2. Turbine 5, reheater 7 to which low temperature steam discharged from high pressure turbine 5 is supplied via low temperature reheat pipe 6, and high temperature steam heated by reheater 7 is supplied via high temperature reheat pipe 8. An intermediate pressure turbine 11 having a reheat stop valve 9 and an intercept valve 10, a low pressure turbine 13 to which steam discharged from the intermediate pressure turbine 11 is supplied through a crossover pipe 12, and an exhaust from the low pressure turbine 13. A condenser 14 through which steam is introduced. The condensate in the condenser 14 is guided to the deaerator 18 through the condensate pipe 16 by the condensate pump 15 and then deaerated, and then supplied to the boiler 1 through the water supply pipe 19 by the boiler feed pump 20. It has become so.

  A high-pressure turbine bypass pipe 21 that bypasses the high-pressure turbine 5 and connects the main steam pipe 2 and the low-temperature reheat pipe 6 in order to control the balance of the steam system when the steam turbine plant is started up or when the load suddenly decreases, A low-pressure turbine bypass pipe 35 that bypasses the intermediate-pressure turbine 11 and the low-pressure turbine 13 and connects the high-temperature reheat pipe 8 and the condenser 14 is provided. The high pressure turbine bypass pipe 21 is provided with a high pressure turbine bypass valve 22, and the low pressure turbine bypass pipe 35 is provided with a low pressure turbine bypass valve 36.

  The opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is controlled by the high pressure turbine bypass valve control means. In other words, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means sets a fixed fixed value via the adder 27 to the main steam pressure value defined by the function generator 26 based on the load command value that is a fuel injection command condition to the boiler 1. The value obtained by adding 28 is the main steam pressure set value. The main steam pressure set value is guided to the deviation calculator 24, the deviation from the detected value of the pressure detector 23 provided in the main steam pipe 2 is obtained, and PI calculation (proportional + integral calculation) is performed to reduce the deviation. It is controlled by the output signal of the PI calculator 25. However, during normal load operation, the fixed value 28 is added to the main steam pressure set value, so the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is in a fully closed standby state. That is, the fixed value 28 is set to a value at which the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is fully closed during normal load operation.

  The low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is controlled by a low-pressure turbine bypass valve control unit, similarly to the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22. That is, the reheat steam pressure defined by the function generator 38 based on the output signal of the first stage post-pressure detector 37 provided in the high-pressure turbine 5 for detecting the turbine operating state is added via the adder 39. The value obtained by adding the fixed value 40 is the reheat steam pressure set value. Then, the reheat steam pressure set value is guided to the deviation calculator 42, and the deviation from the detected value of the pressure detector 41 provided in the high temperature reheat pipe 8 is obtained. The low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is controlled by an output signal of a PI calculator 43 that performs PI calculation (proportional + integral calculation) so as to reduce the obtained deviation. However, during normal load operation, since the fixed value 40 is added to the output value of the function generator 38 as the reheat steam pressure set value, the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is in a fully closed standby state.

  Here, the structure of the characteristic part of this invention is demonstrated. An upper limit setter 30 is provided for limiting the upper limit of the output signal of the PI calculator 25 that controls the opening degree of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22. The upper limit value setter 30 sets the upper limit of the opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 based on the detected temperature output from the temperature detector 50 that detects the exhaust temperature of the high pressure turbine 5. Further, the control means of the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is configured such that when the exhaust temperature of the high pressure turbine 5 output from the temperature detector 50 exceeds the set value set in the temperature setter 51, the signal switch 52 generates a function generator. The control signal output from 38 is switched to the fully open set value 53 to fully open the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36.

  The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described next. During normal turbine load operation, the steam generated in the boiler 1 which is a steam generator flows into the high-pressure turbine 5 through the main steam pipe 2 and the steam stop valve 3 and the control valve 4, and after working. Then, it is discharged to the low temperature reheat pipe 6 as low temperature steam. The steam discharged to the low temperature reheat pipe 6 is heated by the reheater 7 and flows as high temperature steam through the high temperature reheat pipe 8 to the intermediate pressure turbine 11 through the reheat stop valve 9 and the intercept valve 10. Steam discharged from the intermediate pressure turbine 11 flows into the low pressure turbine 13 through the crossover pipe 12. Steam discharged from the low-pressure turbine 13 is condensed in the condenser 14 to become condensate. The condensate is guided to the deaerator 18 via the condensate pipe 16 by the condensate pump 15 and then deaerated, and then supplied to the boiler 1 via the water supply pipe 19 by the boiler feed pump 20.

  Next, the operation of the characteristic part of this embodiment will be described. When the load suddenly decreases such as a turbine load interruption due to an external accident or a limited load due to equipment failure, the control valve 4 is rapidly narrowed and the supply fuel to the boiler 1 is narrowed by a sudden load reduction command from a plant controller (not shown). At the same time, the fixed values 28 and 40 relating to the control of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 are excluded. Therefore, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 operate using the output values of the function generators 26 and 38 that maintain the actual pressure immediately before the sudden decrease in load as control set values. As a result, the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 are opened in accordance with the pressure increase in the main steam pipe 2 and the high-temperature reheat pipe 8 due to rapid narrowing of the adjusting valve 4 and continuation of steam generation due to boiler residual heat. Be operated. After the operation of the steam system has settled, the output of the function generators 26 and 38 is reduced to a specified pressure at a constant rate in preparation for a restart of the plant. Thereby, the opening degree of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is increased, and the residual steam is discharged.

  Further, when the load is suddenly reduced, there is a follow-up delay in the opening operation of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 with respect to the rapid throttle of the control valve 4, so that the pressure in the main steam pipe 2 and the high-temperature reheat pipe 8 is The pressure rises above the pressure before sudden decrease in load. Further, in the case of a coal fired boiler, the amount of increase in pressure increases because the amount of steam generated is continued by combustion of the remaining coal even if the fuel is rapidly narrowed down. On the other hand, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 continue to open so as to suppress the pressure increase in the main steam pipe 2 and the high-temperature reheat pipe 8 and reduce the pressure to a specified value. However, since the capacities of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 and the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 are limited, the steam flow rate passing through the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is likely to exceed the steam flow rate passing through the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36. As a result, the flow rate of steam flowing through the high pressure turbine 5 is suppressed, and the exhaust temperature of the high pressure turbine rises.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when the exhaust temperature detected by the temperature detector 50 is set in the upper limit setter 30 and exceeds the set temperature in order to suppress an increase in the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine 5 that occurs when the load suddenly decreases, The opening degree of the turbine bypass valve 22 is limited to an upper limit value. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper limit value of the opening degree is based on the assumption that the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 has an upper limit opening degree at a temperature with a margin on the high side at a temperature at which the high-pressure turbine exhaust temperature during normal operation becomes maximum. Set as follows. Further, the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is set to the lower limit (fully closed) at a temperature that is sufficient for the high alarm set value of the exhaust temperature of the high pressure turbine 5. Thereby, when the steam flow rate passing through the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 exceeds the steam flow rate passing through the low pressure turbine bypass valve 36 and the high pressure turbine exhaust temperature tends to rise, the opening degree of the high pressure turbine bypass valve 22 is gradually increased. The turbine trip due to the increase in the high-pressure turbine exhaust temperature can be avoided.

  Further, as a cause of the steam flow rate passing through the high-pressure turbine bypass valve 22 being larger than the steam flow rate passing through the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36, there is a possibility that the maximum emission amount is not flowing due to a response delay of the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36. is there. Therefore, it is detected by the temperature setting device 51 that the high-pressure turbine exhaust temperature has become equal to or higher than the set value, and the control signal for the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is switched at the full-open setting value 53 by the signal switch 52. To open quickly. This rapid opening command is canceled when the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is fully opened, and thereafter controlled by the output signal of the function generator 38.

  In general, there is a case where the opening degree of the low-pressure turbine bypass valve 36 is limited due to the restriction of the amount of steam received by the condenser 14. However, since the plant of the present embodiment has a small turbine bypass capacity, the opening degree limiting function is Not provided.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, in a steam turbine plant with a turbine bypass valve that does not have a capacity that can sufficiently cope with a sudden decrease in load, it is based on the turbine exhaust temperature with respect to an excessive flow rate in a transient region such as during a sudden decrease in load. By setting the upper limit of the opening of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve and the rapid opening operation of the low-pressure turbine bypass valve, it is possible to avoid the protection operation against abnormal rises in the turbine exhaust temperature and effectively use the turbine bypass system. Contribute to continuity.

  In thermal power plants, the demand for coal fired boilers, where it is difficult to rapidly reduce steam, is increasing, but during sudden load reduction operations it is very rare, and the turbine bypass valve capacity is started from the viewpoint of cost reduction. Since there are many cases where it is equivalent to exclusive use, the present invention is effective in such a case.

It is a lineblock diagram of the steam turbine plant of one embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure explaining the setting value of the upper limit opening degree of the high pressure turbine bypass valve of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Boiler 4 Control valve 5 High pressure turbine 7 Reheater 10 Intercept valve 11 Medium pressure turbine 13 Low pressure turbine 14 Condenser 22 High pressure turbine bypass valve 23, 41 Pressure detector 25, 43 PI calculator 28, 40 Fixed value 36 Low pressure Turbine bypass valve 38 Function generator 42 Deviation calculator 30 Upper limit value setter 50 Temperature detector 51 Temperature setter 52 Signal switcher 53 Fully open set value

Claims (2)

A high-pressure turbine having an adjusting valve to which high-pressure steam generated in a boiler is supplied via a main steam pipe, a reheater to which low-temperature steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine is supplied via a low-temperature reheat pipe, An intermediate pressure turbine having an intercept valve to which high temperature steam heated by a reheater is supplied via a high temperature reheat pipe, a low pressure turbine to which steam discharged from the intermediate pressure turbine is supplied, and from the low pressure turbine A condenser to which discharged steam is guided, a high pressure turbine bypass valve provided in a bypass pipe that bypasses the high pressure turbine and connects the main steam pipe and the low temperature reheat pipe, the intermediate pressure turbine, and the low pressure A low pressure turbine bypass valve provided in a bypass pipe that bypasses the turbine and connects the high-temperature reheat pipe and the condenser, and adds a fixed value to the main steam pressure corresponding to the load command value. High pressure turbine bypass valve control means for controlling the opening of the high pressure turbine bypass valve based on the set value of the main steam pressure, and a fixed fixed value is added to the reheat steam pressure corresponding to the pressure in the front stage of the high pressure turbine. In a steam turbine plant comprising low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means for controlling the opening of the low-pressure turbine bypass valve based on a reheat steam pressure set value, the high-pressure turbine bypass valve control means is configured to control the exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine. And a means for setting an upper limit of the opening of the high-pressure turbine bypass valve. In the steam turbine plant according to claim 1,
The low-pressure turbine bypass valve control means includes a control means for fully opening the low-pressure turbine bypass valve when an exhaust temperature of the high-pressure turbine exceeds a set value.

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