Single shaft combined cycle plant and operating method thereof

• Main Authors: HASHIMOTO TSUGUO, URUSHIDANI HARUO, WADA NORIHISA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.04.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BLASTING; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ENGINES; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS

In a system configuration and operating method for a single shaft combined cycle plant comprising a gas turbine (10), an exhaust heat recovery boiler (30) for generating steam using exhaust heat discharged from the gas turbine; and a steam turbine (20) driven by steam generated from the exhaust heat recovery boiler (30), rotors of the gas turbine (10) and rotors of the steam turbine (20) being coupled, and the steam turbine comprising a high pressure turbine (21) being supplied with and driven by high pressure steam generated at a superheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler (30) and a reheating turbine (22) supplied with and driven by steam that passes through the high pressure turbine (21) and is reheated by a reheater of the exhaust heat recovery boiler (30), the gas turbine (10) operates independently, a regulated amount of cooling steam is supplied to the steam turbine (20) in order to prevent superheating due to windage loss of the steam turbine (20) rotating in an unventilated state, a bypass path (75) is provided in parallel with the exhaust heat recovery boiler (30) as a path through which cooling steam flows in order to further raise the cooling effect, and each turbine and a condenser (25) are made to communicate so as to make pressure within the turbines low.