2909148-GAS-TURBINE-13

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Gas Turbine Control

Philosophy

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Gas Turbine Gas Turbine

Rotating Blow Torch

Designed to Run

Designed to Run at theat the

Ragged Edge of

Self Destruction Self Destruction

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Gas Turbine Gas Turbine

Rotating Blow Torch

Designed to Run

Designed to Run at theat the

Ragged Edge of

Self Destruction Self Destruction

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Speedtronic Control System

Speedtronic Control System Speedtronic Control System

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Control System for Gas Turbine

Control System for Gas Turbine Control System for Gas Turbine

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Gas turbine is controlled Speedtronic control systemGas turbine is controlled Speedtronic control system 

_{Control loops includes}_{Control loops includes}

  Start-upStart-up   AccelerationAcceleration   SpeedSpeed   TemperatureTemperature 

 Shutdown andShutdown and 

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Speedtronic Control loops

Speedtronic Control loops Speedtronic Control loops

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 Major Major Control Control loops loops Secondary Secondary control control loopsloops

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 Output of these control loops is fed to a minimum value gateOutput of these control loops is fed to a minimum value gate

circuit circuit Start Up Start Up Shut Down Shut Down M M II N N Display Display Speed Speed To Turbine To Turbine Fuel Fuel FSR FSR Display Display Display Display Acceleration Acceleration Rate Rate Temperature Temperature

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Speedtronic Control loops Speedtronic Control loops

 Fuel Stroke Reference (FSR)

 Command signal for fuel flow

 Controlling FSR

 Lowest of the six control loops

 Establishes the fuel input to turbine @ rate required by system

which is in control

 Only ONE control loop will be in control at anytime.

 The control loop which controls FSR is displayed in operator

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Startup/Shutdown Sequence and Control Startup/Shutdown Sequence and Control

 Startup control brings the gas turbine

 Zero speed up to Operating speed.

 Allows proper fuel to establish

 Flame & Accelerate the turbine in such a manner as to

minimize the Low cycle Fatigue of the hot gas path parts during the sequence

 Software Sequencing involves

 Command signals to Turbine Accessories, Starting device and

Fuel control system

 Safe and successful start-up

 depends on proper functioning of GT equipment.

 Software Sequencing ensures safe operation of

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 Control logic circuitry is associated not only with actuating

control devices, but enables protective circuits and obtains permissive conditions before proceeding.

 Control settings play a vital role in determining the proper

sequencing.

 Actual site specific control settings are generated by M/s

GEICS,USA.

 Speed detection - by magnetic pickups

 L14HR Zero-Speed (Approx. 0% TNH)  L14HM Min Speed (Approx.. 16% TNH)

 L14HA Accelerating Speed (Approx. 50% TNH)  L14HS Operating speed (Approx..95% TNH)

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 Actual settings of speed relays are listed in Control

specification.

 The control constants are programmed in <RST>

processors EEPROM.

 Always ensure correct site specific, machine specific

control specification.

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Start-up Control - FSRSU Start-up Control - FSRSU

 _{Open loop control}

 Uses preset levels of fuel command

 Various Fuel levels

 Zero, Fire, Warm-up, Accelerate and Max.

Typical values for Frame-6

 Fire 15.62%

 Warm-up 11.62%  Accelerate 19.82%  Maximum 100%

Open Loop Control Open Loop Control

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Startup control FSR (FSRSU) signal operates

through the MIN value gate to ensure other control functions can limit FSR as required.

FSRSU FSRSU FSRACC FSRN FSRT FSRSYN FSRMAN

MIN

FSR

FSR = FSRSU FSR = FSRSU

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 Speedtronic Control Start-up software generates

Fuel command signal (FSR).

 Speedtronic Control Software also sets the MAX

and MIN limits for FSR for Manual Control FSR

[ FSRMIN < FSRMAN < FSRMAX _]

 When Turbine Breaks away (starts to rotate)

 L14HR pick-up

 Starting clutch solenoid 20CS de-energizes

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Acceleration Control - FSRACC Acceleration Control - FSRACC

 Acceleration control software

 compares the present value of Speed signal with the value at the last

sample time.

 Difference between these two numbers is a measure of acceleration.

 When actual acceleration is greater acceleration reference,

FSRACC is reduced, which reduces FSR, thus reduction in fuel supply to turbine.

 During startup-acceleration reference is a function of turbine

speed.

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Acceleration reference is a Control constant

programmed in <RST> EEPROMS

TNH

0.35 %/sec 100% 0% 0.10 %/sec 40% 50% 75% 95% Typical Typical

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MIN

FSR

FSRSU FSRACC FSRACC FSRN FSRT FSRSYN FSRMAN FSR = FSRACC FSR = FSRACC

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Speed Control - FSRN Speed Control - FSRN

Speed Control System software

 controls the speed and load of the gas turbine generator

 in response to the actual turbine s peed signal (TNH) and the called-for speed reference(TNR)

TNH

TNR

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Speed/Load Control Speed/Load Control

Speed/Load Reference:

 Speed control software will change FSR in proportion to the

difference the actual turbine generator speed (TNH) and the called-for reference (TNR)

Reference Speed (TNR) range

 95% (min) to 107% (max) for a generator drive turbine

Start-up speed reference is 100.3%.

 This is preset when START signal is initiated.

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Speed/Load Control Speed/Load Control

 Turbine Speed is held constant when Generator Breaker is

closed onto Power grid

 Fuel flow in excess of the necessary to maintain FSNL will

result in increased power produced by the generator.

 Thereby Speed control becomes Load control loop

 Speed Control:

 Isochronous Speed control  Droop Speed Control

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Isochronous Speed Control Isochronous Speed Control

TNH

TNR

FSRNI

MIN

FSR

FSRSU FSRACC FSRN (or FSRNI) FSRN (or FSRNI) FSRT FSRSYN FSRMAN _{FSR = FSRN}_{FSR = FSRN}

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Droop Speed Control Droop Speed Control

_{Droop Control is a proportional control.}

 Any change in actual speed (grid frequency) will cause a

proportional change in unit load.

 This proportionality is adjustable to the desired regulation or

‘Droop’ 104 % S p e e d R e fe re n c e T N R _{100 %}

Low Speed Stop FSNL 1 ₀₀_% S e _t_p_o i n t D _r_o_o_p 10 4 _%_s_e t t i n g R a t e d F S R u ll S p e e d N o L o a d F S R 95%

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Speed/Load Control loop Speed/Load Control loop

SPEED CONTROL MANUAL SETPOINT LOG SETPOIINT Speed Target Raise Lower Rate Rate Speed Ref. Command Preset Power Speed Error Speed Load Setpoint Mechanical Os Ememrgency Os Primary Os LOG SET POIINT Load Raise Load Lower Load Rate Rate Load Ref. Cmd Preset MANUAL SET POINT

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Speed Control Schematic Speed Control Schematic

SPEED CONTROL SPEED CONTROL <RST> FSNL TNR SPEED REF. ERROR SIGNAL + -+ + FSRNFSRN TNH SPEED DROOP

SPEED CHANGER LOAD SET POINT SPEED CHANGER LOAD SET POINT

TNR SPEED REF. MAX. LIMIT L83SD RATE L70R RAISE L70L LOWER L83PRES PRESET LOGIC PRESET OPERATING START-UP or SHUT DOWN L83TNROP

MIN. SELECT LOGIC

MIN.

MEDIAN SELECT <RST>RST>

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Synchronising - FSRSYN

Automatic synchronization software

 Algorithms programmed into <RST> controller and <P> software.

Bus and Generator voltage are input signals to Protective core <P>.

 Isolation transformers are built into <P> core

<RST> software drives the synch check and system permissive relays.

 Sequencing and algorithms are programmed into <RST> EEPROM

<P> hardware and software sends voted command to actual breaker

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Auto Synchronisation Auto Synchronisation Speed Speed Matching Matching Speed stem requency Raise Speed Lower Speed Voltage Voltage Matching Matching Speed System Volts Raise Volts Lower Volts Generator Volts

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Synchronising Scheme

<XYZ> <XYZ> AUTO SYNCH

AND

Calculated Phase within Limits Calculated slip within Limits

Calculated Acceleration Calculated Breaker Lead Time

L25 L25 Breaker Breaker Close Close REF REF Gen Volts A A>B B

AND L83ASL83AS

Auto Synch Permissive A A>B B <RST> <RST> AUTO SYNCH PERMISSIVE Line Volts

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Temperature Control - FSRT Temperature Control - FSRT

_{Temp.Control software/algorithms}

 limit fuel flow to the turbine to maintain internal operating

temperatures within design parameters of turbine hot gas path parts.

_{Highest temperature is in the flame zone of}

combustion chambers.

TTXM

TTREF

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Firing Temperature Firing Temperature

Firing temperature - temperature of gas as it exits the

first stage nozzle.

_{Speedtronic limits this firing temperature.} _{Firing temperature is calculated by}

 thermodynamic relation ships

 GT performance calculations, and

 site conditions

 as a function of Exhaust Temp(Tx) and CPD

fuel

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ISO FIRING TEMP T

Isothermal C _o n _s t _F i _r_i_n g _T e _m p ₍ L _i_n e _a r _i_z e _d ) xh a u s t t e m p e ra t u re ( T x)

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Firing Temperature Firing Temperature

 Firing temperature can also be approximated as

 a function of Tx and Fuel flow (FSR) and

 as a function of Tx and Generator MW output

 Line of constant firing temperature are used in control software to

limit the gas turbine operating temp

 whereas the constant exhaust temperature limit protects the

exhaust system during start-up.

T_A > T_B > T_C T_A T_B T_C Isothermal C _o n _s_t F _i_r i _n_g T _e m _p ( _L_i n _e a _r_i z _e_d )

Fuel Stroke Reference (FSR)

E xh a u s t t e m p e ra t u re ( T x )

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Exhaust Temp control software Exhaust Temp control software

Series of application programs written to

 perform critical exhaust temperature control and monitoring.  Major function is

– Exhaust temperature control.

 Software is Programmed for

 Temperature control command

 Temperature control bias calculations

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Temperature Control Schematic Temperature Control Schematic

TTXDR SORT SORT HIGHEST HIGHEST TO TO LOWEST LOWEST TTXD2 TTXD2 <RST> AVERAGE AVERAGE REMAINING REMAINING REJECT REJECT HIGH HIGH AND AND LOW LOW REJECT REJECT LOW LOW TC’s TC’s TTXDS TTXM To Comb. Monitor TTXDT QUANTITY QUANTITY <RST> <RST>

If ONE Controller should fail, this ogram ignore the readings from the iled Controller. TTXM is based on

maining controllers thermocouples. Alarm will be generated

of TC’s Used of TC’s Used ISOTHERMAL CORNER CORNER SLOPE SLOPE MIN. MIN. SELECT SELECT -+ -+ -+ + -FSRMIN FSRMAX TTRXB TTXM FSR GAIN + - + + MEDIAN MEDIAN SELECT SELECT Temperature Control Temperature Control <RST><RST> CPD FSR FSRT

Temp Control Ref Temp Control Ref

 The temp-control-command program in <RST> compares the exhaust temp control setpoint

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Temperature Control Bias program Temperature Control Bias program

TTKn_C TTKn_C TTKn_I TTKn_I T _T K _n _B T _T K _n _B T T K _n _M T _T K _n _M TTKn_K TTKn_K Isothermal Isothermal F _S R B _I A S F _S R B I _A S C _P D B _I A _S C _P D B _I A _S E xh u a s t Te m p e ra t u re CPD FSR

Exhaust Temp Control Setpoints

DIGITAL INPUT DATA COMPUTER MEMORY TEMPERATURE CONTROL BIAS PROGRAM COMPUTER MEMORY CONSTANT STORAGE SELECTED TEMPERATURE REFERANCE TABLE

Temperature Control Bias

Temp control Bias program calculates the Exhaust temp control setpoint TTRXB based on CPD data stored in computer memory and constants from the selected temp-reference table.

This Program also calculates another setpoint based on FSR and constants from another

temperature- _{TTKn_C} _{(CPD bias corner)} _{and TTKn_S} _{(CPD bias slope)}

are used with the CPD data to determine the CPD bias exhaust temperature setpoint.

 _{TTKn_K}_{(FSR bias corner)} _{and TTKn_M} _{(FSR bias slope)}

are used with the FSR data to determine the FSR bias exhaust temperature setpoint.

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Temperature Control Bias Program Temperature Control Bias Program

 This Program selects the minimum of the three set points, CPD bias, FSR bias, or isothermal

setpoint for the final exhaust temperature control reference.

 During normal operation with Gas or light Distillate fuels, t his selection results in a CPD bias control

with an isothermal limit.

 CPD bias setpoint is compared with the FSR bias setpoint by the program and an alarm occurs

when the CPD setpoint exceeds the FSR bias setpoint.

 During normal operation with Heavy fuels, FSR bias setpoint will be selected to minimize the

turbine nozzle plugging on firing temperature.

 FSR bias setpoint is compared with CPD bias setpoint and an alarm occurs when the FSR bias

setpoint exceeds the CPD bias setpoint.

 A ramp function is provided in the program to limit the rate of setpoint change. Both Max

(TTKRXR1) and Min (TTKRXR2) change in ramp rates (slopes) are programmed.Typical rate change limit is 1.5deg F.

 The output of this ramp function is the Exhaust temp.control setpoint which is stored i n the

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Temperature Reference Select Program Temperature Reference Select Program

 Exhaust temperature control function selects control set points to

allow GT operation at firing temperatures.

 Temperature-control-select program determines the operational

level for control set points based on Digital input information representing temperature control requirements.

 Three digital input signals are decoded to select one set of

constants which defines the control set points necessary to meet the demand.

Typical digital signals are BASE SELECT,

PEAK SELECT and HEAVY FUEL SELECT

• When appropriate set of constants are selected they are stored in the selected-temperature-reference memory. Constant Storage Temperature Reference Select Digital Input Data Selected Temperature Reference Table Temperature Temperature Reference Reference Select Program Select Program

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Fuel Control system Fuel Control system

 Turbine fuel control system will change fuel flow to the combustors in response

to the fuel stroke reference signal(FSR).

FSR actually consists of two separate signals added together.

FSR = FSR1 + FSR2

FSR1 = Called-for liquid fuel flow FSR2 = Called-for gas fuel flow

Standard fuel systems are designed for operation with Liquid fuel

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Servo Drive System Servo Drive System

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Servo drive System

 The heart of Fuel Control System

 3 coil Electro Hydraulic Servo Valve

 Servo valve is the interface between the electrical and

mechanical systems

 Servo valve controls the direction and rate of motion of a

hydraulic actuator based on the input current to the servo.

 Servo valve contains three electrically isolated coils on the

torque motor.

 Each coil is connected to one of the three controllers

<RST>, thereby redundancy is ensured if one of the controller fails.

 A null-bias spring positions the servo so that actuator

goes to the fail safe position when ALL power and/or control signal is lost.

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Liquid Fuel System Liquid Fuel System

Liquid Fuel system consists of

 Fuel handling components

– Primary fuel oil filter (low pressure)

– Fuel oil stop valve - Fuel pump

– Fuel bypass valve - Fuel oil pressure relief valve – Secondary fuel oil filter (High pressure)

– Flow dividers - Combined Selector valve – False start drain valve - Fuel lines & fuel nozzles

 Electrical Control components

– Liquid fuel press sw (upstream) 63FL-2 – Fuel oil stop valve limit sw 33FL

– Fuel pump clutch solenoid 20CF

– Liquid fuel pump bypass valve Servo valve 65FP – Flow divider magnetic pickups 77FD-1,2,3 and – Speedtronic Control cards TCQC and TCQA

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Liquid Fuel System P&ID Liquid Fuel System P&ID

<RST> Conn.For Purge When Required Atomizing Air Typical Fuel Nozzles Combustion Chamber FQROUT FQ1 TCQA TCQC 63FL-2 OF Fuel Stop Valve OFV Diff Press Guage FSR1 TNH L4 L20FLX <RST> _<RST> TCQA PR/A To Drain False Start Drain Valve Chamber OFD AD 77FD-1 77FD-2 77FD-3 By-pass Valve Asm

Accessory Gear Drive

Main Fuel Pump

Flow Divider 33FL OLT-VR4 65FP

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Fuel oil Control - Software Fuel oil Control - Software

 Control system checks the permissive L4 and L20FLX to allow FSR1

for closing the Bypass valve (closing bypass valve sends fuel to the combustors)

 These signals control the opening and closing of the fuel oil stop valve.  Fuel pump clutch solenoid (20CF) is energised to drive the pump when

the Stop valve opens.

 Fuel splitter algorithm ensures requisite FSR when FSR1 is active  FSR1 is multiplied by TNH - to make it a function of speed (an

important parameter of Turbine)

 to ensure better resolution at the lower, more critical speeds where air

flow will be low.

 Net result is FQROUT- a digital liquid fuel flow command  At Full speed, TNH does not change

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Fuel oil Control - Software Fuel oil Control - Software

Analog signal is converted to digital counts and is used in the

controllers’ software to compare to certain limits as well as for display in CRT.

The checks performed by software program

 L60FFLH - Excessive fuel flow on start-up

 L3LFLT - Loss of LVDT position feedback

 L3LFBSQ - Bypass valve is not fully open when the stop

is closed

 L3LFBSC - Servo Current is detected when stop valve is closed  L3LFT - Loss of flow divider feedback

(L60FFLH persists for 2 sec and this fault initiates trip, L3LFT also initiates trip during start-up)

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Fuel Gas System Fuel Gas System

 _{Fuel gas is controlled by}

 Gas Speed ratio/stop valve (SRV)

 Gas Control Valve (GCV)

(Both are servo controlled by signals from Speedtronic control panel and actuated by spring acting hydraulic cylinders moving against spring-loaded valve plugs)

 GCV controls the desired gas fuel flow in response to the

FSR command signal.

 SRV is designed to maintain a predetermined pressure (P2)

at the inlet of the GCV as a function of turbine speed

SRV

GCV

P1

P

2

P3

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Fuel Gas System Fuel Gas System

Gas Fuel System consists of

 Fuel handling components

– Gas Strainer - Speed Ratio/Stop Vlv assembly – Control valve assembly - Dump valves – Three pressure gauges

-– Gas manifold with ’pigtails’ to respective fuel nozzles

 Electrical control components

– Gas supply press sw 63FG - Fuel gas press xducer(s) 96FG – Gas fuel vent sol valve 20VG -LVDTs 96GC-1,2 & 96SR-1,2 – Electro hydraulic servo vlv 90SR & 65GC

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Fuel Gas System P&ID Fuel Gas System P&ID

TCQC SPEED RATIO VALVE CONTROL TCQC GAS CONTROL VALVE SERVO TCQC GAS CONTROL VALVE POSITION FEEDBACK TBQB Stop Ratio Valve GAS 63FG-3 FPRG POS2 FPG POS1 FSR2 96FG-2A 96FG-2C 96FG-2B VENT Gas Control Valve COMBUSTION CHAMBER TRANSDUCERS GAS MANIFOLD P2 20 VG 90SR SERVO 90GC SERVO LVDT’S 96GC-1.2 LVDT’S 96SR-1.2 TRIP Vh5-1 Dump Relay

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Gas Control Valve Gas Control Valve

Gas Control Valve

 GCV position is proportional to FSR2

(Actuation of spring-loaded GCV is by a hydraulic cylinder controlled by an Electro-hydraulic servo valve)

 GCV will open only when permissive L4, L20FGX and L2TVX (purge

complete) are true.

– Stroke of the valve is proportional to FSR

Servo GCV GAS P2 LVDT’S 96GC -1,-2 Analog I/O HI HI SEL SEL FSROUT TBQC <RST> OFFSET GAIN FSR2 L4 L3GCV <RST> GCV Position Loop Calibration L V D T P o s it io n

FSR2 goes through Fuel splitter algorithm. TCQC converts FSROUT to an analog signal. GCV stem position is sensed by LVDTs and

fed back to an op-amp on TCQC card to compare with FSROUT input signal at summing junction. Op-amp on TCQC converts error signal and sends

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Speed Ratio/Stop Valve Speed Ratio/Stop Valve

FPRG <RST> HI SEL _POS2 D A OFFSET GAIN L4 L3GCV <RST> TNH + -TBQB Analog I/O Module 96FG-2B 96FG-2C 96SR-1,2 96FG-2A Op Cyl Posn GAS Dump Relay Trip Oil SRV LVDTs Servo Valve _Hydraulic Oil FPG P2 SRV Pres Calibration

 _{It is dual function valve}

(It serves as a pressure regulating valve to hold a desired fuel gas pressure ahead of GCV)

 _{As a Stop Valve}

- integral part of protection system

 _{Speed Ratio/Stop Vlv has Two control loops}  _{Position loop similar to GCV}

 _{Pressure control loop}

• Fuel gas pressure P2 at the inlet of GCV is

controlled by the pressure loop as a function of turbine speed (in proportion to the turbine speed TNH) to become Gas fuel press Ref FPRG

• TCQC card converts FPRG to analog signalP2 (FPG) is compared to the FPRG and the error signal is in turn compared with the 96SR LVDT feedback to reposition the valve as in GCV loop – _{During a trip or no-run condition, a posive voltage}

bias is placed on servo coils holding them in the “valve closed” position

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GCV & SRV schematic GCV & SRV schematic

GAS CONTROL VALVE COMMAND

GAS CONTROL

VALVE OUTPUT GAS FUEL REFERENCE

SERVO OUTPUT FQROUT

GAS CONTROL VALVE POSITION GAS FUEL CONTROL VALVE

SPEED RATIO VALVE COMMAND GAS CONTROL VALVE` OUTPUT SPEED SERVO OUTPUT REQUIRED PRESSURE

MIDVALVE GAS FUEL PRESSURE

SPEED RATIO VALVE POSITION GAS RATIO VALVE CONTROL

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Duel Fuel Control Duel Fuel Control

Turbines designed to operate on both liquid and gaseous fuel

systems are equipped with Control software accordingly.

 Control software performs the following:

– Transfer of one fuel to other on command

– Allow time for filling lines with the type of fuel to which turbine operation is being

transferred.

– Mixed fuel operation

– Operation of liquid fuel nozzle purge when operating totally on gas fuel.

Software programming involves:

 Fuel splitter

 Fuel transfer- Liquid to Gas  Liquid fuel purge

 Fuel transfer-Gas to Liquid

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Fuel splitter - software Fuel splitter - software

FSR is splitter into two signals FSR1 & FSR2 to provide

dual fuel operation.

A=B <RST> <RST> FUEL SPLITTER FUEL SPLITTER _L84TG Total Gas L84TL Total LIQ MAX.LIMIT MIN.LIMIT MEDIAN MEDIAN SELECT SELECT RAMP L83FG Gas Select L83FL Liquid Select L83FZ Permissives Rate FSR LIQ Ref FSR1 FSR1 FSR2 FSR2 GAS Ref A=B

FSR is multiplied by the liquid fuel fraction FX1 to produce FSR1signal FSR1 is then subtracted from the FSR signal to generate FSR2 signal

FSR = FSR1 + FSR2 FSR = FSR1 + FSR2

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Fuel Transfer - Liquid to Gas, Gas to Liquid Fuel Transfer - Liquid to Gas, Gas to Liquid

Transfer from Full Gas to Full Liquid

Transfer from Full Liquid to Full Gas.

Transfer from Full Liquid to Mixture.

U N IT S U N IT S SELECT DISTILLATE PURGE FSR1 TIME TIME U N IT S U N IT S PURGE FSR2 U N IT S U N IT S _PURGE FSR2 SELECT GAS FSR1 FSR1 FSR2 TIME TIME

Fuel transfer from Liquid to Gas

GT running on Liquid (FSR1) and GAS transfer selected.

FSR1 will remain at its initial value,

FSR2 will step-up to slightly greater than Zero value (0.5%). This opens the GCV

slightly to bleed down the inter valve volume. The presence of a high pressure than that required by the SRV would cause slow response in initiating gas flow.

fter delay of 30 sec to bleed down the P2 pressure and fill the gas supply line, the

software program ramps the fuel commands FSR2 to increase and FSR1 to decrease at a programmed rate through median select gate. Fuel transfer completes in 30 sec.

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Fuel Control System Fuel Control System

 Liquid fuel Purge

 To prevent the coking of the liquid fuel nozzles

 Mixed fuel Operation

 Gas Turbine can be operated on both GAS & LIQ in any

proportion when operator choses to be on MIX mode.

 Limits of fuel mixture are required to ensure proper combustion,

gas fuel distribution and gas nozzle flow velocities.

 % of gas flow must be increased as load is decreased to maintain

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Modulated Inlet Guide Vane System Modulated Inlet Guide Vane System

IGV system

 Bang-Bang type (2 position)  Modulated

 IGV modulates during

 acceleration of turbine at rated speed.,

 loading and unloading of the generator  deceleration of gas turbine

 IGV modulation maintains

 proper flows and pressures, and thus the stresses in the compressor.  Maintains minimum pressure drop across fuel nozzles

 in Combined cycle operations maintains high exhaust temperatures at low

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Modulated Inlet Guide Vane Control Modulated Inlet Guide Vane Control

HYD. SUPPLY <RST> VH3-1 OLT-1 TRIP OIL C A I N O U T FH6 -1 2 1 D R P HM 3-1 CLOSE CLOSE OPEN OPEN 90TV-1 CSRGV <RST> CSRGV _IGV REF D/A CSRGVOUT HIGH SELECT Analog I/O IGV Operation:

During start-up IGV is fully closed (34º) from 0% to 83% of corrected speed.

Turbine speed is corrected to reflect the air conditions at 80ºF, this compensates

for changes in air density as ambient conditions change.

t Amb.Temp >80ºF TNHCOR < TNH t Amb.Temp <80ºF TNHCOR > TNH

bove 83% IGV open at 6.7º per % increase in TNHCOR.

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Inlet Guide Vane Operation Inlet Guide Vane Operation

For Simple Cycle operation

IGV move to full open position at pre-selected exhaust temperature,

usually 700ºF.

For Combined Cycle operation, IGV begins to move to full open pos. as exh.temp approaches Temp.

Control ref. temperature

(Normally IGVs begin open when Tx is within 30ºF of temp control Ref.)

Fuel Open Max. Angle Simple Cycle

(CSKGVSSR)

Combined Cycle (TTRX) MIN Full Speed Angle

Startup Program Region Of Negative 5th Stage Extraction Pressure Corrected Speed -% (TNCHOR) 0 ₁₀₀ 0 100 FSNL BASE LOAD IG V A N G L E -D E G (C S R G V ) )

By not allowing the guide vanes to close to an angle less than than the min full speed angle at 100%TNH, a min press drop is maintained across the fuel nozzles, thereby lessening combustion system

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IGV Control Schematic IGV Control Schematic

Inlet Guide Vane Ref. Servo Output IGV Part Speed Ref. Temp. Control Feedback Temp. Control Reference Manual Command

IGV Part Speed Ref. Compressor Inlet Temp. Speed IGV Position IGV Reference IGV Command