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Fuel control method for gas turbine
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1982-05-21
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Granted: 1985-05-21
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Expires: 2002-05-21
Abstract
Abstract A fuel control method for a gas turbine based on a digital computer. A control system for fuel control, an acceleration control system, an exhaust gas temperature control system, a speed (governor) control system, and a start-up control system are graded in the preference order of fuel control. When a negative feedback signal exceeds a target value in the respective control systems, the fuel control signal is selected in accordance with the grading of the preference order. Of the four control systems, the acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems are set to be of the first grade of the preference order and are subjected to an override fuel control preferentially to the other control systems. The acceleration preset value during the acceleration control is determined by values limiting the difference between the speed preset value and the actual speed, the acceleration preset value begins to decrease when the actual speed reaches a value predetermined relative to a target speed, and the acceleration preset value is decreased to zero when the actual speed reaches the target speed, thus performing fuel control.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeki Adachi
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-06 03:26
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C9/00; F02C9/26; F02C9/28; F05; F05D; F05D2270/00; F05D2270/01; F05D2270/02; F05D2270/04; F05D2270/11; F05D2270/112
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
127 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine wherein a plurality of control systems for fuel flow rate control are graded in accordance with a predetermined preference order, a fuel flow rate control signal of a particular control system of the highest grade in the predetermined preference order is selected when an actually measured value in the form of a feedback signal exceeds a target value in the plurality of control systems, and the fuel flow rate is controlled by the selected signal, the plurality of control systems comprising start-up, speed, acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, the acceleration control system and the exhaust gas temperature control system being both of the first grade of the preference order, and controlled preferentially to the other control systems.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
127 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine wherein a plurality of control systems for fuel flow rate control are graded in accordance with a predetermined preference order, a fuel flow rate control signal of a particular control system of the highest grade in the predetermined preference order is selected when an actually measured value in the form of a feedback signal exceeds a target value in the plurality of control systems, and the fuel flow rate is controlled by the selected signal, the plurality of control systems comprising start-up, speed, acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, the acceleration control system and the exhaust gas temperature control system being both of the first grade of the preference order, and controlled preferentially to the other control systems.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine according to claim 1 wherein when the negative feedback signal exceeds the target value in both the acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, a fuel control signal of one control system having a larger absolute value of difference between the negative feedback signal and target value than the other is selected, and fuel is controlled by the selected signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
134 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine wherein a plurality of control systems are provided for fuel flow rate control, said control systems being graded in accordance with a predetermined preference order, a fuel flow rate control signal of a highest grade control system being selected among said plurality of control systems when each control system provides an actually measured value in the form of a feedback signal exceeding a target value, and the fuel flow rate being controlled by the selected fuel flow rate control signal, the plurality of control systems comprising start-up, speed, acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, the acceleration control system and the exhaust gas temperature control system being both of the first grade of the preference order, and controlled preferentially to the other lower grade control systems.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
134 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine wherein a plurality of control systems are provided for fuel flow rate control, said control systems being graded in accordance with a predetermined preference order, a fuel flow rate control signal of a highest grade control system being selected among said plurality of control systems when each control system provides an actually measured value in the form of a feedback signal exceeding a target value, and the fuel flow rate being controlled by the selected fuel flow rate control signal, the plurality of control systems comprising start-up, speed, acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, the acceleration control system and the exhaust gas temperature control system being both of the first grade of the preference order, and controlled preferentially to the other lower grade control systems.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
68 words
A fuel control method for a gas turbine according to claim 3 wherein when the negative feedback signal exceeds the target value in both the acceleration and exhaust gas temperature control systems, a fuel control signal of one control system having a larger absolute value of difference between the negative feedback signal and target value than the other is selected, and fuel is controlled by the selected signal.
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