# US 8,150,556 B2 · Method of coordinated operation for turbine-generator shafts torsional vibration protection

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- Number: US 8,150,556 B2
- Document ID: US8150556B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/529,645
- Filed: 2008-04-30
- Published: 2010-11-11
- Granted: 2012-04-03
- Earliest claimed: 2008-01-17
- Assignees: Beijing Sifang Automation Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shaohua Jiao; Tao Zhang; Quan Liu; Xinyan Liang; Yuansheng Li
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8150556B2

## CPC

- F02C 9/00: Controlling gas-turbine plants; Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants (controlling air intakes F02C7/057; controlling turbines F01D; controlling compressors F04D27/00; controlling in general G05)
- F01D 21/003: {Arrangements for testing or measuring (for measuring vibrations G01H)}
- F05D 2260/80: Diagnostics
- F05D 2260/96: Preventing, counteracting or reducing vibration or noise
- F02C: GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS (construction of turbines F01D; jet-propulsion plants F02K; construction of compressors or fans F04; generating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity F23R; using gas turbines in compression refrigeration plants F25B11/00)
- F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS

## Abstract

The present invention relates to the coordinated control method of torsional stress relay in large thermal power plants' generators (300 MW and above), which will be adopted when shaft torsional oscillations occur. This invention also publishes a method of realizing selective trip the generators and the trip criterions which are implemented by the torsional stress relay and coordinated control master station (Tmaster). Tmaster will real-time monitor the operating status of the generators and TSR, TMaster will also real-time generate a trip priority level sequencing by analyzing the unit output. When generators occur subsynchronous resonance and shaft torsional oscillation, this method can ensure that TSR will trip some generators of the power plant according to the real-time generated trip strategy to inhibit the shaft torsional oscillation and safeguard the units. This method can also avoid the tremendous economic loss caused by tripping all the generators, and that will reduce the hazard to the transmission grid.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A coordinated control method of steam turbine generators' torsional stress relay (TSR) in large power plant, this method will connect TSR in different generators of the same power plant to form a coordinated control group, the coordinated control group can be divided into 2 layers: a TSR layer and a coordinated control master station (Tmaster) layer; each TSR implements a supervisory works of a units' shaft torsional oscillation and a shaft fatigue real-time calculation independently; TSR will judge whether to send a “trip” command according to its criterion and fixed value; Tmaster will implement a real-time monitoring of each generator's operation status and output, Tmaster can also real-time generate optimized trip strategy online, utilize a selective trip implemented by a coordinated action of equipments in 2 layers, this method includes:
1) Each generator's TSR will send 2 messages to Tmaster, these messages are: “trip” command, unit's shaft torsional oscillation mode, when Tmaster receives the “trip” command form TSR, Tmaster will trip the units according to a real-time generated optimized trip strategy;
2) After Tmaster receives a first “trip” command, it will trip a unit which has a highest priority, then wait for the message which represents a shaft torsional oscillation mode that is in divergence or not during a period of “Tset”, where “Tset” is a fixed value of latency period, which usually is set as 0.5S˜1S;
3) If the shaft torsional oscillation still exists after Tmaster has tripped a first unit, Tmaster will trip another unit that has the highest priority of the remaining units, then TSR will judge whether the unit shaft torsional oscillation mode is in divergence during another period of “Tset”;
4) if the shaft torsional oscillation still exists after Tmaster has tripped a second unit, Tmaster will keep the unit which has a lowest priority running, and trip all other units if their shaft torsional oscillation mode is in divergence.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said Tmaster will collect information of each unit's output and operation status, its online real-time generated optimized trip strategy is as follows:
1) Tmaster implements the real-time monitoring of each unit's operating status, and it will only generate a trip priority for those units which are operating;
2) Tmaster implements the real-time monitoring of each unit's output, and trips the units that have a lowest output first;
3) Tmaster can be configured manually to let a unit have the lowest priority.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein said Tmaster will adopt dual configuration, the units can only be tripped when a second TSR provide protection output simultaneously.