# US 9,518,511 B2 · Method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustion and gas turbine for conducting said method

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- Number: US 9,518,511 B2
- Document ID: US9518511B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/060,065
- Filed: 2013-10-22
- Published: 2014-04-24
- Granted: 2016-12-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-10-22
- Assignees: General Electric Technology GmbH
- Applicants: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
- Inventors: Andrea Ciani; Adnan Eroglu; Douglas Anthony Pennell; Nicolas Tran; Ewald Freitag
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9518511B2

## CPC

- F02C 7/12: Cooling of plants (of component parts, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F01D; cooling of engines in general F01P)
- F02C 7/141: of working fluid
- F02C 7/228: Dividing fuel between various burners
- F02C 9/28: Regulating systems responsive to plant or ambient parameters, e.g. temperature, pressure, rotor speed (F02C9/30 - F02C9/38, F02C9/44 take precedence)
- F05D 2270/08: to produce clean exhaust gases
- Y02E 20/16: Combined cycle power plant [CCPP], or combined cycle gas turbine [CCGT]
- 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)
- F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

The invention discloses a method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustion, which gas turbine includes a compressor, a first combustor with a first combustion chamber and first burners, which receives compressed air from the compressor, a second combustor with a second combustion chamber and second burners, which receives hot gas from the first combustor with a predetermined second combustor inlet temperature, and a turbine, which receives hot gas from the second combustor. The CO emission for part-load operation is reduced by reducing the second combustor inlet temperature for base-load operation of the gas turbine, and increasing the second combustor inlet temperature when decreasing the gas turbine load (RLGT) from base-load to part-load.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for operating a gas turbine with sequential combustion, in which the gas turbine includes a compressor, a first combustor with a first combustion chamber and first burners, which receive compressed air from the compressor, a second combustor with a second combustion chamber and second burners, which receive hot gas from the first combustor with a second combustor inlet temperature and a turbine, which receives the hot gas from the second combustor; no turbine being located between the first combustor and the second combustor and the hot gas being passed from an exit of the first combustor to an inlet of the second combustor via a hot gas channel extending between the first combustor and the second combustor, the method comprising:
controlling a flow of dilution air supplied to the hot gas channel;
mixing the dilution air with the hot gas from the exit of the first combustor in the hot gas channel via a mixer positioned in the hot gas channel;
reducing the second combustor inlet temperature for base-load operation of the gas turbine via the controlling of the flow of the dilution air supplied to the hot gas channel via the mixer, and
increasing the second combustor inlet temperature when decreasing gas turbine load from the base-load to part-load via the controlling of the flow of the dilution air supplied to the hot gas channel via the mixer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, comprising varying the dilution air mass flow to increase the second combustor inlet temperature in response to decreasing the gas turbine load from the base-load to the part-load.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, comprising controlling an exit temperature of the first combustor or the second combustor inlet temperature as a function of the gas turbine load.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, comprising controlling an exit temperature of the first combustor or second combustor inlet temperature as a function of combustion pressure in the first combustor or the second combustor or compressor plenum or at an inlet of the turbine.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein a gas with high H2 content or with a high C2+ concentration is used as a fuel.

### Claim 6

A gas turbine comprising:
a compressor,
a first combustor with a first combustion chamber and first burners, which receives compressed air from the compressor,
a second combustor with a second combustion chamber and second burners, which receives hot gas from the first combustor with an inlet temperature of the second combustor, and
a turbine, which receives the hot gas from the second combustor;
a mixer arranged in a hot gas channel directly connecting the first combustor and the second combustor, the hot gas channel extending between the first combustor and the second combustor to supply the hot gas from an exit of the first combustor to an inlet of the second combustor; the mixer being connected to a dilution air supply, the mixer configured to mix air from the dilution air supply with the hot gas in the hot gas channel; and
a controller configured to control the dilution air supplied to the hot gas channel;
wherein there is no turbine located between the first combustor and the second combustor;
wherein the inlet temperature of the second combustor is reduced for base-load operation of the gas turbine and the inlet temperature of the second combustor is increased when decreasing gas turbine load from the base-load to part-load via control of the dilution air supply.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The gas turbine according to claim 6, wherein the first burners are connected to a fuel supply, and the controller is connected to the dilution air supply and the fuel supply for controlling said fuel supply and said dilution air supply in order to control an exit temperature of the first combustor or the inlet temperature of the second combustor.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The gas turbine according to claim 7, wherein the controller comprises an input for a load signal representing the gas turbine load.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The gas turbine according to claim 7, wherein the controller comprises an input device connected to a pressure transducer, which senses a combustion pressure of the gas turbine.

### Claim 10

A method of operating a gas turbine with sequential combustion comprising:
compressing air in via a compressor;
receiving compressed air from the compressor by a first combustor having a first combustion chamber and first burners;
mixing dilution air with hot gas received from an exit of the first combustor in a hot gas channel extending between the exit of the first combustor and an inlet of a second combustor via a mixer to reduce a temperature of the hot gas and to reduce an inlet temperature of the second combustor during base-load operation of the gas turbine;
receiving the hot gas from the exit of the first combustor at the inlet of the second combustor via the hot gas channel, the second combustor having a second combustion chamber and second burners and wherein there is no turbine located between the first combustor and the second combustor;
controlling a flow of the dilution air supplied to the hot gas in the hot gas channel via a controller to control reduction of the inlet temperature of the second combustor during the base-load operation of the gas turbine;
adjusting a second combustor inlet temperature target based on a load of the gas turbine such that the inlet temperature of the second combustor is reduced when the gas turbine is at the base-load operation and the inlet temperature of the second combustor is increased when gas turbine load decreases from the base-load to a part-load via the controlling the flow of the dilution air.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, comprising:
varying an amount of the dilution air mass flow mixed with the hot gas from the first combustor to increase the inlet temperature of the second combustor in response to the gas turbine load decreasing from the base-load to the part-load.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, comprising:
feeding the hot gas from the second combustor to a turbine.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, comprising:
controlling an exit temperature of the first combustor or the inlet temperature of the second combustor as a function of the gas turbine load.

### Claim 14 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, comprising:
controlling an exit temperature of the first combustor or the inlet temperature of the second combustor as a function of a pressure in one of: the first combustor, the second combustor, and a turbine that receives the hot gas from the second combustor.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, comprising:
varying an amount of the dilution air mass flow mixed with the hot gas from the first combustor to increase the inlet temperature of the second combustor in response to the gas turbine load decreasing from the base-load to the part-load.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The method of claim 14, wherein the second combustor inlet temperature target is a target temperature for controlling the inlet temperature of the second combustor.