Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited

Akitomo Tsukahara

Hidetaka Okui

Kimiyasu Fujita

A gas turbine system and control method for the gas turbine system that includes a gas turbine having a compressor for producing compressed air, a combustor for burning fuel with the compressed air, a turbine driven by a combustion gas generated by burning the fuel in the combustor, and an inlet guide vane for adjusting an intake air amount of the compressor; an inlet guide vane control device for controlling an opening degree of the inlet guide vane; and a motor generator drivable by the turbine and capable of providing rotational power to the gas turbine by electric power supplied from outside the gas turbine. The inlet guide vane control device controls the opening degree of the inlet guide vane to be an opening degree greater than a minimum opening degree which is a minimum value of the opening degree of the inlet guide vane in a normal operation mode.

Method for controlling operation modes of gas turbine system

This control device for a gas turbine connected to a power generator capable of linking to a power system is configured to be able to switch operation modes of the gas turbine between a normal operation mode in which the gas turbine rotationally drives the power generator and a reverse power operation mode in which the gas turbine is rotationally driven by the power generator actuated as a motor by receiving power from the power system, the control device comprising: an index acquisition unit configured to acquire an index indicating the pressure ratio of a compressor of the gas turbine; and a signal output unit configured to output a signal for protecting the compressor when the index becomes less than a threshold value while the gas turbine is operating in the reverse power operation.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akitomo Tsukahara