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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Herbert Fuchs, Nussbaumen, CH;
Anton Nemet, Lengnan, CH;
Jürgen Hoffmann, Untersiggenthal, CH;
ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG, Baden, CH;
Abstract
A gas turbine and method are disclosed by which the gas turbine can be safely operated at nominal speed with reduced margin to a surge limit of a compressor. The gas turbine, via a directly driven generator which generates alternating current with an operating frequency and which is connected in a frequency-coupled manner to an electricity grid, can deliver electric power to this grid. In the case of an underfrequency event the compressor of the gas turbine is unloaded by controlled, fast closing of the variable compressor guide vanes (VGV) and as a result maintains a sufficient margin to the surge limit of the compressor.