A method for operating a steam turbine where steam turbine has at least two sub-turbines, wherein the steam turbine is paired with a steam turbine controller which has a sub-turbine controller for each of the sub-turbines, and each sub-turbine controller compares respective target values with respective actual values of the respective sub-turbine during operation in order to determine a respective control deviation for each sub-turbine.

A method for operating a steam turbine where steam turbine has at least two sub-turbines, wherein the steam turbine is paired with a steam turbine controller which has a sub-turbine controller for each of the sub-turbines, and each sub-turbine controller compares respective target values with respective actual values of the respective sub-turbine during operation in order to determine a respective control deviation for each sub-turbine.

There is provided a steam power plant which has a plurality of units and improves turbine plant efficiency in partial-load operation of the plurality of units in total. The steam power plant includes a first steam power plant having a boiler which generates steam, a high-pressure turbine which is driven with the steam that the boiler generates, a first reheat line which supplies the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine to the boiler, a first feed water heater to which part of the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine is supplied, and a high-pressure extraction steam line which supplies the part of the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine to the first feed water heater; a second steam power plant having a boiler which generates steam, a high-pressure turbine which is driven with the steam that the boiler generates, a first reheat line which supplies the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine to the boiler, a first feed water heater to which part of the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine is supplied, and a high-pressure extraction steam line which supplies the part of the steam which is exhausted or extracted from the high-pressure turbine to the first feed water heater; and an inter-unit connected extraction steam line which connects the high-pressure extraction steam line of the first steam power plant with the high-pressure extraction steam line of the second steam power plant.

A gas turbine exhaust heat recovery plant includes a plurality of gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices that have a gas turbine and an exhaust heat recovery boiler for generating steam by recovering exhaust heat of the gas turbine, a steam-utilizing facility that utilizes the steam generated by the exhaust heat recovery boiler, and an inter-device heat medium supply unit capable of supplying a portion of water heated or a portion of the steam generated by at least one of the gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices out of the plurality of gas turbine exhaust heat recovery devices, to the other gas turbine exhaust heat recovery device.

A method for operating a steam turbine where steam turbine has at least two sub-turbines, wherein the steam turbine is paired with a steam turbine controller which has a sub-turbine controller for each of the sub-turbines, and each sub-turbine controller compares respective target values with respective actual values of the respective sub-turbine during operation in order to determine a respective control deviation for each sub-turbine.

A method for operating a steam turbine where steam turbine has at least two sub-turbines, wherein the steam turbine is paired with a steam turbine controller which has a sub-turbine controller for each of the sub-turbines, and each sub-turbine controller compares respective target values with respective actual values of the respective sub-turbine during operation in order to determine a respective control deviation for each sub-turbine.

Provided are a main steam piping connecting a steam generator and a steam turbine, a bypass piping branched from the main steam piping and bypassing the steam turbine, a bypass valve provided in the bypass piping, a warming piping branched from the bypass valve, a warming valve provided in the warming piping, and a control system. The control system controls the warming valve in such a manner that bypass valve temperature t is brought to within a temperature range satisfying the three conditions: (1) being equal to or higher than the saturated temperature of steam flowing into the bypass valve; (2) having a temperature difference from the flowing-in steam of equal to or less than an allowable value; and (3) being equal to or lower than a temperature at which the formation rate of steam oxidation scale rises.

Provided are a main steam piping connecting a steam generator and a steam turbine, a bypass piping branched from the main steam piping and bypassing the steam turbine, a bypass valve provided in the bypass piping, a warming piping branched from the bypass valve, a warming valve provided in the warming piping, and a control system. The control system controls the warming valve in such a manner that bypass valve temperature t is brought to within a temperature range satisfying the three conditions: (1) being equal to or higher than the saturated temperature of steam flowing into the bypass valve; (2) having a temperature difference from the flowing-in steam of equal to or less than an allowable value; and (3) being equal to or lower than a temperature at which the formation rate of steam oxidation scale rises.

A system includes an HRSG that includes a plurality of heat exchanger sections fluidly coupled to each other. The plurality of heat exchanger sections comprises at least one economizer, at least one evaporator, at least one reheater, and at least one superheater. In addition, the HRSG includes an additional heat exchanger section coupled to two different heat exchanger sections of the plurality of heat exchanger sections. Further, the HRSG includes a controller programmed to selectively fluidly couple the additional heat exchanger section to one of the two different heat exchanger sections to alter a heat duty for the selected heat exchanger section fluidly coupled to the additional heat exchanger.

A system includes an HRSG that includes a plurality of heat exchanger sections fluidly coupled to each other. The plurality of heat exchanger sections comprises at least one economizer, at least one evaporator, at least one reheater, and at least one superheater. In addition, the HRSG includes an additional heat exchanger section coupled to two different heat exchanger sections of the plurality of heat exchanger sections. Further, the HRSG includes a controller programmed to selectively fluidly couple the additional heat exchanger section to one of the two different heat exchanger sections to alter a heat duty for the selected heat exchanger section fluidly coupled to the additional heat exchanger.