Disclosed are a hybrid power generation facility and a control method thereof. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a GT (gas turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the gas turbine, a boiler including a combustion chamber and configured to mix the first combustion gas supplied from the turbine of the gas turbine with air and fuel supplied from the outside, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, a ST (steam turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the steam turbine, and an energy storage system configured to be charged based on a decrease rate of power demand of a grid and a maximum decrease rate of power supply from the GT generator and the ST generator.

Disclosed is a hybrid power generation facility. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a boiler including a combustion chamber and a burner installed in the combustion chamber and into which the first combustion gas discharged from the turbine of the gas turbine is introduced, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, a first GT (gas turbine) pipeline connected between the turbine of the gas turbine and the burner, a first air pipeline connected to the first GT pipeline to supply oxygen to the burner, a first oxygen sensor installed at an inlet of the burner to measure an oxygen concentration of a fluid flowing into the burner, and a first GT damper installed in the first GT pipeline to control a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the first GT pipeline according to the oxygen concentration measured by the first oxygen sensor.

A system and method for warmkeeping a steam generator such as a sub-critical steam generator is disclosed. Water extraction piping extracts water from a component of one of the water fill circuits of the sub-critical steam generator. A deaerator heating system having an inventory tank of water mixes the extracted water with the water in the tank, and heats the mix of water to a predetermined temperature level to generate heated deaerated feedwater. Feedwater piping forwards the heated deaerated feedwater at the predetermined temperature level from the deaerator heating system to the water fill circuits of the sub-critical steam generator. The water extraction piping, the deaerator heating system and the feedwater piping operate cooperatively to warmkeep the water fill circuits in accordance with the predetermined temperature level while the sub-critical steam generator is in the unfired stand-by mode of operation.

Systems and methods axe disclosed herein that generally involve a double pinch criterion for optimization of regenerative Rankine cycles. In some embodiments, operating variables such as bleed extraction pressure and bleed flow rate are selected such that a double pinch is obtained in a feedwater heater, thereby improving the efficiency of the Rankine cycle. In particular, a first pinch point is obtained at the onset of condensation of the bleed and a second pinch point is obtained at the exit of the bleed from the feedwater heater. The minimal approach temperature at the first pinch point can be approximately equal to the minimal approach temperature at the second pinch point. Systems that employ regenerative Rankine cycles, methods of operating such systems, and methods of optimizing the operation of such systems are disclosed herein in connection with the double pinch criterion.

A system for warming a power generation system including a boiler and a mixer fluidly coupled to the boiler, a turbine first section operable to receive steam from the boiler at a first temperature. The turbine supplies steam at a second temperature to a first heat exchanger operably connected to receive the heated steam at the second temperature from the output of at least the first section of the turbine and transfer heat to at least one of water and steam in the boiler or the mixer, feedwater for the boiler, and a thermal energy storage system. The system further includes a control unit configured to receive the monitored operating characteristic and control the amount of steam directed through the turbine.

Disclosed are a hybrid power generation facility and a control method thereof. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a GT (gas turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the gas turbine, a boiler including a combustion chamber and configured to mix the first combustion gas supplied from the turbine of the gas turbine with air and fuel supplied from the outside, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, a ST (steam turbine) generator configured to generate electric power using a driving force generated by the steam turbine, and an energy storage system configured to be charged based on a decrease rate of power demand of a grid and a maximum decrease rate of power supply from the GT generator and the ST generator.

Disclosed is a hybrid power generation facility. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a boiler including a combustion chamber and configured to burn a mixture of the first combustion gas and air, a first water heat exchanger configured to pass second combustion gas discharged from the boiler and to heat water through heat exchange with the second combustion gas, a water supply device configured to supply water to the first water heat exchanger, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, and a first air preheater configured to pass second combustion gas discharged from the first water heat exchanger and to pass air supplied to the boiler.

Disclosed is a hybrid power generation facility. The hybrid power generation facility includes a gas turbine including a compressor configured to compress air introduced from an outside, a combustor configured to mix the compressed air with fuel and to combust the air and fuel mixture, and a turbine configured to produce power with first combustion gas discharged from the combustor, a boiler including a combustion chamber and a burner installed in the combustion chamber and into which the first combustion gas discharged from the turbine of the gas turbine is introduced, a steam turbine through which steam generated in the combustion chamber passes, a first GT (gas turbine) pipeline connected between the turbine of the gas turbine and the burner, a first air pipeline connected to the first GT pipeline to supply oxygen to the burner, a first oxygen sensor installed at an inlet of the burner to measure an oxygen concentration of a fluid flowing into the burner, and a first GT damper installed in the first GT pipeline to control a flow rate of the fluid flowing through the first GT pipeline according to the oxygen concentration measured by the first oxygen sensor.

A method for heat integration between a chemical synthesis plant that runs an exothermic reaction and (ii) and a partner plant that generates a working fluid such as steam (e.g., runs a power cycle). The present disclosure describes both internal and external heat integration. Internal heat integration may provide heat from the exothermic reaction (e.g., from methanol synthesis) to a reboiler associated with a distillation column of the chemical synthesis plant. External heat integration may use heat from the exothermic reaction to preheat a condensed water stream (which stream is downstream from the turbine and condenser of the power cycle). Such reduces the need for bleed off the turbine to preheat condensed water as part of the power cycle. A bleed off the turbine provides heat to the reboiler associated with the distillation column of the chemical synthesis plant. Heat integration provides overall improved energy use within both plants.

The invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for start-up and control of liquid salt energy storage combined cycle systems.