Condition monitoring and diagnostics of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant has become an important tool to improve its availability, reliability, and performance. However, there are two major challenges in the diagnostics of performance degradation and anomaly in a single-shaft combined cycle (CC) power plant. First, since the gas turbine (GT) and steam turbine (ST) in such a plant share a common generator, each turbine's contribution to the total plant power output is not directly measured, but must be accurately estimated to identify the possible causes of plant level degradation. Second, multivariate operational data instrumented from a power plant need to be used in the plant model calibration, power splitting, and degradation diagnostics. Sensor data always contain some degree of uncertainty. This adds to the difficulty of both estimation of GT to ST power split (PS) and degradation diagnostics. This paper presents an integrated probabilistic methodology for accurate power splitting and the degradation diagnostics of a single-shaft CC plant, accounting for uncertainties in the measured data. The method integrates the Bayesian inference approach, thermodynamic physics modeling, and sensed operational data seamlessly. The physics-based thermodynamic heat balance model is first established to model the power plant components and their thermodynamic relationships. The model is calibrated to model the plant performance at the design conditions of its main components. The calibrated model is then employed to simulate the plant performance at various operating conditions. A Bayesian inference method is next developed to determine the PS between the GT and the ST by comparing the measured and expected power outputs at different operation conditions, considering uncertainties in multiple measured variables. The calibrated model and calculated PS are further applied to pinpoint the possible causes at individual components resulting in the plant level degradation. The proposed methodology is demonstrated using operational data from a real-world single-shaft CC power plant with a known degradation issue. This study provides an effective probabilistic methodology to accurately split the power for degradation diagnostics of a single-shaft CC plant, addressing the uncertainties in multiple measured variables.
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Bayesian Calibration for Power Splitting in Single-Shaft Combined Cycle Plant Diagnostics
Xiaomo Jiang,
Xiaomo Jiang
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Fleet Management,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: xiaomo.jiang@ge.com
Power & Water, Fleet Management,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: xiaomo.jiang@ge.com
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TsungPo Lin,
TsungPo Lin
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: tsungpo.lin@ge.com
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: tsungpo.lin@ge.com
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Eduardo Mendoza
Eduardo Mendoza
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: eduardo.mendoza@ge.com
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: eduardo.mendoza@ge.com
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Xiaomo Jiang
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Fleet Management,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: xiaomo.jiang@ge.com
Power & Water, Fleet Management,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: xiaomo.jiang@ge.com
TsungPo Lin
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: tsungpo.lin@ge.com
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: tsungpo.lin@ge.com
Eduardo Mendoza
General Electric Company,
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: eduardo.mendoza@ge.com
Power & Water, Life Cycle Engineering,
Atlanta, GA 30339
e-mail: eduardo.mendoza@ge.com
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Contributed by the Cycle Innovations Committee of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING FOR GAS TURBINES AND POWER. Manuscript received July 13, 2015; final manuscript received August 20, 2015; published online November 3, 2015. Editor: David Wisler.
J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. May 2016, 138(5): 051702 (9 pages)
Published Online: November 3, 2015
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Received:
July 13, 2015
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August 20, 2015
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Jiang, X., Lin, T., and Mendoza, E. (November 3, 2015). "Bayesian Calibration for Power Splitting in Single-Shaft Combined Cycle Plant Diagnostics." ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. May 2016; 138(5): 051702. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4031564
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