Patent ID: 8843293

Claim:
A method for controlling a gas turbine in a power plant, comprising: specifying a gas turbine inlet temperature rating (TIT) or gas turbine exhaust temperature rating (TAT) and a position of at least one variable compressor inlet guide vane cascade (VIGV) for each load; specifying a multiplicity of operating lines for the gas turbine for different gas turbine inlet temperatures (TIT) or gas turbine exhaust temperatures (TAT) and positions of the compressor inlet guide vane cascade (VIGV) as a function of the load, each of the operating lines respectively corresponding to a period of operation or inspection interval based on respectively different TIT in a range of a base load operation UP to and including an operation at high partial load; minimizing electricity production costs during operation by carrying out switching between the different operating lines during constant or varying power output of the power plant; achieving a service life improvement by controlling, in pairs, output-specific gas turbine exhaust temperature (TAT) and turbine inlet temperature (TIT) as a function of the load for each of the different operating lines, such that a ratio of the corresponding pair of output-specific TIT and TAT for each of the different operating lines is increased or decreased with a constant gradient based on a corresponding same VIGV position for each of the different operating lines; and reducing an efficiency of the gas turbine by selection of one of the operating lines with a low TIT (TIT low rating) or low TAT (TAT low rating).