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Automatic start-up system for a closed rankine cycle power plant

US4386499A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateNov 24, 1980
Grant dateJun 7, 1983
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Expiry dateNov 24, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01K25/08
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Vaporized working fluid is supplied only to the condenser of a power plant of the type described when the power plant is cold started allowing condensate to lubricate the bearings of the prime mover before the latter begins to move. When the power plant is in steady-state operation, vaporized working fluid is supplied only to the prime mover.

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