Parallel-stage modular Rankine cycle turbine with improved control
US4537032A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 1983 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2003 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF01K7/165
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The turbine of a Rankine cycle power plant has a plurality of modular units constituting a turbine to which vaporized working fluid from a boiler is supplied in parallel through respective adjustable throttle valves. Exhaust vapor is removed from the modular units in parallel; and the load on the turbine is controlled by controlling the operation of each throttle valve such that, under any load condition, only one throttle valve at a time is adjusted and all of the others are either fully open or fully closed.
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