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Method of operating a reheat power plant with steam injection

US5689948A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1996
Grant dateNov 25, 1997
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a method of operating a power station plant which essentially comprises a gas-turbine group and a waste-heat steam generator (14) arranged downstream, the exhaust gases from said gas-turbine group, which essentially comprises a compressor (1),tcw a first combustion chamber (4), a first turbine (7), a second combustion chamber (9), a second turbine (12) and a generator (19), are directed through said waste-heat steam generator (14). The superheated steam (15) arising there is injected at a suitable point into the gas-turbine group. The saturated steam (16) arising there flows via a heat exchanger (17) through which a portion of compressor air (18) flows. The saturated steam (16) is converted into superheated steam (25) which is subsequently likewise injected into the gas-turbine group. The measures increase the efficiency and multiply the specific output of the plant.

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