Method of operating a power station plant with steam cooling
US5906095A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 25, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/16
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a method of operating a power station plant, which essentially comprises a gas-turbine group, a waste-heat steam generator and a steam cycle, at least one portion of the steam (15, 29, 44) generated indirectly or directly in the waste-heat steam generator (14) is used for cooling thermally loaded structures of the gas-turbine group, this steam being at a varying preparation stage: the superheated steam (15) cools the structures (21, 25) on the high-pressure side, and the intermediate-pressure steam (29) and the flash steam (44) cool the structures (32, 36, 46) of the gas-turbine group which are on the low-pressure side. After cooling is effected, the respective cooling-steam quantity (22, 26; 33, 37) is directed into a working-air flow (3, 6; 8, 11) of the gas-turbine process.
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