Method for operating a combined cycle power plant, and combined cycle power plant
US6519927B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/16
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a method for operating a combined cycle power plant (15) with at least two power plant units (16A, . . . , 16D), each of which includes a water/steam cycle, an accelerated start-up is achieved in a simple manner by removing a heat-transporting fluid from another operating power plant unit and using it for the preheating and/or maintaining of the heat of individual components of the water/steam cycle in one of the power plant units (16A, . . . , 16D).
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