Steam turbine inlet and methods of retrofitting
US6609881B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 15, 2001 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49238
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pair of steam turbine inlet ports are disposed at opposite sides of a steam turbine housing for flowing steam in opposite circumferential directions in a generally annular steam chamber to first stages of a turbine through axially opposite outlets. Portions of the chamber in the upper and lower housing have decreasing cross-sections in a generally circumferential direction away from the steam inlet portions to provide a substantially uniform flow of steam about the chamber in a generally radially inward direction and about and through the axial outlets.
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