Power plants – Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat – Process of power production or system operation
Patent
1993-06-25
1994-11-08
Lazarus, Ira S.
Power plants
Motive fluid energized by externally applied heat
Process of power production or system operation
60656, 60679, F01K 1302
Patent
active
053615859
ABSTRACT:
In a steam turbine system including a high pressure turbine section, a reheat turbine section and a low pressure turbine section coupled to a generator, and wherein a boiler supplies steam to the high pressure turbine and wherein a condenser is arranged to receive spent steam from the low pressure turbine and to return the spent steam to the boiler, a process including the steps of: a) during cold start-up, bypassing a portion of the steam generated by the boiler around the high pressure turbine section, reheat turbine section and low pressure turbine section and feeding the bypass portion directly to the condenser, accelerating the turbine to a predetermined speed less than approximately 1000 rpm utilizing control valves at an inlet side of the high pressure turbine section while keeping closed a plurality of intercept valves at an inlet side of the reheat turbine section; and wherein steam pressure to the high pressure turbine section is controlled by a high pressure bypass valve; and b) upon reaching said predetermined speed, fixing the control valves at a learned value corresponding substantially to a valve opening required to reach the predetermined speed; and c) opening the reheat stop valves and and using the intercept valves alone to control turbine speed until a predetermined synchronization speed is reached.
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Drummond Thane M.
Westphal Bernd A. K.
General Electric Company
Heyman L.
Lazarus Ira S.
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