IP Library Granted Patent US 8,833,080
Granted Patent B2
US 8,833,080 · App. 12/593,789 · Granted Sep 16, 2014

Arrangement with a steam turbine and a condenser

Inventors: Lawrence Hoffman (Citrus Heights, CA); Scott Macadam (Bartlesville, OK); Udo Tielcke (Nürnberg, DE)
Assignee: Clean Energy Systems, Inc.
F01K7/38F01K7/345F01K7/42F22D1/32
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Patent No.
US 8,833,080
App. No.
12/593,789
Granted
Sep 16, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement including at least one steam turbine and one condenser is provided. Further, a method to operate such an arrangement is provided. A regenerative deheater is arranged in the steam flow between the steam turbine and the condenser, by which the steam, superheated exhaust steam, exiting the steam turbine is cooled down before entering the condenser and by which a feed-water stream is heated up.

Claims (31)

1. An arrangement, comprising:

a steam turbine;

a condenser; and

a regenerative deheater,

wherein the regenerative heater is arranged in a steam flow between the steam turbine and the condenser,

wherein the regenerative heater cools down a steam exiting the steam turbine before entering the condenser, and

wherein the regenerative heater heats up a feed-water stream, and

wherein a bypass is arranged in parallel to the regenerative deheater so that a portion of the feed-water stream can bypass a heat exchanger of the regenerative deheater and whereby an energy exchange between the portion of the feed-water stream and the steam exiting the steam turbine does not occur,

wherein a valve is arranged at an intersection between the bypass line and the feed-water stream entering the regenerative deheater, and

wherein the valve separates the feed water into a first proportion of the feed-water stream entering the regenerative deheater and a second proportion of the feed-water stream bypassing the regenerative deheater.

2. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a total mass flow of the steam exiting the steam turbine enters the regenerative deheater.

3. The arrangement as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the steam exiting the steam turbine is superheated.

4. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first proportion of feed water and the second proportion of feed water are joined together again before entering a boiler.

5. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein a boiler heats the feed-water and generates superheated steam before entering the steam turbine, and

wherein the boiler is heated by a mixture of oxygen and a fuel.

6. The arrangement as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the boiler is heated by the mixture of oxygen and a hydrocarbonate.

7. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the steam turbine includes two turbine casings, and

wherein a first average pressure in a first casing is higher than a second average pressure in a second casing, and

wherein the steam exiting the second casing is superheated.

8. The arrangement as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the steam is at a pressure of 0.06 bar and a temperature of 88° C. after exiting the regenerative deheater.

9. A method for operating an arrangement with a steam turbine and a condenser, comprising:

cooling down a steam exiting the steam turbine by a regenerative deheater, and

heating up a feed-water in the regenerative deheater using a thermal energy of the steam,

wherein a bypass is arranged in parallel to the regenerative deheater so that a portion of a feed-water stream can bypass a heat exchanger of the regenerative deheater,

wherein a valve arranged between a first feed-water stream entering the regenerative deheater and a second feed-water stream bypassing the regenerative deheater is controlled depending on a first steam temperature located at an exit of the steam turbine and a second steam temperature located at an inlet of the condenser.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a total mass flow of the steam exiting the steam turbine enters the regenerative deheater.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the steam exiting the steam turbine is superheated.

12. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the steam entering the steam turbine is generated using a mixture of fuel and oxygen.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the steam entering the steam turbine is generated using a mixture of oxygen and a hydrocarbonate.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2015
From: CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
To: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY
Reel/Frame 035723/0077 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2014
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033493/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2014
From: TIELCKE, UDO
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 032949/0090 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 60921096 · Mar 30, 2007
Related Publication 20100205965A1 · Aug 19, 2010