Heat absorption balancing system for a steam generator having a primary steam circuit and a reheating steam circuit

Claim 1

A STEAM-ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT AND UNDER VARIABLE LOAD CONDITIONS COMPRISING A STEAM GENERATOR HAVING A HIGH PRESSURE PRIMARY CIRCUIT FOR FLOWING FLUID THERETHROUGH, SAID PRIMARY CIRCUIT HAVING HEAT ABSORPTION CONDUITS LOCATED SERIALLY IN PREHEATING, GENERATING AND SUPERHEATING SECTIONS OF SAID STEAM GENERATOR, A STEAM CONSUMER TURBINE FOR DRIVING ELECTRIC GENERATING MEANS, CONDUIT MEANS FOR INTERCONNECTING SAID STEAM GENERATOR PRIMARY CIRCUIT OUTLET AND SAID STEAM CONSUMER TURBINE, SAID STEAM GENERATOR INCLUDING REHEATING HEAT ABSORPTION CONDUITS, ADDITIONAL CONDUIT MEANS FOR CONVEYING STEAM, AFTER PARTIAL USE IN SAID STEAM CONSUMER TURBINE FROM SAID STEAM CONSUMER TURBINE TO SAID REHEATING HEAT ABSORPTION CONDUIT AND FOR RETURNING SAID PARTIALLY CONSUMED STEAM, AFTER REHEATING, TO SAID STEAM CONSUMER TURBINE, A COMBUSTION FURNACE FOR GENERATING HOT PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION, AND DUCT MEANS ARRANGED SERISLLY FROM CONVEYING SAID HOT PRODUCTS OF COMBUSTION OVER AND AMONG SAID STEAM GENERATOR HEAT ABSORPTION CONDUITS, A BYPASS CONDUIT, SAID BYPASS CONDUIT CONNECTED TO THE PRIMARY CIRCUIT AT BOTH ENDS AND BYPASSING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID PREHEATING AND GENERATING SECTION HEAT ABSORPTION CONDUITS FOR ESTABLISHING HYDRAULIC HEAD TO FLOW A PORTION OF THE PRIMARY CIRCUIT FLUID THROUGH SAID BYPASS CONDUIT FROM AN UPSTREAM TO DOWNSTREAM POINT OF THE PRIMARY CIRCUIT, AN AUXILIARY HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS LOCATED IN SAID ADDITIONAL CONDUIT MEANS AND ADAPTED TO EXCHANGE HEAT WITH FLUID FLOWING THROUGH SAID BYPASS CONDUIT FLOW CONTROL MANS IN SAID