US4424668A
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Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station
Assignee: Alstom SA
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Filing: 1982-03-10
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Granted: 1984-01-10
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Expires: 2002-03-10
Abstract
Abstract In order to operate a gas turbine and steam turbine plant with a high temperature at the inlet to the gas turbine plant, the parts located in the hot-gas stream of the gas turbine being steam-cooled, and the cooling steam, thereby raised to a higher temperature, being fed to the steam turbine for further expansion, it is proposed that the waste heat from the gas turbine (3) be led through a two-pressure waste heat boiler (7), and that the steam, generated in this boiler, be slightly superheated in a cooling-steam superheater (10), and fed to the hollow inlet vanes (43) and to the rotor blades (42), which are likewise hollow, the steam, strongly superheated during this cooling process, then being admixed to the steam coming from the intermediate superheater (13), and being fed to the low-pressure section of the steam turbine (27).
Inventors
- 👤 Dilip Mukherjee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:09
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C7/00; F02C7/12; F02C7/16; F01; F01K; F01K23/00; F01K23/02; F01K23/06; F01K23/10; F01K23/106; F05; F05D; F05D2260/00; F05D2260/20; F05D2260/232; F05D2260/2322; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E20/00; Y02E20/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
251 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station with steam-cooled gas turbine components, in which power station the cooling steam is generated outside the gas turbine (1, 2, 3), in a waste heat boiler (7), and wherein the following features are combined: (a) the waste heat from the gas turbine is utilized in a two-pressure waste heat boiler (7), which comprises a low-pressure section (7") and a high-pressure section (7'); (b) the steam which is generated in the low-pressure evaporator (9) of the waste heat boiler (7), is slightly superheated in a cooling-steam superheater (10), which is located, on the exhaust gas side, between the intermediate superheater (13) and the low-pressure evaporator (9); (c) this cooling steam is forcibly led, on the one hand, in the gas turbine casing and hollow inlet vanes (43) and, on the other hand and separated therefrom, in the rotor (49) and hollow rotor blades (42), this steam cooling the components through which it flows, and being strongly superheated on being bled off; (d) the steam, which is partially expanded in the high-pressure section (26) of the steam turbine (27), is heated up, in the waste heat boiler (7), in an intermediate superheater (13) which is located, on the exhaust gas side, between the high-pressure preheater (11) and the cooling steam superheater (10), and is led, together with the steam which has been bled from the gas turbine (3), into the correspondingly enlarged low-pressure section of the steam turbine (27) in order to be further expanded.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
251 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station with steam-cooled gas turbine components, in which power station the cooling steam is generated outside the gas turbine (1, 2, 3), in a waste heat boiler (7), and wherein the following features are combined: (a) the waste heat from the gas turbine is utilized in a two-pressure waste heat boiler (7), which comprises a low-pressure section (7") and a high-pressure section (7'); (b) the steam which is generated in the low-pressure evaporator (9) of the waste heat boiler (7), is slightly superheated in a cooling-steam superheater (10), which is located, on the exhaust gas side, between the intermediate superheater (13) and the low-pressure evaporator (9); (c) this cooling steam is forcibly led, on the one hand, in the gas turbine casing and hollow inlet vanes (43) and, on the other hand and separated therefrom, in the rotor (49) and hollow rotor blades (42), this steam cooling the components through which it flows, and being strongly superheated on being bled off; (d) the steam, which is partially expanded in the high-pressure section (26) of the steam turbine (27), is heated up, in the waste heat boiler (7), in an intermediate superheater (13) which is located, on the exhaust gas side, between the high-pressure preheater (11) and the cooling steam superheater (10), and is led, together with the steam which has been bled from the gas turbine (3), into the correspondingly enlarged low-pressure section of the steam turbine (27) in order to be further expanded.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station as claimed in claim 2, wherein at least 40% of the total quantity of working substance is used for cooling purposes.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
68 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station as claimed in claim 1, wherein barrier air from the compressor (1) is fed, parallel to the cooling steam for the gas turbine (3), into the inlet vanes (43) and into the rotor blades (42), via passages (44) at the inlet side of the gas turbine, which are separated from the steam flow, and via the casing and the rotor.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station as claimed in claim 3, wherein steam passages (45) and air passages (44) are located in the rotor (49) of the gas turbine (3).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station as claimed in claim 3, wherein steam passages (45) and air passages (44) are located in the stator of the gas turbine (3).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
Combined gas turbine and steam turbine power station as claimed in claim 4 or 5, wherein the steam passages (45) and the air passages (44) pass through the roots of the stator vanes (43) and through the roots of the rotor blades (42), as well as passing between the thermal-barrier segments (46) which are located between the individual rows of blades.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1987-01-09 | 1987-07-11 | 1988-01-10 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-01-09 | 1991-07-11 | 1992-01-10 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-01-09 | 1995-07-11 | 1996-01-10 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |