US5428950A
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Steam cycle for combined cycle with steam cooled gas turbine
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1993-12-03
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Granted: 1995-07-04
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Expires: 2013-12-03
Abstract
Abstract In a combined cycle system including a gas turbine (412), a steam turbine (420) and a heat recovery steam generator (436), wherein gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator (436) for reheating steam for the steam turbine (420), an improvement wherein steam is extracted from the high pressure section (422) of the steam turbine 420), conducted to the gas turbine (412) for cooling hot gas turbine parts, and returned to the intermediate pressure section (424) of the steam turbine (420).
Inventors
- 👤 Leroy O. Tomlinson
- 👤 Raub W. Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:56
CPC Classifications
F; F01; F01K; F01K23/00; F01K23/02; F01K23/06; F01K23/10; F01K23/106; F02; F02C; F02C6/00; F02C6/18; F02C7/00; F02C7/12; F02C7/16; F02C7/18; F05; F05D; F05D2260/00; F05D2260/20; F05D2260/232; F05D2260/2322; Y; Y02; Y02E; Y02E20/00; Y02E20/14; Y02E20/16
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
94 words
In a combined cycle system including a gas turbine, a steam turbine and a heat recovery steam generator, wherein gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator for reheating steam for the steam turbine, the improvement comprising means for supplying gas turbine cooling duty steam from a high pressure section of the steam turbine and conducting the gas turbine cooling duty steam to the gas turbine for cooling hot gas turbine parts, and means for returning the gas turbine cooling duty steam to an intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
94 words
In a combined cycle system including a gas turbine, a steam turbine and a heat recovery steam generator, wherein gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator for reheating steam for the steam turbine, the improvement comprising means for supplying gas turbine cooling duty steam from a high pressure section of the steam turbine and conducting the gas turbine cooling duty steam to the gas turbine for cooling hot gas turbine parts, and means for returning the gas turbine cooling duty steam to an intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein said gas turbine cooling duty steam is supplied from the discharge of the high pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The improvement of claim 2 wherein said gas turbine cooling duty steam is extracted from a location in the high pressure section of the steam turbine, downstream of the discharge.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein the gas turbine cooling duty steam is returned to an inlet of the intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein the gas turbine cooling duty steam is returned to the intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine downstream of the inlet.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The improvement of claim 1 and including means for conducting steam exiting from the intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine directly to a low pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
The improvement of claim 1 and including means for conducting steam exiting from the intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine indirectly to a low pressure section of the steam turbine by way of a reheater in the heat recovery steam generator.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
The improvement of claim 1 wherein steam from a reheater in the heat recovery steam generator is mixed with said gas turbine cooling duty steam before the gas turbine cooling duty steam is returned to the intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement of claim 8 wherein a portion of said steam from said reheater is conducted to an auxiliary steam header.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The improvement of claim 8 wherein a portion of said steam from said reheater is conducted to a co-generation process.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
96 words
In a combined cycle system including a gas turbine, a steam turbine, and a heat recovery steam generator wherein gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator for reheating steam for the steam turbine, the improved method of cooling the gas turbine comprising the steps of: a) removing at least some steam from a high pressure section of the steam turbine and delivering the removed steam to hot parts of the gas turbine to cool said hot parts; and b) returning the removed steam to an intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
96 words
In a combined cycle system including a gas turbine, a steam turbine, and a heat recovery steam generator wherein gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator for reheating steam for the steam turbine, the improved method of cooling the gas turbine comprising the steps of: a) removing at least some steam from a high pressure section of the steam turbine and delivering the removed steam to hot parts of the gas turbine to cool said hot parts; and b) returning the removed steam to an intermediate pressure section of the steam turbine.
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