Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for steam reheat in power plants
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Application No.: US18072592Application Date: 2022-11-30
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Publication No.: US11828204B2Publication Date: 2023-11-28
- Inventor: Eric P. Loewen , Scott E. Rasmussen
- Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Applicant Address: US NC Wilmington
- Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Wilmington
- Agency: Ryan Alley IP
- Main IPC: F01K7/38
- IPC: F01K7/38 ; G21D5/16 ; F22B1/02 ; F01K19/00 ; F01K7/34 ; F01K7/44 ; F01K11/02 ; G21D5/12 ; G21D1/00

Abstract:
Steam generators in power plants exchange energy from a primary medium to a secondary medium for energy extraction. Steam generators include one or more primary conduits and one or more secondary conduits. The conduits do not intermix the mediums and may thus discriminate among different fluid sources and destinations. One conduit may boil feedwater while another reheats steam for use in lower and higher-pressure turbines, respectively. Valves and other selectors divert steam and/or water into the steam generator or to other turbines or the environment for load balancing and other operational characteristics. Conduits circulate around an interior perimeter of the steam generator immersed in the primary medium and may have different cross-sections, radii, and internal structures depending on contained. A water conduit may have less flow area and a tighter coil radius. A steam conduit may include a swirler and rivulet stopper to intermix water in any steam flow.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230096162A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STEAM REHEAT IN POWER PLANTS Public/Granted day:2023-03-30
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