General Electric Company

James Edward Olson

Fred Thomas Willett, Jr

Kevin John Lewis Roy

Kenneth Michael Koza

Richard James Miller

Robert Gerard Baran

Roy Paul Swintek

Dale W Ladoon

Fred Thomas Willett

Robert James Piechota

Jr Richard James Miller

A steam turbine with a drum rotor utilizing individual nozzle ring assemblies in the IP section incased by a single shell. In one embodiment, a steam turbine has a high pressure (HP) section with a double shell drum and an intermediate pressure (IP) section with a single shell drum, with the IP section including a plurality of individual nozzle ring assemblies axially spaced along the single shell casing, such that each nozzle ring assembly surrounds the drum rotor. In other embodiments, a low pressure section (LP) of the steam turbine can have a single-flow or dual-flow connection to a condenser, and the condenser can be positioned to the side, vertically below, or axially aligned with the LP section.

Steam turbine with single shell casing, drum rotor, and individual nozzle rings

An exhaust system for a double flow steam turbine providing a separate external exhaust path from an upper section of a turbine outlet of a first turbine section to a first condenser and a separate external exhaust path from a lower section the turbine outlet of the first turbine section to the first condenser. A separate external exhaust path from an upper section of a turbine outlet of a second turbine section and a separate external exhaust path from a lower section of the turbine outlet of the second turbine section is also provided.

Steam turbine two flow low pressure configuration

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James Edward Olson