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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2018
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Uwe Juretzek, Erlangen, DE;
Michael Rziha, Erlangen, DE;
Edwin Gobrecht, Ratingen, DE;
Michael Schöttler, Erlangen, DE;
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A power plant and method for preserving a power plant, the power plant having a steam turbine with a shaft, further including a condenser mounted downstream of the steam turbine in the direction of flow of the steam, a vacuum pump mounted downstream of the condenser, a compressed steam system with shaft seals, and a compressed steam supply line extending into the shaft seals; a first nitrogen line extends into the condenser, and a second nitrogen line as well as a recirculation line that branches off the vacuum pump extend into the compressed steam supply line.