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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1987
Shinya Ayano, Fujisawa, JP;
Yasuo Ojiro, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A device for draining pressurized liquid from a steam turbine to a low pressure reservoir. The device comprises: an inlet container and an outlet container for storing liquid in their lower parts; drain lines for conveying liquid from the steam turbine to an upper part of the inlet container; a first pipe for maintaining the inlet container at a higher pressure than the outlet container with a head of a first liquid column which leads the liquid from the lower part of the inlet container to the upper part of the outlet container; and a second pipe for maintaining the outlet container at a higher pressure than the low pressure reservoir with a head of a second liquid column which leads the liquid from the lower part of the outlet container to the low pressure reservoir.