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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Mar. 08, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
George J Silvestri, Jr, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K / ; F01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60692 ; 60693 ; 60694 ; 60697 ;
Abstract
Steam exhaust outlets of a low pressure steam turbine are fitted with a divider plate to separate exhaust steam into isolated flow paths in fluid communication with a condenser. Separation of the flow paths is maintained through the condenser so that heat rate is improved by lower average back pressure and higher temperature condensate exiting the condenser. In a double flow turbine, a further divider plate separates steam from one exhaust outlet from that of the other exhaust outlet thereby creating four steam flow paths to the condenser.