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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1993
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
George J Silvestri, Jr, Winter Park, FL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
60660 ;
Abstract
Method for improving the heat rate of a steam turbine operated in a partial-arc mode includes sequential closing of control valves to establish a first arc of admission at which pressure drop on a first control stage reaches a predetermined level. Steam pressure to the turbine may then be reduced in combination with valve closing to maintain first stage pressure at or below the predetermined level. In a further method, low power operation is achieved by maintaining a constant arc of admission while simultaneously moving all open valves toward a closed position.