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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1999
Andreas Logar, Hattingen, DE;
Rainer Neumann, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Edwin Gobrecht, Ratingen, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A method for heating a valve configuration of a steam turbine, includes the steps of directing steam to a closed valve of the valve configuration, condensing the steam in the valve, and discharging the condensate. The temperature is kept at the saturated-steam temperature corresponding to the respective steam pressure. The method is in particular suited for keeping a bypass-valve configuration hot. The bypass-valve configuration is intended for bypassing the steam turbine on the steam side. For this purpose, a steam line is connected to the valve configuration. The steam line has an inclined line section with a rising slope or a falling slope directly upstream of the valve configuration. A valve configuration for a steam turbine is also provided.