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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1999
Ralf Bell, Kerken, DE;
Ulrich Capelle, Oberhausen, DE;
Armin Drosdziok, Essen, DE;
Jan-Erik Mühle, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Mikhail Simkine, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Ingo Stephan, Görlitz, DE;
Volker Simon, Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A steam turbine has a high-pressure turbine section and a medium-pressure turbine section fluidically connected to the high-pressure turbine section. The high-pressure turbine section is a chamber configuration and the medium-pressure turbine section is a drum configuration. Alternatively, the high-pressure turbine section is a drum configuration and the medium-pressure turbine section is a chamber configuration. Alternatively, or additionally, the high-pressure turbine section is a double-flow configuration and the medium-pressure turbine section is a double-flow configuration.