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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
May. 08, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Erhard Liebig, Laufenburg, DE;
Jean-Pierre Rickli, Uster, CH;
Assignee:
Alstom (Switzerland) Ltd, Baden, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 6/18 ;
Abstract
In a method for operating a combined cycle power plant ( ) with at least two power plant units ( A, . . . , D), each of which includes a water/steam cycle, an accelerated start-up is achieved in a simple manner by removing a heat-transporting fluid from another operating power plant unit and using it for the preheating and/or maintaining of the heat of individual components of the water/steam cycle in one of the power plant units ( A, . . . , D).