The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
James C. Bellows, Maitland, FL (US);
Abol H. Moulavi, Oviedo, FL (US);
James C. Bellows, Maitland, FL (US);
Abol H. Moulavi, Oviedo, FL (US);
Siemens Energy, Inc., Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A steam cycle power plant () is provided that may include a steam source generating steam (), a steam turbine () receiving the generated steam and discharging an exhaust steam, a condenser () receiving the exhaust steam and an atomizer () for injecting water into the exhaust steam downstream of the steam turbine () and upstream of a cooling surface of the condenser () effective to reduce a backpressure on the steam turbine () and improve a heat rate of the steam turbine (). The atomizer () may include a plurality of symmetrical spaced fluid connections () and a plurality of atomizing nozzles () affixed proximate at least one exhaust end of the steam turbine (). The power plant () may be a combined cycle power plant including a heat recovery steam generator () and a gas turbine engine ().