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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Applicants:
Vincent Jourdain, Paris, FR;
Jérôme Colin, Noisy le Roi, FR;
Hoan Levan, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALSTOM Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G21D 5/00 (2006.01); F01K 7/34 (2006.01); F01K 7/22 (2006.01); F01K 3/18 (2006.01); F22B 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/223 (2013.01); Y02E 30/30 (2013.01); F01K 3/181 (2013.01); F22B 1/123 (2013.01);
Abstract
A saturated steam or weakly superheated steam thermodynamic cycle in an electricity generating plant includes at least a nuclear energy source and a turbine having at least a high-pressure module, a medium-pressure module and a low-pressure module. The steam flows successively through the high-pressure, medium-pressure and low-pressure modules. The steam undergoes a first drying and/or superheating cycle between the high-pressure and medium-pressure modules and also a second cycle comprising at least a drying and/or a superheating process between the medium-pressure module and the low-pressure module.