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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2012
Robert Gerard Baran, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kenneth Michael Koza, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Richard James Miller, Jr., Round Lake, NY (US);
James Edward Olson, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Robert James Piechota, Albany, NY (US);
Kevin John Lewis Roy, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Fred Thomas Willett, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Robert Gerard Baran, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Kenneth Michael Koza, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Richard James Miller, Jr., Round Lake, NY (US);
James Edward Olson, Mechanicville, NY (US);
Robert James Piechota, Albany, NY (US);
Kevin John Lewis Roy, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Fred Thomas Willett, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A steam turbine with a drum rotor utilizing individual nozzle ring assemblies in the IP section incased by a single shell. In one embodiment, a steam turbine has a high pressure (HP) section with a double shell drum and an intermediate pressure (IP) section with a single shell drum, with the IP section including a plurality of individual nozzle ring assemblies axially spaced along the single shell casing, such that each nozzle ring assembly surrounds the drum rotor. In other embodiments, a low pressure section (LP) of the steam turbine can have a single-flow or dual-flow connection to a condenser, and the condenser can be positioned to the side, vertically below, or axially aligned with the LP section.