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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Steven Craig Kluge, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Dean Alexander Baker, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dileep Sathyanarayana, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Steven Di Palma, Sterling, MA (US);
Steven Craig Kluge, Burnt Hills, NY (US);
Dean Alexander Baker, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Dileep Sathyanarayana, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Steven Di Palma, Sterling, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for limiting steam flow entering a steam turbine are provided. The method and system may intentionally unbalance the steam flow apportioned between sections of the steam turbine. The steam turbine comprises at least: a first section, a second section, and a rotor disposed within each section. The method may receive a speed/load command, or the like, which provides reference strokes for a first valve, associated with the first section; and a second valve, associated with the second section. The method may also determine an operational parameter that may limit the reference strokes relative to the speed/load command. The operational parameter may determine the allowable steam flow for each section of steam turbine, independent of the speed/load command.