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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Alstom Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ALSTOM Technology Ltd, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/34 (2006.01); F01K 7/22 (2006.01); F01K 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/34 (2013.01); F01K 7/22 (2013.01); F01K 7/226 (2013.01); F01K 7/24 (2013.01); F01K 7/345 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a power plant and a method of operating thereof. The power plant includes a boiler for heating process fluids; and a multistage first steam turbine with an outlet line that passes through the boiler. The outlet line includes an extraction line that is configured and arranged to extract steam from an intermediate stage of the first steam turbine and heat at least one of the process fluids.