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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2012
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Santhosh Donkada, Bangalore, IN;
Indrajit Mazumder, Bangalore, IN;
Bhaskar Pemmi, Bangalore, IN;
Rajarshi Saha, Bangalore, IN;
Anil Kumar Sharma, Bangalore, IN;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Various embodiments include apparatuses and related methods for determining the enthalpy of steam. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes: an extraction conduit fluidly connected with a steam turbine section, the extraction conduit for obtaining wet steam from the steam turbine section; a mixing chamber fluidly connected with the extraction conduit; an injector fluidly connected with the mixing chamber, the injector for providing dry steam to the mixing chamber for mixing with the wet steam from the steam turbine section to produce a sample mixture; and an enthalpy detection system fluidly connected with the mixing chamber, the enthalpy detection system configured to determine an enthalpy of the sample mixture.