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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Nestor Hernandez Sanchez, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kamlesh Mundra, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/22 (2006.01); F01K 7/34 (2006.01); F01K 7/38 (2006.01); F01K 7/04 (2006.01); F01K 7/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01K 7/345 (2013.01); F01K 7/04 (2013.01); F01K 7/22 (2013.01); F01K 7/24 (2013.01); F01K 7/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Steam turbine system and control system therefor are provided. In one embodiment, a steam turbine system includes an auxiliary turbine in fluid communication with an IP turbine via an auxiliary turbine inlet conduit branch of an IP exhaust conduit. A heat exchanger system may remove heat from an IP exhaust steam, and may add the removed heat to water flowing through a boiler feed-water conduit to a boiler of the steam turbine system.