Abstract: A tank (1) having saturated water (2) is connected to a pump (5) via a suction line (4). The actual values of the pressure and/or temperature in the tank (1) are detected to a measuring arrangement (7) and supplied to a control apparatus (8), in which the actual values are compared with fixed values. In a water reservoir (9) there is admixing water, the temperature of which is lower than the actual temperature in the tank (1). This water reservoir (9) is connected to the suction line (4) via an inflow line (11). An actuator (12) which is activated by the control apparatus (8) is arranged in the inflow line (11). When the actual values in the tank (1) reach the fixed values, so that the pump (5) could experience cavitation, the actuator (12) is opened by means of the control apparatus (8), in order to introduce admixing water into the suction line (4).

Abstract: The startup time or the output gradient of a gas turbine plant during startup are limited by the maximum permissible temperature gradient. The increase in the fuel mass flow supplied, if appropriate in combination with the combustion-air mass flow supplied, is consequently also limited. In order to accelerate the startup and to increase the output gradient during startup, then, an additional working medium, for example water or steam, increasing the mass flow flowing through the turbine is supplied at the same time as the fuel mass flow and/or combustion-air mass flow. The output gradient is therefore increased with the maximum permissible temperature gradient remaining the same, so that a required output is reached more rapidly.

Abstract: In a heat-recovery steam generator (10) having individual flow passages (18) and a catalyst apparatus (15) which consists of individual catalyst sections provided with shut-off means, the passages can be shut off in simple manner by flow passages (18) and catalyst sections being allocated to one another in a suitable manner.

Abstract: In a method for operating a combination power plant (15) with at least two power plant units (16A, . . . , 16D), each of which comprises a water/steam cycle, an accelerated start-up is achieved in a simple manner by removing a heat-transporting fluid from another operating power plant unit and using it for the preheating and/or maintaining of the heat of individual components of the water/steam cycle in one of the power plant units (16A, . . . , 16D).

Abstract: After the economizer, an injection water pipe branches off the connecting pipe between economizer and evaporator in order to control the steam temperature. The injection water pipe is provided with a control device for controlling the injection water flow. The injection water flowing through the injection water pipe is injected into the steam coming from the evaporator at a mixing point located before the superheater. In order to control the position of the control device in the injection water pipe, the enthalpy at the superheater outlet is calculated from the parameters pressure and temperature and is compared with a desired enthalpy resulting from the desired parameters.

Abstract: A system (1) generating saturated steam is replaced by at least one gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36), at least one waste-heat boiler (32) and at least one back-pressure steam turbine (37). The back-pressure steam turbine (37) is coupled to the gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36), which back-pressure steam turbine is supplied by the steam generated in the waste-heat boiler (32). The exhaust steam of the back-pressure steam turbine (37) is supplied to the saturated-steam medium-pressure steam turbine (4).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of heating a liquid medium by means of a first thermal system (2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13) and at least one second thermal system (5, 6, 6A, 15, 16) following said first thermal system (2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13), which thermal systems each have at least one heat exchanger (2, 5) through which the medium flows, and which second thermal system (5, 6, 6A, 15, 16) is operated at a higher temperature level than the first thermal system (2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13). The method is characterized in that, for the accelerated raising of the temperature of the medium in the first thermal system (2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13), the direct feed of the medium to the same is reduced and in the extreme case prevented, and in that medium flowing through the first thermal system (2, 3, 4, 7, 12, 13) is directed in a circuit. The invention also relates to a plant for carrying out the method.

Abstract: In a cooling-air cooler (10) for a gas-turbine plant (29) of a power plant, in which cooling-air cooler (10) first means (13, 14, 15) for spraying water into the cooling-air flow and second means (16, 17, 18) for generating steam are arranged in a pressure vessel (11), through which the cooling air flows, between a cooling-air inlet (12) and a cooling-air outlet (20) in the cooling-air flow, simplified operation is achieved in that a water separator (19) is provided on the cooling-air side in the direction of flow downstream of the first means (13, 14, 15).

Abstract: In a method for setting or regulating the steam temperature of the live steam and/or reheater steam, in particular under part load, in a combined-cycle power plant (22) which comprises a water/steam cycle (20), in particular with a steam turbine (38), with a fired boiler (50) and with means (42, 51) for superheating or reheating the steam generated in the boiler (50) to form live steam or reheater steam, and also a gas turbine set (23) with a downstream heat recovery steam generator (28), the heat recovery steam generator (28) being connected to the water/steam cycle (20) in such a way that steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator (28) is admixed with the live steam or reheater steam, improved part-load behavior is achieved in that the steam temperature of the live steam and/or reheater steam is set or regulated by setting or regulating the steam temperature of the steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator (28).

Abstract: An integrated power plant (10) comprises a gas-turbine set (11) with a compressor (12), a combustion chamber (13) and a gas turbine (14), a heat-recovery boiler (43) arranged downstream of the gas turbine (14), and a water/steam circuit (49) with a steam turbine (26), a condenser (42), a feedwater tank (33) and a separately fired steam generator (21) having a flue-gas NOx-reduction unit (23) arranged on the flue-gas side downstream of the steam generator (21), the heat-recovery boiler (43) for the generation of steam being incorporated in the water/steam circuit (49).

Abstract: A saturated steam generation system (1) is supplemented with at least one gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36), at least one heat recovery steam generator (32), at least one topping steam turbine (37) and at least one steam mixing component (52). The topping steam turbine (37) is coupled to the gas turbine set (29, 30, 31, 36) and is supplied by the steam generated in the heat recovery steam generator (32). The exhaust steam from the topping steam turbine (37) is fed via the steam mixing component (52) to the steam turbine set (2).

Abstract: A separator (8) is arranged downstream of the superheater section (4) of the once through heat recovery steam generator (1). A branch line (9) running to the separator (8) is branched off from an outflow line (5) running from the superheater section (4) to the steam turbine (6). An outflow line (11) for separated water runs from the separator (8) to the once through heat recovery steam generator (1). The steam separated in the separator (8) can flow through a bypass line (13) to the condensor/hotwell (14). For starting up the once through heat recovery steam generator (1), the latter is filled with water, the water is loop-circulated through the separator (8) and the outflow line (11) in the once through heat recovery steam generator (1) or water steam cycle and the supply of heat is initiated. In this case, the main shutoff member (7) upstream of the steam turbine (6) is closed, and the branch shutoff member (10) in the branch line (9) upstream of the separator (8) is open.

Abstract: In a combined power station (32) having a plurality of power islands ( L1, . . . , L3), which operate in parallel and which each comprise a gas turbine installation (3), a steam turbine (5), a generator (4), a water/steam circuit with a heat recovery steam generator (13) and a condenser (K1, . . . , K3), and associated auxiliary installations (20, 21), substantial standardization is made possible because each of the power islands (L1, . . . , L3) has its own cooling tower (KT1, . . . , KT3) associated with it, and because the cooling tower (KT1, . . . , KT3) is connected to the respective condenser (K1, . . . , K3).

Abstract: A drum-type heat-recovery boiler (2) forms, together with the feedwater tank/deaerator (6) and condenser/hot well (4), the steam system of a combined-cycle power station. This steam system has a plurality of containers (10, 16, 22, 6, 4) working at different pressure stages. Some of the containers are formed by steam drums (10, 16, 22). The container of the lowest pressure stage is the condenser/hot well (4). The high-pressure steam drum (10) is connected directly to the intermediate-pressure steam drum (16) via a water line (25) and a steam line (39). The intermediate-pressure steam drum (16) is connected directly to the low-pressure steam drum (22) via a water line (27) and a steam line (41), and the low-pressure steam drum (22) is connected directly to the feedwater tank/deaerator (6) via a water line (29) and a steam line (43).

Abstract: The steam generator (1) includes at least an evaporator (8), a low-pressure drum (10), a separator (13) and a blowdown tank (22). A recirculation line (16) extends from the separator (13) to the low-pressure drum (10). A line (12) with a feed unit (11) extends from the low-pressure drum (10) to the evaporator (8). The feed unit (11) is designed for a capacity which is larger than the capacity of normal full-load operation of the steam generator (1). The separator (13) communicates via two differing line sections (18, 20) with the blowdown tank (22). One line section (18) is designed for a large mass flow at a small pressure difference between the separator (13) and the blowdown tank (22). The other line section (20) is designed for a small mass flow at a high pressure difference between separator (13) and blowdown tank (22).

Abstract: In a generator cooling system (10) for a generator used for current generation in a power station, said generator having a generator cooler (11) which is arranged, together with further coolers (12, . . . , 17), in a closed intermediate cooling circuit (18) which transfers heat to a main cooling water system via at least one intermediate cooler (19, 20), increased capability is achieved by providing, in the intermediate cooling circuit (18), means (32) which improve the transmission of heat from the generator cooler (11) into the main cooling water system.

Abstract: In a combined cycle power plant with a gas turbine circuit and a steam turbine circuit, the exhaust gases from a gas turbine (4) transfer their residual heat to a steam turbine (9, 10) via the working medium flowing in a once through steam generator (7). The deaeration of the working medium is carried out in the hot well (12) of the steam turbine condenser (11), the deaerated working medium is introduced directly from the hot well of the condenser via a feed pump (14, 20) into the preheating surfaces (15, 21) of the once through steam generator, and a separating bottle (25) for the blowdown of impurities is arranged between the evaporation surfaces (16, 22) and the superheating surfaces (19, 23).

Abstract: A method and an arrangement for preheating the fuel for a firing plant which is operated with liquid or gaseous fuel, which is fed to the firing plant via a feed line, having at least one heat-exchanger unit which is thermally coupled to the feed line and through which heat is transferred from a heating medium, which is directed in a heating circuit, to the fuel.The invention is distinguished by the fact that the pressure at which the fuel is directed in the feed line is greater than the pressure at which the heating medium is directed in the heating circuit, at least in the region of the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A steam generator for a combined gas/steam power station plant has a gas-turbine circuit and a steam-turbine circuit, the exhaust gases of a gas turbine (4) giving off their residual heat to a steam turbine via the working medium flowing in a multi-pressure steam generator, each pressure system of the steam generator essentially comprising an economizer (21), an evaporator (22) and a superheater (23). To control the steam temperatures, a steam/steam heat exchanger (58), which can be shut off, is arranged in such a way that heat can be transferred from the hotter vaporous medium to a colder vaporous medium. To this end, the heat exchanger (58) is connected in the region of the respective superheaters (23, 19) between the high-pressure system as hotter heat-exchange area and the low-pressure system as colder heat-exchange area.

Abstract: In a combined power station installation with a gas turbine (4) and a steam turbine (9-11), the exhaust gases from the gas turbine give up their residual heat to the steam turbine via the working medium flowing in a waste heat boiler (7). The waste heat boiler consists essentially of an economizer (21), an evaporator (22) and a superheater (23). A cooling air cooler (32, 33) designed as a once-through steam generator is connected on the water side to the economizer (21) of the waste heat boiler (7). The waste heat boiler is a once-through steam generator in which a separation bottle (25) is arranged on the steam side between the evaporator (22) and the superheater (23). The cooling air cooler (32, 33) is connected on the steam side to the separation bottle (25).