Condenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9422831-B2
Application number	US-201414312969-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Jun 27, 2013
Publication date	Aug 23, 2016
Grant date	Aug 23, 2016

Abstract

A condenser 10 is disposed under a steam turbine 100 including a downward exhaust-type exhaust chamber. The condenser 10 includes: a condenser main body part 20 ; a connecting body part 30 connecting the exhaust chamber 122 and the condenser main body part 20 and having a pair of lateral sidewalls 31, 32 whose inner wall surfaces 31 a, 32 a are inclined more outward in terms of the perpendicular direction as they go more downstream; and a pair of plate-shaped members 40 a, 40 b, 41 a, 41 b which are provided on inner wall surfaces 35 a, 36 a of longitudinal sidewalls 35, 36, the pair of plate-shaped members 40 a, 40 b, 41 a, 41 b being located across a position of an inlet 33 of the connecting body part 30 and on more outer sides than the position of the inlet 33 in terms of the perpendicular direction, projecting in the turbine rotor axial direction, and extending downstream.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A condenser disposed under a steam turbine including an exhaust chamber of a downward exhaust type, the condenser comprising:
a condenser main body part which is disposed under the steam turbine to condense steam;
a connecting body part connecting the exhaust chamber and the condenser main body part and having a pair of lateral sidewalls which face each other in a direction perpendicular to a turbine rotor axial direction of the steam turbine and whose inner wall surfaces are inclined more outward in terms of the perpendicular direction as the inner wall surfaces go more downstream; and
a pair of plate-shaped members which are provided on an inner wall surface of at least one of longitudinal sidewalls facing each other in the turbine rotor axial direction and adjacent to the lateral sidewalls, the plate-shaped members being located across a position of an inlet of the connecting body part and on more outer sides than the position of the inlet in terms of the perpendicular direction, projecting in the turbine rotor axial direction, and extending downstream.

2. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein an outlet of the exhaust chamber is provided on at least one side out of the pair of lateral sidewalls; and
wherein the plate-shaped members are provided on the longitudinal sidewall on the side where the outlet of the exhaust chamber is provided.

3. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plate-shaped members are provided to extend in a vertical direction in a cross section perpendicular to the turbine rotor axial direction.

4. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plate-shaped members are inclined toward the lateral sidewalls in a cross section perpendicular to the turbine rotor axial direction.

5. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein the steam turbine includes an annular diffuser which is provided on a downstream side of a final turbine stage to lead steam passed through the final turbine stage to the exhaust chamber; and
wherein a projection width of the plate-shaped members in the turbine rotor axial direction is equal to or smaller than an outlet width of the annular diffuser in the turbine rotor axial direction.

6. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein the steam turbine includes an annular diffuser which is provided on a downstream side of a final turbine stage to lead steam passed through the final turbine stage to the exhaust chamber; and
wherein a projection width of an exhaust chamber-side end portion of each of the plate-shaped members in the turbine rotor axial direction is equal to or smaller than an outlet width of the annular diffuser in the turbine rotor axial direction, and the projection width becomes narrower toward a downstream side.

7. The condenser according to claim 1 ,
wherein a thickness of the plate-shaped members becomes smaller toward a downstream side.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Noguchi Taro
• Tsuda Shota
• Saeki Hiroshi
• Fujisawa Takeshi
• Ohashi Shinichirou

Classifications

• F01K11/02 Primary

  the engines being turbines · CPC title

• F01K9/003 Primary

  condenser cooling circuits · CPC title

• F28B1/06

  using air or other gas as the cooling medium · CPC title

• F01D25/30

  Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like · CPC title

• F01K11/00 Primary

  Plants characterised by the engines being structurally combined with boilers or condensers · CPC title