Heating system for a thermal electric power station water circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9523513-B2
Application number	US-201313744477-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 18, 2013
Priority date	Jan 19, 2012
Publication date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Dec 20, 2016

Abstract

A heating system for a thermal electric power station water circuit includes an extraction system for extracting water from a condenser and a first set of heaters including a first water inlet fed with a first fraction of a flow coming from the extraction system, and a input for heating the extracted water. A second set of heaters includes a heater arranged in series with the extracted-water inlet of the first set, and a steam input for heating the extracted water. A condensate cooler includes a first water inlet fed by a condensate outlet of the second set of heaters, a second water inlet fed with a complementary fraction of the extracted-water flow, a first outlet for cooled condensate to be reinjected into the condenser, and a second outlet for heated water so that water leaving the first set of heaters is mixable with water from the second outlet.

First claim

We claim:

1. A heating system for a thermal electric power station water circuit, comprising:
an extraction system for extracting water from a condenser;
a first set of heaters comprising:
at least one heater,
a first water inlet providing an extracted-water-for-heating inlet fed with a first fraction of a flow of extracted water coming from the extraction system, and
at least one steam input for heating the extracted water;

a second set of heaters comprising:
at least one heater arranged in series with respect to the extracted-water inlet of the first set of heaters, and
at least one steam input for heating the extracted water;

a condensate cooler comprising:
a first water inlet providing a condensate inlet fed by a condensate outlet of the second set of heaters,
a second water inlet fed with a complementary fraction of the extracted-water flow coming from the extraction system, said second water inlet bypassing the first set of heaters,
a first outlet for cooled condensate that is configured to be reinjected into the condenser, and,
a second outlet for heated water so that a flow of water leaving the first set of heaters is mixable with a flow of water derived from the second outlet of the condensate cooler; and

a regulator ‘R’ positioned upstream of the second water inlet of the condensate cooler for regulating the extracted water flow coming from the extraction system so as to allow adjustment of the complementary fraction of the extracted water flow fed to the condensate cooler.

2. The heating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complementary fraction of the flow of water fed to the cooler represents, in percentage terms, between 2 and 20% of the flow of water coming from the extraction system.

3. The heating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the complementary fraction of the flow of water fed to the cooler represents, in percentage terms, between 5 and 15% of the flow of water coming from the extraction system.

4. The heating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first set of heaters comprises at least one first heater and one second heater which are arranged in cascade so that a fraction of the water heated up by the steam introduced into the second heater is reinjected either into the first heater or into the condenser.

5. The heating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second set of heaters comprises at least one third heater and one fourth heater arranged in cascade such that a fraction of the condensate from the steam introduced into the fourth heater is reinjected into the third heater.

6. The heating system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a polishing system is arranged between the extraction system that extracts water from the condenser and the inlet of the first set of heaters so as to filter out particles present and trap salts dissolved in the water that is to be heated in the water circuit.

Assignees

• Alstom Technology Ltd
• General Electric Technology Gmbh

Inventors

• Jourdain Vincent
• Colin Jerome

Classifications

• F22B1/023

  with heating tubes for nuclear reactors, as long as they are not classified according to a specified heating fluid, in another group · CPC title

• F01K7/40 Primary

  Use of two or more feed-water heaters in series · CPC title

• F01K7/16

  the engines being only of turbine type (the engines using steam of critical or overcritical pressure F01K7/32; the engines being of extraction or non-condensing type F01K7/34) · CPC title

• F22D1/325

  Schematic arrangements or control devices therefor · CPC title

• F24H1/0018 Primary

  using electric energy supply · CPC title