Power plant

• US 5,754,613 A
• Filed: 02/05/1997
• Issued: 05/19/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashiguchi, Koh, Inai, Nobuhiko, Nei, Hiromichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Carone, Michael J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lattig, Matthew J.
• Application Number:
  US08/795,200
• Time in Patent Office: 468 Days
• Field of Search: 376/378, 376/402, 376/904, 60/649, 60/673
• US Class Current: 376/378
• CPC Class Codes: F01K 23/04 condensation heat from one cycle heating the fluid in another cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F01K 25/065 with an absorption fluid remaining at least partly in the liquid state, e.g. water for ammonia F01K5/00 takes precedence

Abstract

The disclosed power plant can attain an extremely high thermal efficiency, as compared with that of the conventional power plant. The power plant comprises a steam system and a mixed medium system. The steam system comprises a heat source (1) for generating steam; a steam turbine (3) driven by the steam generated by the heat source; a steam condenser (81) for forming condensed water by condensing exhaust of the steam turbine; and a condensed water feeding pump (9) for feeding the water condensed by the steam condenser to the heat source. The mixed medium system comprises a heat exchanger (83) for exchanging heat between the exhaust of the steam turbine and a mixed medium; a separator (85) for separating the mixed medium heated by the heat exchanger (83) into liquid and vapor; a mixed medium turbine (95) driven by the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by the separator (85); a mixer (97) for mixing the exhaust of the mixed medium turbine with the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by the separator (85); a medium condenser (99) for forming condensed liquid by condensing the mixed medium mixed by the mixer; and a liquid feeding pump (102) for feeding the condensed liquid formed by the medium condenser to the heat exchanger (83).

Claims

1. A power plant, comprising:

a steam system having;

a heat source for heating a water to generate a steam;

a steam turbine driven by the steam generated by said heat source;

a steam condenser for forming a condensed water by condensing an exhaust of said steam turbine; and

condensed water feeding means for feeding the condensed water produced by said steam condenser to said heat source; and

a mixed medium system having;

heat exchanging means for exchanging heat between the exhaust of said steam turbine and a mixed medium;

high pressure separating means for separating the mixed medium heated by said heat exchanging means into liquid and vapor;

a mixed medium turbine driven by the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said high pressure separating means;

first medium condensing means for forming a condensed liquid by condensing an exhaust of said mixed medium turbine;

first condensed liquid heating means for heating the condensed liquid formed by said first medium condensing means;

intermediate pressure separating means for separating the condensed liquid heated by said first condensed liquid heating means into liquid and vapor;

first condensed liquid feeding means for feeding the condensed liquid formed by said first medium condensing means to said intermediate pressure separating means;

mixing means for mixing the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by said intermediate pressure separating means with the exhaust of said mixed medium turbine on upstream side of said first medium condensing means;

second medium condensing means for forming a condensed liquid by cooling the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said intermediate pressure separating means;

second condensed liquid feeding means for feeding the condensed liquid formed by said second medium condensing means to said heat exchanging means; and

first separated liquid feeding means for feeding the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by said high pressure separating means to said intermediate pressure separating means.

2. The power plant according to claim 1, wherein the condensed liquid formed by said first medium condensing means is heated at the same time that the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said intermediate pressure separating means is cooled, by exchanging heat between the condensed liquid and the mixed medium of vapor phase.

3. The power plant according to claim 1, which further comprises:

second condensed liquid heating means for heating the condensed liquid formed by said second medium condensing means;

intermediate high pressure separating means for separating the condensed liquid heated by said second condensed liquid heating means into liquid and vapor;

third medium condensing means for forming a condensed liquid by cooling the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said intermediate high pressure separating means; and

second separated liquid feeding means for feeding the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by said high pressure separating means to said intermediate high pressure separating means; and

wherein said second condensed liquid feeding means feeds the condensed liquid formed by said third medium condensing means to said heat exchanging means; and

said first separated liquid feeding means feeds the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by said intermediate high pressure separating means to said intermediate pressure separating means.

4. The power plant according to claim 3, wherein the condensed liquid formed by said second medium condensing means is heated at the same time that the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said intermediate high pressure separating means is cooled, by exchanging heat between the condensed liquid and the mixed medium of vapor phase.

5. The power plant according to claim 1, which further comprises:

a small-sized steam condenser for condensing the steam within said steam condenser which contains non-condensable gas; and

non-condensable gas treating means for treating the non-condensable gas existing within said small-sized steam condenser.

6. The power plant according to claim 1, wherein said heat source is a nuclear reactor.

7. The power plant according to claim 1, wherein the mixed medium is a mixture which contains at least a water and an ammonia.

8. A power plant, comprising:

a steam system having;

a heat source for heating a water to generate a steam;

a steam turbine driven by the steam generated by said heat source;

a steam condenser for forming a condensed water by condensing an exhaust of said steam turbine; and

condensed water feeding means for feeding the water condensed by said steam condenser to said heat source; and

a mixed medium system having;

heat exchanging means for exchanging heat between the exhaust of said steam turbine and a mixed medium;

separating means for separating the mixed medium heated by said heat exchanging means into liquid and vapor;

a mixed medium turbine driven by the mixed medium of vapor phase separated by said separating means;

mixing means for mixing the exhaust of said mixed medium turbine with the mixed medium of liquid phase separated by said separating means;

medium condensing means for forming a condensed liquid by condensing the mixed medium mixed by said mixing means; and

condensed liquid feeding means for feeding the condensed liquid formed by said medium condensing means to said heat exchanging means.

9. The power plant according to claim 8, wherein said steam turbine comprises:

a high pressure steam turbine driven by the steam generated by said heat source;

a low pressure turbine driven by an exhaust of said high pressure steam turbine; and

wherein said heat exchanging means exchanges heat between the exhaust of said low pressure steam turbine and the mixed medium.

10. The power plant according to claim 8, which further comprises:

a small-sized steam condenser for condensing the steam within said steam condenser which contains non-condensable gas; and

non-condensable gas treating means for treating the non-condensable gas existing within said small-sized steam condenser.

11. The power plant according to claim 8, wherein said heat source is a nuclear reactor.

12. The power plant according to claim 8, wherein the mixed medium is a mixture which contains at least a water and an ammonia.