Degassing system for power plants

• US 6,318,087 B1
• Filed: 10/12/2000
• Issued: 11/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Alstom SA
• Original Assignee: Alstom SA
• Inventors: Baumann, Peter, Novak, Walter, Blangetti, Francisco Leonardo
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HOANG M
• Application Number:
  US09/686,929
• Time in Patent Office: 404 Days
• Field of Search: 606/45, 606/59, 606/70, 606/57
• US Class Current: 60/657
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 19/0047 Atomizing, spraying, trickling
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 19/0068 General arrangements, e.g. flowsheets B01D19/0063 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 5/0069 with degasification or deaeration

Abstract

A power plant, from which large amounts of process steam are removed and to which large amounts of make-up water are supplied continuously, has a degassing system (5) for the make-up water supplied, which as part of the condensation system is connected to the condenser (10) of the power plant. Bleed pumps (25) are connected to the condenser (10) via a first suction line (15) and to the degassing system (5) via a second suction line (16) and remove a mixture of steam and non-condensable gases from the power plant. A control member (22, 23), such as for example a regulating valve, a regulating diaphragm or a readjustable restrictor, is arranged in at least one of the two lines (15, 16), with the result that the suction capacity in that line and the distribution of the suction capacity to the two lines (15, 16) can be adjusted during operation of the power plant.

Claims

1. A power plant having a turbine and a condenser, from which large amounts of process steam are removed and to which large amounts of make-up water are supplied, having a degassing system for degassing the make-up water supplied, which as part of the condensation system of the power plant is connected to the condenser of the power plant, having bleed pumps for bleeding the condenser and degassing system, and having at least two lines, of which a first line connects the bleed pumps to the condenser and a second line connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system, and in at least one of the lines there is arranged a control member for adjusting the suction capacity during operation of the power plant in that line.

2. The power plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control member is arranged in the first line, which connects the bleed pumps to the condenser, and the second line, which connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system, has a diaphragm with a predetermined aperture size.

3. The power plant as claimed in claim 1 wherein the control member is arranged in the second line, which connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system, and the first line, which connects the bleed pumps to the condenser, has a diaphragm of predetermined aperture size.

4. The power plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein one control member is arranged in the first line, which connects the bleed pumps to the condenser, and in the second line, which connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system.

5. The power plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein a third line connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system, and this third line has a diaphragm of predetermined aperture size.

6. The power plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein a third line connects the bleed pumps to the degassing system, and this third line has a control member.

7. The power plant as claimed in claim 1, wherein the control member or the control members comprise(s) a regulating diaphragm, a regulating valve or an adjustable restrictor.

8. The power plant as claimed in claim 7, wherein the regulating diaphragm or the regulating valve is regulated by means of a control circuit in accordance with measured values for the pressure in the condenser and/or the oxygen content in the condensate in the condenser.

9. The power plant as claimed in claim 7, wherein the regulating diaphragm or the regulating valve is controlled by means of a control circuit according to the oxygen content in the make-up water, the inlet or outlet temperature of the cooling water, the rise in cooling-water temperature in selected cooling tubes in the condenser, the steam removal, the amount of make-up water or the generator output.

10. The power plant as claimed in claim 7, wherein the adjustable restrictor is set manually according to measured values for the pressure in the condenser and/or the oxygen content in the condensate in the condenser.

11. The power plant as claimed in claim 7, wherein the adjustable restrictor is set manually according to the oxygen content in the make-up water, the inlet or outlet temperature of the cooling water, the rise in cooling-water temperature in selected cooling tubes in the condenser, the steam removal, the amount of make-up water or the generator output.