METHOD OF OPERATION OF THERMAL POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC F01K17/02 

FIELD: power engineering.

SUBSTANCE: steam is generated in a boiler and sent into a turbine, then steam is condensed in a condenser, the main condensate of the turbine is removed from the condenser along the pipeline of the main condensate with a condensate pump and sent into regenerative low pressure heaters. The make-up feedwater is deaerated in the make-up water deaerator and sent with a pump along the pipeline of the make-up feedwater into the main condensate pipeline, for instance, downstream the condensate pump. The steam and air mixture removed from regenerative low pressure heaters downstream the steam and jet ejector is removed into a steam cooler, where it is cooled with make-up feedwater water, which is then along the pipeline of the make-up feedwater removed for deaeration into a deaerator of make-up feedwater. Air released from the steam and air mixture from the steam cooler is removed into atmosphere. The condensate of the steam released from the steam and air mixture from the steam cooler is sent along a condensate line into a deaerator of make-up feedwater.

EFFECT: invention makes it possible to increase efficiency of operation of a thermal power plant.

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