US20040003593A1 - Steam turbine plant, and method of operating a steam turbine plant - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a steam turbine plant having a vacuum pumping configuration that has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other.
- the invention also relates to a method of operating a steam turbine plant, in which a plant component is deaerated by use of a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other.
- a main turbine plant having a plurality of turbine stages is provided as a rule in order to utilize as effectively as possible the energy content of the steam provided.
- high-capacity steam turbine plants have a high-pressure stage, an intermediate-pressure stage and a low-pressure stage, steam heated in a boiler is fed to the high-pressure stage and expands in the direction of the low-pressure stage.
- the low-pressure stage has a vacuum in the order of magnitude of between 18 mbar and 80 mbar.
- the steam discharging from the low-pressure stage is fed to a condenser and is condensed there.
- the gas quantity collecting during the condensing in the condenser must be drawn off from the latter.
- a vacuum pumping configuration which, on account of the low final pressure at the low-pressure stage, must reach a vacuum of, for example, ⁇ 18 mbar on the suction side.
- the vacuum pumping configuration must be configured for drawing off a large gas quantity of a delivery gas from the condenser in order to deaerate the latter.
- an auxiliary turbine for a feed water supply to the boiler is normally provided, the auxiliary turbine having, for example, an output of 20 MW, compared with an output of the main turbine plant of about 1 GW.
- a condenser, which must be deaerated, is likewise assigned to the auxiliary turbine.
- the respective condenser contains a tube system, to which the steam to be condensed is admitted from the turbine.
- the steam is cooled by water, which is fed to the condenser via a “water chamber”.
- the water chamber In order to maintain the operability of the condenser, the water chamber must also be deaerated.
- a separate vacuum pumping configuration is currently provided for each of the three subsystems.
- British Patent GB 1 542 483 discloses a vacuum pumping configuration in which a jet pump and a liquid ring pump are provided in series one after the other.
- the motive fluid provided for the jet pump is air.
- the vacuum to be achieved is improved by connecting the jet pump upstream of the liquid ring pump.
- a vacuum of about 50 mbar can typically be achieved with a liquid ring pump.
- a vacuum of up to ⁇ 15 mbar can be achieved with the entire system by connecting a jet pump upstream.
- the liquid ring pump has to be configured for both the quantity of the actual delivery gas to be drawn off plus the quantity of the motive fluid for the jet pump.
- the requisite quantity of motive air for an air-operated jet pump is many times higher than the quantity of delivery gas to be drawn off from the condenser.
- a working-air mass flow of about 200 kg/h is required.
- the liquid ring pump is to be configured for dry air as the delivery gas. This reduces the capacity of the liquid ring pump, compared with moist air as the delivery gas.
- a liquid ring pump and its operating principle can be seen, for example, from the Siemens brochure titled “ELMO-L2BL1- Kunststoffgekühlt, ⁇ lok: die sheep Generation von Vakuumpumpen” [ELMO-L2BL1—Air-Cooled, Oil-Free: The New Generation Of Vacuum Pumps], Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Germany, 12/98, Order No.: E20001-P782-A208, or from the Internet at http: ⁇ www.ad.siemens.de/elmo (status August 2000).
- the liquid ring pump described has an impeller sitting eccentrically in a housing. By the impeller rotation, an operating medium, as a rule water, forms a water ring revolving with the impeller in the housing. On account of the eccentric configuration of the impeller, sectional spaces of different size form between the impeller hub and the water ring revolving with the impeller, and the medium to be pumped is compressed in the sectional spaces.
- the system is restricted to oil-operated liquid ring pumps, in which the oil can be heated to temperatures above 100° C.
- the liquid ring pumps are operated with water, which is normally heated up to about 35° C. at most, as can be seen from the above-mentioned Siemens brochure.
- a jet pump to which steam is fed as the motive fluid has been disclosed, for example, by U.S. Pat. No. 3,481,529.
- a liquid ring pump is connected directly downstream of the jet pump.
- a steam turbine plant contains a vacuum pumping configuration having a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after another, a sealing steam circuit for a turbine seal, and a steam line connected to the sealing-steam circuit and provided for feeding steam, collecting in the steam turbine plant, as a motive fluid for the jet pump.
- the steam line connected to the jet pump.
- a steam turbine plant having a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other, a steam line for feeding steam, collecting in the plant, as the motive fluid for the jet pump being connected to the jet pump.
- the steam used in this case is in particular excess steam in order not to impair the efficiency of the steam turbine plant.
- the use of steam as the motive fluid has the decisive advantage that, as a result, the quantity of noncondensable motive fluid required is markedly reduced compared with the motive air normally used.
- the steam line via which steam is fed as the motive fluid to the jet pump is expediently connected to a sealing-steam circuit for a turbine-shaft sealing system.
- a labyrinth seal through which “sealing steam” is directed, is provided as a rule.
- the sealing steam is also referred to as low-tension steam.
- the low-tension steam is a “waste product” collecting in the steam turbine plant and is therefore especially suitable for use as motive fluid under atmospheric pressure without impairing the efficiency of the steam turbine plant.
- the feeding of the low-tension steam to the vacuum pumping configuration also has the decisive advantage that the low-tension steam—due to the principle of the liquid ring pump—condenses.
- the condensing system, normally provided in a steam turbine plant, for the low-tension steam is therefore not necessary.
- investment costs can be saved, and in addition the requisite installation requirement is reduced compared with conventional steam turbine plants.
- a gas line for admixing air for forming a steam/air mixture as motive fluid for the jet pump is expediently connected to the steam line. This results in especially efficient operation for the jet pump. In particular, an approximately uniform mass flow distribution between air and steam is set for the mixture.
- the admixing of air has the advantage that the requisite quantity of motive fluid can be set in a simple manner, in particular when the quantity of low-tension steam is limited, so that the steam quantity alone is not sufficient as the motive fluid.
- the gas line is expediently connected on the pressure side to the liquid ring pump and in particular to a separator assigned to the liquid ring pump.
- the air compressed to atmospheric pressure by the liquid ring pump is therefore also used as the motive fluid. This has the advantage that a separate compressor for feeding the jet pump is not required.
- the vacuum pumping configuration is connected to a condenser via a first deaerating line for deaerating the condenser, which is provided for condensing process steam discharging from a steam turbine, in particular from a low-pressure part of a steam turbine.
- the vacuum pumping configuration is at the same time preferably connected via a second deaerating line to a second condenser, which is assigned to an auxiliary turbine.
- a second condenser which is assigned to an auxiliary turbine.
- both the condenser of the main turbine and that of the auxiliary turbine are deaerated via the same vacuum pumping configuration.
- a plurality of vacuum pumping configurations assigned to the individual condensers are therefore not necessary.
- the condenser for a cooling liquid, has a water chamber, which, in order to deaerate it, is preferably connected to the vacuum pumping configuration via a third deaerating line.
- a uniform, central vacuum pumping system in the form of the vacuum pumping configuration is therefore provided, and the vacuum pumping system provides a vacuum for a multiplicity of components in the steam turbine plant.
- the installation cost and also the maintenance cost with regard to the vacuum pumping system are markedly reduced compared with a multiplicity of decentral vacuum pumping systems.
- the third deaerating line is preferably connected to an additional port of the liquid ring pump. Via the additional port, saturated water-chamber air being emitted from the cooling water is drawn off from the water chamber.
- This has the essential advantage that the quantity of saturated air drawn off from the water chamber is fed separately to the liquid ring pump and is not added to the delivery-gas quantity drawn off from the two condensers.
- the additional port is expediently disposed between a suction connection and a pressure connection of the liquid ring pump and is connected to a working or compression space forming during operation.
- the third deaerating line therefore feeds the saturated air from the water chamber to the liquid ring pump in an intermediate region between the suction connection and the pressure connection. In this region, a sufficient vacuum for deaerating the water chamber is still provided by the liquid ring pump. At the same time, however, the feeding at this point does not lead to an increase, or only leads to an imperceptible increase, in the power requirement of the liquid ring pump. Delivery capacity is provided by the liquid ring pump via the cavitation protection port virtually “for nothing”. When the third deaerating line is disposed at the additional port, the liquid ring pump therefore does not need to be of larger dimensions.
- such a liquid ring pump is suitable for use in the field of papermaking.
- the suction capacity can at the same time be varied within certain limits both with regard to the volumetric quantity and with regard to the vacuum to be achieved.
- the object is achieved according to the invention by a method of operating a steam turbine plant, in which a plant component is deaerated by a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other, steam collecting in the steam turbine plant, in particular excess steam, being fed as motive fluid to the jet pump.
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of a steam turbine plant according to the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic, sectional view through a liquid ring pump.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a steam turbine plant 2 that has a steam turbine 4 which in particular is a low-pressure stage of a, for example, 3-stage main turbine plant.
- a steam turbine 4 which in particular is a low-pressure stage of a, for example, 3-stage main turbine plant.
- Such a multistage main turbine plant is used, for example, in power plants for the generation of power with an output within the gigawatt range.
- the steam turbine 4 On an output side, the steam turbine 4 has a vacuum, which in a low-pressure stage is typically within a range of between 18 mbar and 80 mbar.
- Process steam P fed to the steam turbine 4 leaves the latter via output lines 6 and is fed to a first condenser 8 .
- the process steam P is condensed in the condenser 8 , the condensate being discharged via a discharge line 10 and fed again as feed water to a boiler (not shown in any more detail).
- a gas/steam mixture designated as delivery gas F collects in the first condenser 8 and is drawn off via a first deaerating line 12 by a vacuum pumping configuration 14 .
- the steam turbine plant 2 has an auxiliary turbine 16 that is configured in a similar manner to the steam turbine 4 but for a markedly lower output.
- the auxiliary turbine 16 is used in particular for driving a feed water pump and typically has an output of about 20 MW.
- a second condenser 18 is assigned to the auxiliary turbine 16 , the process steam P fed to the auxiliary turbine 16 being condensed in the second condenser 18 .
- the condensate is discharged via a discharge line 10 .
- a second deaerating line 20 is provided, which is likewise connected to the vacuum pumping configuration 14 .
- a gas/steam mixture is likewise pumped out of the second condenser 18 as the delivery gas F.
- the first deaerating line 12 opens into the second deaerating line 20 .
- the two condensers 8 , 18 preferably have water as a cooling medium, which is stored in a water chamber 22 of the respective condenser 8 , 18 .
- an air cushion forms in the respective water chamber 22 .
- a third deaerating line 24 is provided, which likewise leads to the vacuum pumping configuration 14 .
- the saturated air being emitted from the cooling water is drawn off from the water chamber 22 and is designated as water-chamber air WL.
- the vacuum pumping configuration 14 contains a jet pump 26 and a liquid ring pump 28 disposed downstream of the jet pump 26 in the direction of flow.
- the second deaerating line 20 is connected to a suction region 27 of the jet pump 26 , and the latter is connected on the output side to a suction connection 30 of the liquid ring pump 28 .
- the delivery gas F from the two condensers 8 , 18 is thus first of all precompressed by the jet pump 26 .
- the jet pump 26 is operated with a motive fluid T that is fed externally and mixes with the delivery gas F.
- the pressure in the first condenser 8 and in the second condenser 18 is typically within a range which corresponds approximately to the output pressure of the steam turbine 4 and of the auxiliary turbine 16 , respectively. There is therefore a vacuum within a range of between 18 and 80 mbar in both condensers 8 , 18 . Consequently the delivery gas F likewise has this vacuum. It is compressed approximately by the factor 3 in the jet pump 26 and then further up to ambient pressure in the liquid ring pump and is expelled via a pressure connection 34 .
- the liquid ring pump 28 between the suction connection 30 and the pressure connection 34 , has an additional port 35 , to which the third deaerating line 24 is connected.
- the additional port 35 is disposed between an intake slot 70 and a pressure slot 72 (see FIG. 2) in non-illustrated “control disks” of the liquid ring pump 28 .
- the pump mixture of the delivery gas F and the motive fluid T fed via the suction connection 30 mixes with the operating medium of the liquid ring pump 28 .
- the operating medium is water W.
- the latter together with condensate possibly collecting from the pump mixture is separated from air L in a separator 38 .
- the water W is fed again to the liquid ring pump 28 via a heat exchanger 40 .
- the air L is fed as the motive fluid T to the jet pump 26 via a gas line 42 , in which a valve 44 is connected. Excess air L is given off to the environment from the vacuum pumping configuration 14 via an exhaust-air line 46 .
- steam D is also fed as the motive fluid T to the jet pump 26 via a steam line 48 .
- a further valve 44 is connected in the steam line 48 .
- the steam line 48 is connected to a sealing-steam circuit 50 in which sealing steam S is directed through a number of turbine seals 52 .
- the turbine seals 52 in this case are assigned to the steam turbine 4 and to the auxiliary turbine 16 and are configured as labyrinth seals in order to seal off a rotating shaft of the turbines 4 , 16 from the environment. After flowing through the turbine seals 52 , the sealing steam is also referred to as low-tension steam.
- the steam D is fed as the motive fluid T to the jet pump 26 .
- the motive fluid T is therefore a steam/air mixture, it being possible for the respective proportions of the steam D and of the air L to be set via the two valves 44 .
- An equal distribution between steam D and air L is preferably set. If an adequate steam quantity is available, steam D may also be used exclusively as the motive fluid T. Since the low-tension steam is excess steam collecting in the steam turbine plant 2 , the overall efficiency of the steam turbine plant 2 is not impaired by use of the low-tension steam as the motive fluid T. In addition to the use of the low-tension steam, other types of steam collecting in the steam turbine plant are also suitable. For example, the steam collecting in the sealing-steam system for control purposes and normally discarded in one of the condensers 8 , 18 is suitable.
- the operating principle of the liquid ring pump 28 which has an impeller 64 mounted eccentrically in the housing 62 of the liquid ring pump 28 , can be seen with reference to the schematic representation of a cross section through the liquid ring pump 28 according to FIG. 2.
- the water W forms a liquid ring 66 which revolves with the impeller 64 , so that sectional spaces 68 of different volume form between the individual spokes of the impeller 64 and the liquid ring 66 .
- An intake slot via which the medium to be drawn in is drawn in via the suction connection 30 is provided in the housing 62 at the end face at the position identified by reference numeral 70 . Due to the eccentric configuration, the medium to be pumped is compressed in the course of the revolution of the impeller 64 and is expelled via a pressure slot to the pressure connection 34 at the position identified by reference numeral 72 .
- the additional port 35 is disposed between the intake slot 70 and the pressure slot 72 in the housing 62 and is connected to the working space, which is formed by the individual sectional spaces 68 .
- the suction capacity, prevailing at this position, of the liquid ring pump 28 varies with regard to both the prevailing vacuum and the delivery quantity.
- the suction capacity can be varied by selection of the diameter of the additional port 35 .
- the vacuum at the additional port 35 is above the vacuum applied at the suction connection 30 , it is sufficiently low in order to permit deaeration of the water chamber 22 .
- the volumetric suction capacity for deaerating the water chamber 22 is also sufficiently high. Since the third deaerating line 24 is not connected to the suction connection 30 , the liquid ring pump 28 is not additionally loaded by the additionally fed gas mixture G or is only barely subjected to additional loading by the latter. Slightly greater dimensioning, possibly necessary due to the connection of the third deaerating line 24 , of the liquid ring pump 28 is in any case more favorable compared with a separate pumping system for the deaeration of the water chamber 22 .
- a steam turbine plant of such a configuration with a uniform, central vacuum pumping configuration 14 has essentially the following advantages:
- the liquid ring pump 28 can be configured to be markedly smaller, since the steam D condenses in the liquid ring pump, and only the air proportion has to be compressed to atmospheric pressure.
- the low-tension steam collecting in the sealing-steam circuit 50 is preferably completely directed via the vacuum pumping configuration 14 . In this case, it is not absolutely necessary for the entire quantity of the low-tension steam to be used as the motive fluid T for the jet pump 26 .
- the low-tension steam is condensed, so that a separate condensing system is not required for the low-tension steam.
- the vacuum pumping configuration 14 is provided as a central vacuum system. This makes possible a simple and cost-effective installation. In particular, it is not necessary to install a plurality of decentral vacuum pumping systems.
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Abstract
In a steam turbine plant having a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other, steam collecting in the plant, preferably mixed with air, is used as a motive fluid for the jet pump. As a result, the downstream liquid ring pump can be dimensioned so as to be comparatively small. The vacuum pumping configuration is preferably configured as a central vacuum pumping system for the steam turbine plant and serves to deaerate a multiplicity of plant components.
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- This application is a continuation of copending International Application No. PCT/DE01/03673, filed Sep. 24, 2001, which designated the United States and was not published in English.
- Field of the Invention
- The invention relates to a steam turbine plant having a vacuum pumping configuration that has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other. The invention also relates to a method of operating a steam turbine plant, in which a plant component is deaerated by use of a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other.
- In a steam turbine plant, for example in the field of power generation, a main turbine plant having a plurality of turbine stages is provided as a rule in order to utilize as effectively as possible the energy content of the steam provided. As a rule, high-capacity steam turbine plants have a high-pressure stage, an intermediate-pressure stage and a low-pressure stage, steam heated in a boiler is fed to the high-pressure stage and expands in the direction of the low-pressure stage. At the end, the low-pressure stage has a vacuum in the order of magnitude of between 18 mbar and 80 mbar. The steam discharging from the low-pressure stage is fed to a condenser and is condensed there.
- The gas quantity collecting during the condensing in the condenser must be drawn off from the latter. Provided for this purpose is a vacuum pumping configuration, which, on account of the low final pressure at the low-pressure stage, must reach a vacuum of, for example, ≦18 mbar on the suction side. On account of the steam quantity which collects in the steam turbine plant and which is large as a rule, the vacuum pumping configuration must be configured for drawing off a large gas quantity of a delivery gas from the condenser in order to deaerate the latter.
- Furthermore, in a steam turbine plant for a large power plant, an auxiliary turbine for a feed water supply to the boiler is normally provided, the auxiliary turbine having, for example, an output of 20 MW, compared with an output of the main turbine plant of about 1 GW. A condenser, which must be deaerated, is likewise assigned to the auxiliary turbine.
- As a rule, the respective condenser contains a tube system, to which the steam to be condensed is admitted from the turbine. The steam is cooled by water, which is fed to the condenser via a “water chamber”. In order to maintain the operability of the condenser, the water chamber must also be deaerated. On account of the different requirements for the deaerating capacity with regard to the condenser for the low-pressure stage, for the auxiliary turbine, and with regard to the water chamber of the condenser, a separate vacuum pumping configuration is currently provided for each of the three subsystems.
- For deaerating a condenser of a steam turbine, British Patent GB 1 542 483 discloses a vacuum pumping configuration in which a jet pump and a liquid ring pump are provided in series one after the other. The motive fluid provided for the jet pump is air. The vacuum to be achieved is improved by connecting the jet pump upstream of the liquid ring pump. A vacuum of about 50 mbar can typically be achieved with a liquid ring pump. A vacuum of up to <15 mbar can be achieved with the entire system by connecting a jet pump upstream.
- In the system formed of the jet pump and the liquid ring pump there is generally the problem that the liquid ring pump has to be configured for both the quantity of the actual delivery gas to be drawn off plus the quantity of the motive fluid for the jet pump. In this case, the requisite quantity of motive air for an air-operated jet pump is many times higher than the quantity of delivery gas to be drawn off from the condenser. For example, in order to compress a delivery-gas mass flow from a condenser, formed of a mixture of about 15 kg/h of air and 35 kg/h of steam, from about 40 mbar to 125 mbar by the jet pump, a working-air mass flow of about 200 kg/h is required. On account of this high air proportion, the liquid ring pump is to be configured for dry air as the delivery gas. This reduces the capacity of the liquid ring pump, compared with moist air as the delivery gas.
- A liquid ring pump and its operating principle can be seen, for example, from the Siemens brochure titled “ELMO-L2BL1-luftgekühlt, õlfrei: die neue Generation von Vakuumpumpen” [ELMO-L2BL1—Air-Cooled, Oil-Free: The New Generation Of Vacuum Pumps], Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Germany, 12/98, Order No.: E20001-P782-A208, or from the Internet at http:\\www.ad.siemens.de/elmo (status August 2000). The liquid ring pump described has an impeller sitting eccentrically in a housing. By the impeller rotation, an operating medium, as a rule water, forms a water ring revolving with the impeller in the housing. On account of the eccentric configuration of the impeller, sectional spaces of different size form between the impeller hub and the water ring revolving with the impeller, and the medium to be pumped is compressed in the sectional spaces.
- Furthermore, the combination of a jet pump with a downstream liquid ring pump has been disclosed, for example, by Published, European Patent Application EP 0 088 226 A2, U.S. Pat. No. 4,484,457 A and Published, Non-Prosecuted German Patent Application DE 29 13 960 A1. According to EP 0 088 226 A2, the liquid ring pump is operated with oil as the operating medium, which is heated up to a temperature of about 130° C. In order to utilize the energy stored in the oil, provision is made to evaporate water via a heat exchanger and to feed the steam as the motive fluid to the jet pump. A separate supply of motive fluid is therefore not necessary in the system. However, the system is restricted to oil-operated liquid ring pumps, in which the oil can be heated to temperatures above 100° C. As a rule, the liquid ring pumps are operated with water, which is normally heated up to about 35° C. at most, as can be seen from the above-mentioned Siemens brochure.
- The interaction of a liquid ring pump with a turbine has also been disclosed by U.S. Pat. No. 4,484,457, which claims the same priority as EP 0 088 226 A2.
- According to Published, Non-Prosecuted German Patent Application DE 29 13 960 A1, air is fed as motive fluid to the jet pump from a separator assigned to the liquid ring pump. In this case, the air extracted from the separator is dehydrated so that air that is as dry as possible is fed to the jet pump.
- A jet pump to which steam is fed as the motive fluid has been disclosed, for example, by U.S. Pat. No. 3,481,529. A liquid ring pump is connected directly downstream of the jet pump.
- It is accordingly an object of the invention to provide a steam turbine plant, and a method of operating the steam turbine plant that overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art devices and methods of this general type, which permits a cost-effective operation of a steam turbine plant in a simple installation.
- With the foregoing and other objects in view there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a steam turbine plant. The plant contains a vacuum pumping configuration having a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after another, a sealing steam circuit for a turbine seal, and a steam line connected to the sealing-steam circuit and provided for feeding steam, collecting in the steam turbine plant, as a motive fluid for the jet pump. The steam line connected to the jet pump.
- The object is achieved according to the invention by a steam turbine plant having a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other, a steam line for feeding steam, collecting in the plant, as the motive fluid for the jet pump being connected to the jet pump.
- The steam used in this case is in particular excess steam in order not to impair the efficiency of the steam turbine plant. The use of steam as the motive fluid has the decisive advantage that, as a result, the quantity of noncondensable motive fluid required is markedly reduced compared with the motive air normally used. As a result, it is possible to configure the liquid ring pump disposed downstream of the jet pump for markedly smaller mass flows, so that considerable cost savings can thereby be achieved. This is because, through the use of steam or of steam/air mixture under atmospheric pressure as the motive fluid, the power requirement with regard to the mass flow to be delivered by the liquid ring pump decreases by about 40-50%, since the vaporous mass proportion in the liquid ring pump condenses and does not have to be compressed to atmospheric pressure.
- The steam line via which steam is fed as the motive fluid to the jet pump is expediently connected to a sealing-steam circuit for a turbine-shaft sealing system.
- To seal the rotating turbine shaft, a labyrinth seal, through which “sealing steam” is directed, is provided as a rule. After leaving the turbine seal, the sealing steam is also referred to as low-tension steam. The low-tension steam is a “waste product” collecting in the steam turbine plant and is therefore especially suitable for use as motive fluid under atmospheric pressure without impairing the efficiency of the steam turbine plant.
- In addition, the feeding of the low-tension steam to the vacuum pumping configuration also has the decisive advantage that the low-tension steam—due to the principle of the liquid ring pump—condenses. The condensing system, normally provided in a steam turbine plant, for the low-tension steam is therefore not necessary. As a result, investment costs can be saved, and in addition the requisite installation requirement is reduced compared with conventional steam turbine plants.
- A gas line for admixing air for forming a steam/air mixture as motive fluid for the jet pump is expediently connected to the steam line. This results in especially efficient operation for the jet pump. In particular, an approximately uniform mass flow distribution between air and steam is set for the mixture. In addition, the admixing of air has the advantage that the requisite quantity of motive fluid can be set in a simple manner, in particular when the quantity of low-tension steam is limited, so that the steam quantity alone is not sufficient as the motive fluid.
- In this case, the gas line, with its further end, is expediently connected on the pressure side to the liquid ring pump and in particular to a separator assigned to the liquid ring pump. The air compressed to atmospheric pressure by the liquid ring pump is therefore also used as the motive fluid. This has the advantage that a separate compressor for feeding the jet pump is not required.
- According to an expedient configuration, the vacuum pumping configuration is connected to a condenser via a first deaerating line for deaerating the condenser, which is provided for condensing process steam discharging from a steam turbine, in particular from a low-pressure part of a steam turbine.
- The vacuum pumping configuration is at the same time preferably connected via a second deaerating line to a second condenser, which is assigned to an auxiliary turbine. Thus preferably both the condenser of the main turbine and that of the auxiliary turbine are deaerated via the same vacuum pumping configuration. A plurality of vacuum pumping configurations assigned to the individual condensers are therefore not necessary.
- As a rule, the condenser, for a cooling liquid, has a water chamber, which, in order to deaerate it, is preferably connected to the vacuum pumping configuration via a third deaerating line.
- A uniform, central vacuum pumping system in the form of the vacuum pumping configuration is therefore provided, and the vacuum pumping system provides a vacuum for a multiplicity of components in the steam turbine plant. As a result, the installation cost and also the maintenance cost with regard to the vacuum pumping system are markedly reduced compared with a multiplicity of decentral vacuum pumping systems.
- To deaerate the water chamber, the third deaerating line is preferably connected to an additional port of the liquid ring pump. Via the additional port, saturated water-chamber air being emitted from the cooling water is drawn off from the water chamber. This has the essential advantage that the quantity of saturated air drawn off from the water chamber is fed separately to the liquid ring pump and is not added to the delivery-gas quantity drawn off from the two condensers.
- In this case, the additional port is expediently disposed between a suction connection and a pressure connection of the liquid ring pump and is connected to a working or compression space forming during operation. The third deaerating line therefore feeds the saturated air from the water chamber to the liquid ring pump in an intermediate region between the suction connection and the pressure connection. In this region, a sufficient vacuum for deaerating the water chamber is still provided by the liquid ring pump. At the same time, however, the feeding at this point does not lead to an increase, or only leads to an imperceptible increase, in the power requirement of the liquid ring pump. Delivery capacity is provided by the liquid ring pump via the cavitation protection port virtually “for nothing”. When the third deaerating line is disposed at the additional port, the liquid ring pump therefore does not need to be of larger dimensions.
- The use of such an additional port as an additional suction connection is a basic principle here and is generally suitable for all liquid ring pumps and is not restricted to application in a steam turbine plant. A liquid ring pump having such an additional port is also suitable, for example, for deaerating a screen part on papermaking machines in the paper industry.
- In general, such a liquid ring pump is suitable for use in the field of papermaking. By suitable placing of the additional port between the suction connection and the pressure connection, and by the selection of the diameter of the additional port, the suction capacity can at the same time be varied within certain limits both with regard to the volumetric quantity and with regard to the vacuum to be achieved.
- Furthermore, the object is achieved according to the invention by a method of operating a steam turbine plant, in which a plant component is deaerated by a vacuum pumping configuration which has a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after the other, steam collecting in the steam turbine plant, in particular excess steam, being fed as motive fluid to the jet pump.
- The advantages and preferred configurations recited with regard to the steam turbine plant can accordingly be applied to the method.
- Other features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in the appended claims.
- Although the invention is illustrated and described herein as embodied in a steam turbine plant, and a method of operating a steam turbine plant, it is nevertheless not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention and within the scope and range of equivalents of the claims.
- The construction and method of operation of the invention, however, together with additional objects and advantages thereof will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of a steam turbine plant according to the invention; and
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic, sectional view through a liquid ring pump.
- Referring now to the figures of the drawing in detail and first, particularly, to FIG. 1 thereof, there is shown a steam turbine plant2 that has a steam turbine 4 which in particular is a low-pressure stage of a, for example, 3-stage main turbine plant. Such a multistage main turbine plant is used, for example, in power plants for the generation of power with an output within the gigawatt range. On an output side, the steam turbine 4 has a vacuum, which in a low-pressure stage is typically within a range of between 18 mbar and 80 mbar. Process steam P fed to the steam turbine 4 leaves the latter via output lines 6 and is fed to a first condenser 8. The process steam P is condensed in the condenser 8, the condensate being discharged via a
discharge line 10 and fed again as feed water to a boiler (not shown in any more detail). - During the condensing, a gas/steam mixture designated as delivery gas F collects in the first condenser8 and is drawn off via a
first deaerating line 12 by avacuum pumping configuration 14. - Furthermore, the steam turbine plant2 has an
auxiliary turbine 16 that is configured in a similar manner to the steam turbine 4 but for a markedly lower output. Theauxiliary turbine 16 is used in particular for driving a feed water pump and typically has an output of about 20 MW. In a similar manner to the steam turbine 4, asecond condenser 18 is assigned to theauxiliary turbine 16, the process steam P fed to theauxiliary turbine 16 being condensed in thesecond condenser 18. In a similar manner to the first condenser 8, the condensate is discharged via adischarge line 10. To deaerate thesecond condenser 18, asecond deaerating line 20 is provided, which is likewise connected to thevacuum pumping configuration 14. Via thesecond deaerating line 20, a gas/steam mixture is likewise pumped out of thesecond condenser 18 as the delivery gas F. In this case, thefirst deaerating line 12 opens into thesecond deaerating line 20. - The two
condensers 8, 18 preferably have water as a cooling medium, which is stored in awater chamber 22 of therespective condenser 8, 18. During operation of thecondensers 8, 18, an air cushion forms in therespective water chamber 22. To deaerate at least thewater chamber 22 of the first condenser 8, athird deaerating line 24 is provided, which likewise leads to thevacuum pumping configuration 14. In this case, the saturated air being emitted from the cooling water is drawn off from thewater chamber 22 and is designated as water-chamber air WL. - The
vacuum pumping configuration 14 contains ajet pump 26 and aliquid ring pump 28 disposed downstream of thejet pump 26 in the direction of flow. To this end, thesecond deaerating line 20 is connected to asuction region 27 of thejet pump 26, and the latter is connected on the output side to asuction connection 30 of theliquid ring pump 28. The delivery gas F from the twocondensers 8, 18 is thus first of all precompressed by thejet pump 26. To this end, thejet pump 26 is operated with a motive fluid T that is fed externally and mixes with the delivery gas F. The pressure in the first condenser 8 and in thesecond condenser 18 is typically within a range which corresponds approximately to the output pressure of the steam turbine 4 and of theauxiliary turbine 16, respectively. There is therefore a vacuum within a range of between 18 and 80 mbar in bothcondensers 8, 18. Consequently the delivery gas F likewise has this vacuum. It is compressed approximately by the factor 3 in thejet pump 26 and then further up to ambient pressure in the liquid ring pump and is expelled via apressure connection 34. - Furthermore, the
liquid ring pump 28, between thesuction connection 30 and thepressure connection 34, has anadditional port 35, to which thethird deaerating line 24 is connected. In this case, theadditional port 35 is disposed between anintake slot 70 and a pressure slot 72 (see FIG. 2) in non-illustrated “control disks” of theliquid ring pump 28. Due to the operating principle of theliquid ring pump 28, the pump mixture of the delivery gas F and the motive fluid T fed via thesuction connection 30 mixes with the operating medium of theliquid ring pump 28. In this case, the operating medium is water W. The latter together with condensate possibly collecting from the pump mixture is separated from air L in aseparator 38. The water W is fed again to theliquid ring pump 28 via aheat exchanger 40. The air L is fed as the motive fluid T to thejet pump 26 via agas line 42, in which avalve 44 is connected. Excess air L is given off to the environment from thevacuum pumping configuration 14 via an exhaust-air line 46. - It is essential that, in addition to the air L, steam D is also fed as the motive fluid T to the
jet pump 26 via asteam line 48. Afurther valve 44 is connected in thesteam line 48. In this case, thesteam line 48 is connected to a sealing-steam circuit 50 in which sealing steam S is directed through a number of turbine seals 52. The turbine seals 52 in this case are assigned to the steam turbine 4 and to theauxiliary turbine 16 and are configured as labyrinth seals in order to seal off a rotating shaft of theturbines 4, 16 from the environment. After flowing through the turbine seals 52, the sealing steam is also referred to as low-tension steam. The steam D is fed as the motive fluid T to thejet pump 26. The motive fluid T is therefore a steam/air mixture, it being possible for the respective proportions of the steam D and of the air L to be set via the twovalves 44. An equal distribution between steam D and air L is preferably set. If an adequate steam quantity is available, steam D may also be used exclusively as the motive fluid T. Since the low-tension steam is excess steam collecting in the steam turbine plant 2, the overall efficiency of the steam turbine plant 2 is not impaired by use of the low-tension steam as the motive fluid T. In addition to the use of the low-tension steam, other types of steam collecting in the steam turbine plant are also suitable. For example, the steam collecting in the sealing-steam system for control purposes and normally discarded in one of thecondensers 8, 18 is suitable. - The operating principle of the
liquid ring pump 28, which has animpeller 64 mounted eccentrically in thehousing 62 of theliquid ring pump 28, can be seen with reference to the schematic representation of a cross section through theliquid ring pump 28 according to FIG. 2. During operation, the water W forms aliquid ring 66 which revolves with theimpeller 64, so thatsectional spaces 68 of different volume form between the individual spokes of theimpeller 64 and theliquid ring 66. An intake slot via which the medium to be drawn in is drawn in via thesuction connection 30 is provided in thehousing 62 at the end face at the position identified byreference numeral 70. Due to the eccentric configuration, the medium to be pumped is compressed in the course of the revolution of theimpeller 64 and is expelled via a pressure slot to thepressure connection 34 at the position identified byreference numeral 72. - The
additional port 35 is disposed between theintake slot 70 and thepressure slot 72 in thehousing 62 and is connected to the working space, which is formed by the individualsectional spaces 68. Depending on the position of theadditional port 35, the suction capacity, prevailing at this position, of theliquid ring pump 28 varies with regard to both the prevailing vacuum and the delivery quantity. In addition, the suction capacity can be varied by selection of the diameter of theadditional port 35. - Although the vacuum at the
additional port 35 is above the vacuum applied at thesuction connection 30, it is sufficiently low in order to permit deaeration of thewater chamber 22. The volumetric suction capacity for deaerating thewater chamber 22 is also sufficiently high. Since thethird deaerating line 24 is not connected to thesuction connection 30, theliquid ring pump 28 is not additionally loaded by the additionally fed gas mixture G or is only barely subjected to additional loading by the latter. Slightly greater dimensioning, possibly necessary due to the connection of thethird deaerating line 24, of theliquid ring pump 28 is in any case more favorable compared with a separate pumping system for the deaeration of thewater chamber 22. - A steam turbine plant of such a configuration with a uniform, central
vacuum pumping configuration 14 has essentially the following advantages: - a. On account of the use of steam D and air L as the motive fluid T for the
jet pump 26—compared with the use exclusively of air L as the motive fluid T—theliquid ring pump 28 can be configured to be markedly smaller, since the steam D condenses in the liquid ring pump, and only the air proportion has to be compressed to atmospheric pressure. - b. The low-tension steam collecting in the sealing-
steam circuit 50 is preferably completely directed via thevacuum pumping configuration 14. In this case, it is not absolutely necessary for the entire quantity of the low-tension steam to be used as the motive fluid T for thejet pump 26. By the feeding of the low-tension steam to theliquid ring pump 28 having the associatedseparator 38, the low-tension steam is condensed, so that a separate condensing system is not required for the low-tension steam. - c. For all the plant components that have to be connected to a vacuum system, the
vacuum pumping configuration 14 is provided as a central vacuum system. This makes possible a simple and cost-effective installation. In particular, it is not necessary to install a plurality of decentral vacuum pumping systems. - d. Due to the connection of the
third deaerating line 24 to theadditional port 35, a suction capacity provided virtually “for nothing” by theliquid ring pump 28 is utilized without theliquid ring pump 28 having to be of larger dimensions due to the connection of thisthird deaerating line 24.
Claims (17)
1. A steam turbine plant, comprising:
a vacuum pumping configuration having a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after another;
a sealing steam circuit for a turbine seal; and
a steam line connected to said sealing-steam circuit and provided for feeding steam, collecting in the steam turbine plant, as a motive fluid for said jet pump, said steam line connected to said jet pump.
2. The plant according to claim 1 , further comprising a gas line connected to said steam line, said gas line admixing air to the steam resulting in a steam/air mixture as the motive fluid.
3. The plant according to claim 2 , wherein said liquid ring pump has a pressure side and said gas line is also connected on said pressure side to said liquid ring pump.
4. The plant according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a steam turbine;
a condenser disposed downstream of said steam turbine and condensing process steam discharging from said steam turbine; and
a dearating line connecting said condenser to said vacuum pumping configuration, said dearating line provided for deaerating said condenser.
5. The plant according to claim 4 , further comproising:
an auxiliary turbine;
a further condenser disposed downstream of said auxiliary turbine; and
a further dearating line connecting said further condenser to said vacuum pumping configuration.
6. The plant according to claim 4 , further comprising an additional dearating line, said condenser, for a cooling liquid, has a water chamber, which, in order to deaerate said water chamber, said water chamber is connected to said vacuum pumping configuration by said additional deaerating line.
7. The plant according to claim 6 , wherein said liquid ring pump has an additional port connected to said additional deaerating line.
8. The plant according to claim 7 , wherein said liquid ring pump has a housing with a suction connection and a pressure connection, said additional port is disposed between said suction connection and said pressure connection and is connected to a working space forming during operation.
9. The plant according to claim 3 , further comprising a separator connected between said pressure side of said liquid ring pump and said gas line.
10. The plant according to claim 4 , wherein said steam turbine has a low-pressure part and said condenser is provided for condensing the process steam discharging from said low-pressure part.
11. A method of operating a steam turbine plant, which comprises the steps of:
deaerating a plant component using a vacuum pumping configuration having a jet pump and a liquid ring pump disposed in series one after another;
feeding steam collecting in the steam turbine plant as sealing steam for a turbine seal as a motive fluid to the jet pump.
12. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises forming the motive fluid as a steam/air mixture.
13. The method according to claim 12 , which further comprises setting a ratio of steam and air in the steam/air mixture to be approximately equal.
14. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises condensing the sealing steam in the vacuum pumping configuration.
15. The method according to claim 11 , which further comprises deaerating a condenser of a steam turbine.
16. The method according to claim 15 , which further comprises deaerating a water chamber of the condenser.
17. The method according to claim 16 , which further comprises for deaerating the water chamber, drawing off saturated water-chamber air collecting in the water chamber through an additional port in the liquid ring pump.
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