Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steam power plant with a ground heat exchanger
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Application No.: US13877169Application Date: 2011-09-30
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Publication No.: US09771926B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Volker Schüle , Silvia Velm
- Applicant: Volker Schüle , Silvia Velm
- Applicant Address: CH Baden
- Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
- Current Assignee Address: CH Baden
- Agency: GE Global Patents Operation
- Agent Marc A. Vivenzio
- Priority: EP10012540 20100930
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/067178 WO 20110930
- International Announcement: WO2012/042039 WO 20120405
- Main IPC: F01K9/00
- IPC: F01K9/00 ; F03G6/06 ; F01K7/38 ; F01K7/40

Abstract:
A Steam power plant comprising a steam turbine (3) and a condenser (5), wherein the condenser (5) is disclosed, comprising a first heat sink being a ground heat exchanger (29) is connected to the condenser during times when ground temperature is lower than air temperature; and a second heat sink being an above-ground heat exchanger is connected to the condenser during times when ground temperature is not lower than air temperature.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130219891A1 STEAM POWER PLANT WITH A GROUND HEAT EXCHANGER Public/Granted day:2013-08-29
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