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US 12,560,106 B2Granted
Balanced grid valve for steam extraction
AssigneeNuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl
InventorVanessa Mariotti
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Abstract
A balanced grid valve for steam extraction from a multi-stage steam turbine comprising a first balancing chamber and a second balancing chamber which are configured to receive steam at high pressure through at least one duct. The balancing chambers are preferably in the form of annular grooves and are arranged at two different radial distances from the axis of the valve in order to reduce mechanical distortion of the valve.
Claims20
A balanced grid valve for steam extraction from a multi-stage steam turbine configured to process a steam flow, the balanced grid valve comprising:
- a multi-piece body comprising:
- a ring-shaped valve support having a first side and a second side;
- a ring-shaped valve body mechanically coupled to the ring-shaped valve support and rotatable relative to the ring-shaped valve support around an axis, the ring-shaped valve body having a first side and a second side, the second side of the ring-shaped valve body facing the second side of the ring-shaped valve support;
- annular grooves disposed in the second side of each of the ring-shaped valve support and the ring-shaped valve body, the annular grooves comprising a first groove and a second groove, each circumscribing the axis,
- openings in the ring-shaped valve support and the ring-shaped valve body radially spaced apart from the axis so as to reside between the annular grooves, the openings defining an adjustable flow passage through the multi-piece body that depends on a relative rotation angle between the ring-shaped valve body and the ring-shaped valve support;
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- a duct coupled to the first groove and the second groove,
- wherein the first groove is disposed a first radial distance from the axis, the second groove is disposed a second radial distance from the axis that is less than the first radial distance, and
- wherein the second groove is spaced apart from the peripheral edge of the ring-shaped valve support and the ring-shaped valve body,
- wherein the first groove and the second groove are configured to create respectively a first balancing chamber and a second balancing chamber between the valve support and the valve body.
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A balanced grid valve, comprising:
- a ring-shaped valve support having a first side and a second side,
- a ring-shaped valve body mechanically coupled to the ring-shaped valve support and rotatable relative to the ring-shaped valve support around an axis, the ring-shaped valve body having a first side and a second side, the second side of the ring-shaped valve body facing the second side of the ring-shaped valve support;
- an outer annular groove and an inner annular disposed in the ring-shaped valve support and the ring-shaped valve body, each of the first annular groove and the second annular groove circumscribing the axis;
- an adjustable flow passage through the ring-shaped valve support and the ring-shaped valve body;
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- a duct coupled to the first groove and the second groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.