Condenser integrated turbine support
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsOzcan Tuncel, Sammuel Mushnick
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Abstract
A support system for a marine turbine power plant may include an integral condenser. The support system comprised of plate girders and welded plate steel cover may envelop the condenser within the structure in order to save weight in the ship's payload. Certain modifications have to be made to adapt the support to include an integral condenser including the ability of the base to accommodate thermal expansion, noise isolation, structural centering of the condenser and steam flow through the turbine support members.
Claims8
A system for supporting a marine power plant in a ship's hull wherein the marine power plant includes at least one steam turbine, the support system comprising:
- a plurality of power plant support girders mounted starboard to port and spaced apart in the fore to aft direction;
- plate members attached to the girders to form an enclosure;
- an opening in the topside plate of the enclosure for admitting steam into the enclosure from the steam turbine;
- end caps attached at opposite ends to the enclosure;
- a water inlet and a water outlet attached to at least one of the end caps;
- and,
- a drain well attached to the underside of the enclosure in fluid communication with the topside opening whereby the enclosure functions both as a power plant support and a steam condenser.
A system for supporting a marine power plant in a ship's hull wherein the power plant includes a propulsion steam turbine drivingly connected to a gear and a ship's service steam turbine drivingly connected to an electrical generator, the support system comprising:
- a plurality of power plant support girders running starboard to port and spaced apart in the fore to aft direction;
- plate members attached to the girders to form an enclosure;
- openings in the topside of the enclosure for admitting steam into the enclosure from the steam turbines;
- a water inlet and a water outlet attached to the enclosure;
- and,
- a well attached to the underside of the enclosure in fluid communication with the topside openings, the propulsion steam turbine and the ship's service turbinegenerator set being supported on the topside plate and girders whereby the enclosure functions both as a support system and a steam condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.