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AssigneeMitsubishi Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKouichi Yoshida
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A nozzle for use in a geothermal steam turbine is adapted to prevent precipitation and adhesion of scale onto the surface of the nozzle. A coolant water passageway is provided in an initial stage nozzle of a geothermal steam turbine. An inlet side passageway of this coolant water passageway is communicated with coolant water inlet passageways provided in inner and outer turbine casings, respectively. Also, an outlet side passageway is communicated with coolant water outlet passageways. Due to this construction, coolant water is made to pass through the coolant water passageway within the nozzle from a coolant water feed source to lower the surface temperature of the nozzle, and thereby reevaporation and condensation of drain on the blade surface are prevented to prevent precipitation of scale.
A geothermal steam turbine, comprising:
A method of preventing the adhesion of scale on nozzles of a geothermal steam turbine, said geothermal steam turbine having a nozzle stage with said nozzles annularly arranged and a moving blade stage disposed downstream of said nozzle stage, said method comprising the steps of, while geothermal steam passes through said nozzles of said nozzle stage, passing coolant water through the inside of said nozzles and lowering the temperature of the surface of said nozzles below the temperature of the steam at the surface of said nozzles, wherein said coolant water is passed into an inlet and out of an outlet in each said nozzle, a closed loop coolant water passageway extending between said inlet and outlet.
A method of preventing the adhesion of scale on nozzles of a geothermal steam turbine, said geothermal steam turbine having a nozzle stage with said nozzles annularly disposed in an inner turbine casing, an outer turbine casing surrounding said inner turbine casing and a moving blade stage disposed downstream of said nozzle stage, said method comprising the steps of, while geothermal steam passes through said nozzles of said nozzle stage, passing coolant water through coolant water passageways in said nozzles, wherein said coolant water passageways are a closed loop in each said nozzle, with the exception of an inlet through which coolant water is received and an outlet through which coolant water is discharged at one end of said nozzle, said inlet being disposed upstream of said outlet relative to the direction of flow of geothermal steam through said nozzle stage, said coolant water passing to said inlet, and from said outlet, through additional coolant water passageways in said inner and outer turbine casings, and lowering the temperature of the surface of said nozzles below the temperature of the steam at the surface of said nozzles.
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