Method of increasing the safety of a power plant, and a power plant suitable for implementing the method

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of increasing the safety of a power plant (10) provided with at least one heat engine (1, 2) and a gearbox (BTP), said engine (1, 2) driving said gearbox (BTP), said gearbox (BTP) having a lubrication system implemented using an aqueous medium stored in a reserve (30), in which method a fluid comprising water is injected into said heat engine (1, 2) to increase the power developed by the heat engine (1, 2) without increasing the temperature of a member of the heat engine (1, 2), or to decrease said temperature without modifying the power developed by the engine (1, 2), said fluid being taken from said reserve (30).

主权项

1. A method of increasing the safety of a power plant provided with at least one heat engine driving a gearbox (BTP), the gearbox (BTP) having a lubrication system, the lubrication system including fluid stored in a reserve, the reserve having a first bottle containing water and a second bottle containing an intermediate solution comprising one of (i) an antifreeze and (ii) at least an antifreeze and a lubricant, the method comprising:
solely injecting water from the first bottle of the reserve into the heat engine to increase a power developed by the heat engine without increasing a temperature of a member of the heat engine; solely injecting water from the first bottle of the reserve into the heat engine to decrease the temperature without modifying the power developed by the heat engine; and injecting water from the first bottle and the intermediate solution from the second bottle to the gearbox (BTP).