发明名称 Pressure regulation circuit for turbine generators
摘要 A pressure regulation circuit delivers pressurized fluid into a generator. The circuit includes pressure regulator structure and a primary valve. The pressure regulator structure outputs pressurized fluid at a predetermined output pressure that is greater than a desired operating pressure of the generator and less than a predetermined upper alarm pressure. The primary valve is downstream from the pressure regulator structure and is selectively opened and closed by a controller based on the pressure within the generator. The controller opens the primary valve to allow the pressurized fluid outputted from the pressure regulator structure to flow into the generator upon the pressure within the generator being at or below a predetermined lower limit. The controller closes the primary valve to prevent the pressurized fluid outputted from the pressure regulator structure from flowing into the generator upon the pressure within the generator being at or above a predetermined upper limit.
申请公布号 US8783027(B2) 申请公布日期 2014.07.22
申请号 US200912562211 申请日期 2009.09.18
申请人 Siemens Energy, Inc. 发明人 Snuttjer Owen R.
分类号 G05D16/20 主分类号 G05D16/20
代理机构 代理人
主权项 1. A turbine generator including a pressure regulation circuit comprising: the turbine generator comprising a generator frame defining an internal chamber of the turbine generator and housing a portion of a turbine rotor; a controller that determines a pressure within the generator frame; the pressure regulation circuit including a main circuit comprising: pressure regulator structure that receives fluid, regulates the pressure of the fluid to a predetermined output pressure, and outputs the fluid at said predetermined output pressure, said predetermined output pressure being greater than a desired operating pressure of said generator frame and being less than a predetermined upper alarm pressure; anda primary valve downstream from said pressure regulator structure that is selectively opened and closed by said controller based on the pressure within said generator frame determined by said controller, wherein said controller: if said primary valve is closed, opens said primary valve to allow said pressurized fluid outputted from said pressure regulator structure to flow into said generator frame upon the pressure within the generator frame being at or below a predetermined lower limit, said predetermined lower limit being no greater than the desired operating pressure of the generator; andif said primary valve is open, closes said primary valve to prevent said pressurized fluid outputted from said pressure regulator structure from flowing into said generator frame upon the pressure within said generator frame being at or above a predetermined upper limit, said predetermined upper limit being no greater than said predetermined output pressure and being greater than said predetermined lower limit.
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