Patent ID: 9745964
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: F01K,F03G,F22B,F24S,Y02E

Claim:
1. A steam power plant comprising: a steam generator; a turbine communicating with said steam generator; a condenser communicating with said turbine; a condensate line communicating with said condenser, said condensate line having a first partial condensate flow; a first plurality of preheaters communicating in series with said condensate line; solar collectors; and a heat exchanger communicating with said solar collectors and said first partial condensate flow, said heat exchanger being connected in parallel with a second plurality of preheaters, the condensate line connected at the outputs of at least two of the first plurality of preheaters, wherein heat is transferred selectively from said solar collectors in said heat exchanger to said first partial condensate flow as said first partial condensate flow flows through said heat exchanger.