Patent Publication Number: US-10787934-B2

Title: Steam turbine plant

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a steam turbine plant which is used in a nuclear power generation plant, a thermal power generation plant, or the like. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     For example, a nuclear power generation plant performs power generation by sending steam generated in a steam generator to a steam turbine and driving a power generator connected thereto. In general, the steam turbine is composed of a high-pressure turbine, a medium-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine, and the steam used in the high-pressure turbine is heated after moisture is removed by a high-pressure moisture separating and heating device, and then sent to the medium-pressure turbine, and the steam used in the medium-pressure turbine is heated after moisture is removed by a low-pressure moisture separating and heating device, and then sent to the low-pressure turbine. Then, the steam used in the steam turbine is cooled in a condenser to become condensate, and the condensate is heated in a low-pressure feed-water heater, a high-pressure feed-water heater, or the like, and then returned to the steam generator. 
     As such a nuclear power generation plant, for example, there is a nuclear power generation plant described in Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 62-218606. 
     CITATION LIST 
     In the nuclear power generation plant of the related art, the high-pressure feed-water heater heats the condensate discharged from the condenser by steam heated after moisture is removed by the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device, or steam extracted from the medium-pressure turbine. For this reason, in a case where the steam from the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device is used, a pressure loss in the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device increases, and as a result, effective utilization of steam for heating the condensate is not made. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem and has an object to provide a steam turbine plant in which a heat loss is reduced, so that improvement in performance is attained. 
     Solution to Problem 
     In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a steam turbine plant including: a high-medium pressure turbine having a high-pressure turbine section provided at one end portion in an axial direction and a medium-pressure turbine section provided at the other end portion; a low-pressure turbine that is disposed coaxially with the high-medium pressure turbine; a condenser that cools steam used in the low-pressure turbine to condense the steam into condensate; and a feed-water heater that heats the condensate with steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section. 
     Therefore, steam is supplied in the order of the high-pressure turbine section, the medium-pressure turbine section, and the low-pressure turbine to drive each turbine, the steam used in the low-pressure turbine is cooled and condensed in the condenser to become condensate, and the condensate is heated in the feed-water heater to become steam. At this time, the feed-water heater heats the condensate with the steam which is directly supplied thereto by being discharged from the high-pressure turbine section, and therefore, effective utilization of steam can be attained, and a heat loss is reduced, so that improvement in performance can be attained. 
     In the steam turbine plant according to the aspect of the present invention, a plurality of the feed-water heaters are disposed in series along a flow direction of the condensate, and the feed-water heater that is disposed on the most downstream side in the flow direction of the condensate heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section. 
     Therefore, since the steam from the high-pressure turbine section is sent to the feed-water heater on the most downstream side and the feed-water heater heats the condensate with the steam from the high-pressure turbine section, the condensate which is heated with steam in the feed-water heater can be effectively heated to a desired temperature. 
     In the steam turbine plant according to the aspect of the present invention, the feed-water heater includes a low-pressure feed-water heater and a high-pressure feed-water heater that are disposed in series along the flow direction of the condensate, and the high-pressure feed-water heater heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section. 
     Therefore, since the steam from the high-pressure turbine section is sent to the high-pressure feed-water heater on the downstream side and the high-pressure feed-water heater heats the condensate with the steam from the high-pressure turbine section, the condensate which is heated with steam in the high-pressure feed-water heater can be effectively heated to a desired temperature. 
     In the steam turbine plant according to the aspect of the present invention, a low-pressure moisture separating and heating device that removes moisture of steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section and performs heating with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section is provided. 
     Therefore, the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device removes moisture of the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section and performs heating with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section, and therefore, more effective utilization of steam can be attained, and thus a heat loss can be reduced. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the steam turbine plant of the present invention, the feed-water heater that heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section is provided, and therefore, effective utilization of steam can be attained, and a heat loss is reduced, so that improvement in performance can be attained. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration diagram showing a nuclear power generation plant of a first embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram showing flows of condensate and steam in a steam turbine plant of the first embodiment. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing flows of condensate and steam in a steam turbine plant of a second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a steam turbine plant according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The present invention is not limited by the embodiments, and in a case where there are a plurality of embodiments, the present invention also includes a configuration made by combining the respective embodiments. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration diagram showing a nuclear power generation plant of a first embodiment. 
     A nuclear reactor of the first embodiment is a pressurized water reactor (PWR) which uses light water as a nuclear reactor coolant and a neutron moderator to generate high-temperature and high-pressure water which does not boil over the entire core, generates steam by heat exchange by sending the high-temperature and high-pressure water to a steam generator, and sends the steam to a turbine generator to generate electric power. 
     In the nuclear power generation plant having the pressurized water reactor of the first embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 1 , a pressurized water reactor  12  and a steam generator  13  are housed in a reactor containment vessel  11 , the pressurized water reactor  12  and the steam generator  13  are connected to each other through pipes  14  and  15 , a pressurizer  16  is provided in the pipe  14 , and a primary cooling water pump  17  is provided in the pipe  15 . In this case, light water is used as a moderator and a primary cooling water (coolant), and in order to suppress boiling of the primary cooling water in a core part, a primary cooling system is controlled by the pressurizer  16  so as to maintain a high-pressure state in a range of about 150 to 160 atmospheres. Therefore, in the pressurized water reactor  12 , the light water as the primary cooling water is heated by low-enriched uranium or MOX as fuel (nuclear fuel), and high-temperature primary cooling water is sent to the steam generator  13  through the pipe  14  in a state of being maintained at a predetermined high-pressure by the pressurizer  16 . In the steam generator  13 , heat exchange is performed between the high-temperature and high-pressure primary cooling water and secondary cooling water, and the cooled primary cooling water is returned to the pressurized water reactor  12  through the pipe  15 . 
     The steam generator  13  is connected to a steam turbine  19  through a steam pipe  18 , and a main steam isolation valve  20  is provided in the steam pipe  18 . The steam turbine  19  includes a high-medium pressure turbine  21  and two low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 , and a power generator  24  is coaxially connected thereto. The high-medium pressure turbine  21  includes a high-pressure turbine section  25  and a medium-pressure turbine section  26 , and a high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  is provided between the high-pressure turbine section  25  and the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . Further, a low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  is provided between the high-medium pressure turbine  21  (the medium-pressure turbine section  26 ) and the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . That is, the steam pipe  18  from the steam generator  13  is connected to an inlet portion of the high-pressure turbine section  25 , a steam pipe  29  is connected from an outlet portion of the high-pressure turbine section  25  to an inlet portion of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and a steam pipe  30  is connected from an outlet portion of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  to an inlet portion of the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . Further, a steam pipe  31  is connected from an outlet portion of the medium-pressure turbine section  26  to an inlet portion of the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 , and a steam pipe  32  is connected from an outlet portion of the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  to an inlet portion of each of the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . 
     In the steam turbine  19 , condensers  33  and  34  are provided below the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . The condensers  33  and  34  cool the steam used in the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  with cooling water to condense the steam into condensate. As this cooling water, seawater is used, and a water intake pipe  35  and a water discharge pipe  36  for supplying and discharging the cooling water are connected to the condensers  33  and  34 . The water intake pipe  35  has a circulating water pump  37 , and the other end portion thereof is disposed in the sea together with the water discharge pipe  36 . 
     A feed-water pipe  38  is connected to the condensers  33  and  34 , and in the feed-water pipe  38 , a condensate pump  39 , a grand condenser  40 , a condensate demineralizer  41 , a condensate booster pump  42 , low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46  are provided in order along a flow direction of the condensate. Here, the first low-pressure feed-water heater  43  and the second low-pressure feed-water heater  44  are provided in the condensers  33  and  34 , and the condensate is heated with the steam used in the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . Further, the third low-pressure feed-water heater  45  and the fourth low-pressure feed-water heater  46  are provided outside the condensers  33  and  34 , and in the third low-pressure feed-water heater  45  and the fourth low-pressure feed-water heater  46 , the condensate is heated with the steam extracted from the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . 
     Further, in the feed-water pipe  38 , a deaerator  47 , a main feed-water pump  48 , high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50 , and a main feed-water control valve  51  are provided in order along the flow direction of the condensate on further the downstream side with respect to the fourth low-pressure feed-water heater  46 . 
     For this reason, the steam generated by performing heat exchange with the high-temperature and high-pressure primary cooling water by the steam generator  13  is sent to the steam turbine  19  through the steam pipe  18 , so that the high-medium pressure turbine  21  and the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  are operated, thereby obtaining a rotational force, and the power generator  24  is driven with the rotational force to perform power generation. At this time, the steam from the steam generator  13  drives the high-pressure turbine section  25 . Thereafter, moisture contained in the steam is removed and the steam is heated by the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and then the steam drives the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . Further, the steam which has driven the medium-pressure turbine section  26  drives the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  after moisture contained in the steam is removed and also the steam is heated by the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . Then, the steam which has driven the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  is cooled by using seawater in the condensers  33  and  34  to become condensate, and the condensate is made to flow through the feed-water pipe  38  by the condensate pump  39 , and returned to the steam generator  13  through the grand condenser  40 , the condensate demineralizer  41 , the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46 , the deaerator  47 , the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50 , and the like. 
     Here, the flows of the condensate and the steam in the high-medium pressure turbine  21 , the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 , the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 , the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50 , and the like will be described.  FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram showing the flows of the condensate and the steam in the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , a base end portion of the steam pipe  18  is connected to the steam generator  13 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to an inlet portion of the high-pressure turbine section  25  in the high-medium pressure turbine  21 . A base end portion of the steam pipe (a first steam line)  29  is connected to an outlet portion of the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to an inlet portion of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 . A base end portion of the steam pipe  30  is connected to an outlet portion of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to an inlet portion of the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . A base end portion of the steam pipe  31  is connected to an outlet portion of the medium-pressure turbine section  26 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to an inlet portion of the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . A base end portion of the steam pipe  32  is connected to an outlet portion of the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to an inlet portion of each of the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . 
     Further, a base end portion of the feed-water pipe  38  is connected to outlet portions of the condensers  33  and  34 , and a tip portion thereof is connected to the steam generator  13 . In the feed-water pipe  38 , the condensate pump  39 , the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46 , the deaerator  47 , the main feed-water pump  48 , and the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50  are disposed along the flow direction of feed-water (condensate). 
     Steam pipes  61  and  62  branch off from the steam pipe  18 , the steam pipe  61  is connected to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and the steam pipe  62  is connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . The high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  heats the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  29  by using the steam sent from the steam generator  13  through the steam pipe  61  as a heating source. Further, the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  heats the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  31  by using the steam sent from the steam generator  13  through the steam pipe  62  as a heating source. 
     Two steam pipes (a second steam line and a third steam line)  63  and  64  branch off from the  29 . The steam pipe  63  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 , and the steam pipe  64  is connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . The second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  heats the feed-water that is sent to the steam generator  13  through the feed-water pipe  38  by using the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  63  as a heating source. Further, the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  heats the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  31  by using the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  64  as a heating source. 
     A base end portion of a steam pipe  65  is connected to the medium-pressure turbine section  26 , and a tip portion of the steam pipe  65  is connected to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 . The first high-pressure feed-water heater  49  heats the feed-water that is sent to the steam generator  13  through the feed-water pipe  38  by using the steam extracted from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  65  as a heating source. A Steam pipe  66  branches off from the steam pipe  31 , and the steam pipe  66  is connected to the deaerator  47 . The deaerator  47  heats the feed-water flowing through the feed-water pipe  38  by using the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  and sent thereto by the steam pipe  66  as a heating source. That is, the deaerator  47  removes impurities such as dissolved oxygen or uncondensed gas (ammonia gas) from the condensate while heating the condensate with the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . 
     Further, in each of the moisture separating and heating devices  27  and  28 , drainage (water) is generated because the steam is cooled and condensed. For this reason, drain pipes  71  and  72  are connected to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and each of the drain pipes  71  and  72  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 . Drain pipes  73 ,  74 , and  75  are connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . Further, the drain pipe  73  is connected to the deaerator  47 , the drain pipe  74  is connected to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 , and the drain pipe  75  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 . 
     Further, in each of the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50 , drainage (water) is generated because the steam heats the condensate and is condensed. For this reason, a drain pipe  76  is connected from the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 , and a drain pipe  77  is connected from the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49  to the deaerator  47 . 
     Although not shown in the drawings, each of the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46  heats the feed-water flowing through the feed-water pipe  38  by using the steam extracted from the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  as a heating source. Further, in each of the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46 , drainage (water) is generated because the steam heats the condensate and is condensed. Therefore, a drain pipe (not shown) is provided, and the recovered drainage is sent to the feed-water pipe  38  by a drain pump. 
     For this reason, the steam which is sent from the steam generator  13  through the steam pipe  18  is sent to the high-medium pressure turbine  21 , thereby driving the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and then sent to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  by the steam pipe  29 . The high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  removes moisture from the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  and then performs heating with the steam sent from the steam pipe  61 . The steam treated in the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  is sent to the medium-pressure turbine section  26  by the steam pipe  30  to drive the medium-pressure turbine section  26 , and then sent to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  by the steam pipe  31 . The low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  removes moisture from the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  and then performs heating with the steam sent from the steam pipe  62  and  64 . The steam treated in the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  is sent to the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  by the steam pipe  32  to drive the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 . 
     At this time, the steam extracted from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  is sent to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49  by the steam pipe  65  to heat the feed-water flowing through the feed-water pipe  38 . Further, the steam exhausted from the high-pressure turbine section  25  is sent to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  by the steam pipe  63  to heat the feed-water flowing through the feed-water pipe  38 . That is, most (about 90%) of the steam exhausted from the high-pressure turbine section  25  is sent to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  by the steam pipe  29 , a part (about 5%) of the steam is sent to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  by the steam pipe  64 , and a part (about 5%) of the steam is sent to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  by the steam pipe  63 . For this reason, the amount of steam which is sent to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  decreases, a pressure loss in the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  is reduced, and downsizing of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  becomes possible. Further, it is not necessary to secure a structure for extracting steam into the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and thus it is possible to prevent complication of the configuration. 
     In this manner, in the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the high-medium pressure turbine  21  having the high-pressure turbine section  25  provided at one end portion in an axial direction and the medium-pressure turbine section  26  provided at the other end portion, the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  which are disposed coaxially with the high-medium pressure turbine  21 , the condensers  33  and  34  which cool the steam used in the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  to condense the steam into condensate, and the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  which heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  are provided. 
     Therefore, the steam from the steam generator  13  is sent from the high-pressure turbine section  25  and the medium-pressure turbine section  26  of the high-medium pressure turbine  21  to the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  to drive the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23 , the steam used in the low-pressure turbines  22  and  23  is cooled and condensed in the condensers  33  and  34  to become condensate, the condensate is heated in the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46  and the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50  to become steam, and the steam is returned to the steam generator  13 . At this time, the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  heats the condensate with the high-temperature and high-pressure steam which is directly supplied thereto by being discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and therefore, the steam which is returned to the steam generator  13  can be heated to a desired temperature, effective utilization of steam can be attained, and a heat loss is reduced, so that improvement in performance can be attained. 
     In the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the condensate is heated with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  in the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  disposed on the most downstream side in the flow direction of the condensate. Therefore, the feed-water (the condensate) which is heated with steam in the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  can be efficiently heated to a desired temperature. 
     In the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  which is disposed on the most downstream side in the flow direction of the condensate heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49  which is disposed on the front side of the most downstream portion in the flow direction of the condensate heats the condensate with the steam extracted from the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . Therefore, the condensate which is heated with steam in each of the high-pressure feed-water heaters  49  and  50  can be efficiently heated to a desired temperature. 
     In the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the deaerator  47  which removes impurities from the condensate is disposed between the fourth low-pressure feed-water heater  46  and the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 , and the deaerator  47  heats the condensate with the steam discharged from the medium-pressure turbine section  26 . Therefore, the condensate which is heated with the steam in the deaerator  47  can be efficiently heated to a desired temperature. 
     In the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  which removes moisture of the steam from the high-pressure turbine section  25 , the steam pipe (the first steam line)  29  which sends the steam from the high-pressure turbine section  25  to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and the steam pipe (the second steam line)  63  branching off from the steam pipe  29  and sending the steam to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  as a heating source are provided. Therefore, the steam pipe  63  branching off from the steam pipe  29  which sends the steam from the high-pressure turbine section  25  to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  and sends the steam to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  is provided. Therefore, the amount of steam which is sent to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  decreases, a pressure loss in the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  is reduced, improvement in the performance of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  can be attained, and downsizing of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  can be attained. 
     In the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment, the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  which removes moisture of the steam from the medium-pressure turbine section  26 , and the steam pipe (the third steam line)  64  branching off from the steam pipe  29  and sending the steam to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28  as a heating source are provided. 
     Therefore, due to the steam pipe  64  provided to branch off from the steam pipe  29 , the amount of steam which is sent to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  further decreases, a pressure loss in the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  is reduced, improvement in the performance of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  can be attained, and further downsizing of the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27  can be attained. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIG. 3  is a schematic diagram showing the flows of condensate and steam in a steam turbine plant of a second embodiment. 
     In the second embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 3 , the base end portion of the feed-water pipe  38  is connected to the outlet portions of the condensers  33  and  34 , and the tip portion thereof is connected to the steam generator  13 . In the feed-water pipe  38 , the condensate pump  39 , the low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46 , the deaerator  47 , the main feed-water pump  48 , and the high-pressure feed-water heaters  52 ,  49 , and  50  are disposed along the flow direction of the feed-water (the condensate). 
     The steam pipe  61  branching off from the steam pipe  18  is connected to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and the steam pipe  62  is connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . The steam pipe  63  branching off from the steam pipe  29  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 , and the steam pipe  64  is connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . The steam pipe  65  for extracting steam from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  is connected to the third high-pressure feed-water heater  52 . The steam pipe  66  branching off from the steam pipe  31  is connected to the deaerator  47 . Further, a steam pipe  67  for extracting steam from the medium-pressure turbine section  26  is connected to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 . In this case, the steam pipe  67  extracts steam having higher pressure and higher temperature than that in the steam pipe  65 . 
     The drain pipes  71  and  72  are connected to the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 , and each of the drain pipes  71  and  72  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 . The drain pipes  73 ,  74 , and  75  are connected to the low-pressure moisture separating and heating device  28 . Further, the drain pipe  73  is connected to the deaerator  47 , the drain pipe  74  is connected to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 , and the drain pipe  75  is connected to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50 . Further, the drain pipe  76  is connected from the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  to the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49 , the drain pipe  77  is connected from the first high-pressure feed-water heater  49  to the third high-pressure feed-water heater  52 , and a drain pipe  78  is connected from the third high-pressure feed-water heater  52 , to the deaerator  47 . 
     The operation of the steam turbine plant of this embodiment is substantially the same as that of the steam turbine plant of the first embodiment described above, and therefore, the description thereof is omitted. 
     In this manner, in the steam turbine plant of the second embodiment, a plurality of high-pressure feed-water heaters  49 ,  50 , and  52  which heat the feed-water (the condensate) with steam are provided, and the steam discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25  is supplied to the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  on the most downstream side. 
     Therefore, the second high-pressure feed-water heater  50  heats the condensate with the high-temperature and high-pressure steam which is directly supplied thereto by being discharged from the high-pressure turbine section  25 , and therefore, the steam which is returned to the steam generator  13  can be heated to a desired temperature, effective utilization of steam can be attained, and a heat loss is reduced, so that improvement in performance can be attained. 
     In the embodiments described above, two or three high-pressure feed-water heaters  49 ,  50 , and  52  are provided. However, the disposition or the number thereof is not limited to that in each embodiment and may be appropriately set according to the scale or the like of the steam turbine plant. 
     Further, in the embodiments described above, four low-pressure feed-water heaters  43 ,  44 ,  45 , and  46  are provided, the two low-pressure feed-water heaters  43  and  44  are disposed in the condensers  33  and  34 , and the two low-pressure feed-water heaters  45  and  46  are disposed outside the condensers  33  and  34 . However, the disposition or the number thereof is not limited to that in the embodiments and may be appropriately set according to the scale or the like of the steam turbine plant. 
     Further, in the embodiments described above, the moisture of the discharged steam from the high-pressure turbine section is removed by using the high-pressure moisture separating and heating device  27 . However, a moisture separator having no heating function may also be adopted. 
     Further, in the embodiments described above, the steam turbine plant according to the present invention has been described as applied to a nuclear power generation plant. However, there is no limitation thereto, and it can also be applied to, for example, a thermal power generation plant or the like. 
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               12 : pressurized water reactor 
               13 : steam generator 
               18 ,  61 ,  62 ,  63 ,  64 ,  65 ,  66 : steam pipe 
               19 : steam turbine 
               21 : high-medium pressure turbine 
               22 ,  23 : low-pressure turbine 
               24 : power generator 
               25 : high-pressure turbine section 
               26 : medium-pressure turbine section 
               27 : high-pressure moisture separating and heating device 
               28 : low-pressure moisture separating and heating device 
               29 ,  30 ,  31 ,  32 : steam pipe 
               33 ,  34 : condenser 
               38 : feed-water pipe 
               43 : first low-pressure feed-water heater 
               44 : second low-pressure feed-water heater 
               45 : third low-pressure feed-water heater 
               46 : fourth low-pressure feed-water heater 
               47 : deaerator 
               49 : first high-pressure feed-water heater 
               50 : second high-pressure feed-water heater 
               52 : third high-pressure feed-water heater 
               71 ,  72 ,  73 ,  74 ,  75 ,  76 ,  77 : drain pipe