Patent ID: 8857455

Claim:
A method for regulating a valve, comprising: arranging the valve in a steam line of a bypass station wherein the steam line has a device for spraying water into the bypass station; determining an actual volume of water {dot over (m)} W,IST , a desired volume of water {dot over (m)} W,SOLL and a maximum water-volume deficiency FBmax; forming a quotient, t Rest,0 between the maximum water-volume deficiency FB max and the difference of the desired volume of water {dot over (m)} W,SOLL and the actual volume of water {dot over (m)} W,IST according to the equation; t Rest , 0 = FB max m . W , SOLL - m . W , IST and closing the valve when t Rest,0 is smaller than a value Δt wherein the maximum water-volume deficiency FB max is formed from a multiplication between a maximum volume of spray water {dot over (m)} W,max and a maximum time without water spraying t max,0 according to the equation FB max ={dot over (m)} W,max ×t max,0 .