Patent ID: 8621866

Claim:
A steam power plant, comprising an intermediate-pressure turbine section with a first flow, including a first plurality of stages, and a second flow including a second plurality of stages; a steam-extraction line in the second flow for extracting steam for an external steam consumer; a crossover line; a throttle valve; and a low-pressure turbine section, wherein the first flow includes a first turbine discharge line and the second flow includes a second turbine discharge line, wherein the crossover line is fluidically connected to the first turbine discharge line, to the second turbine discharge line, and to the low-pressure turbine section, and wherein the throttle valve is arranged in the second turbine discharge line to throttle a steam supply to the external steam consumer and wherein steam supplied to the low-pressure turbine section is substantially provided by the first flow and is not throttled thereby reducing power output loss.