Patent ID: 8776520

Claim:
A method for operation of a steam power station, comprising: providing a steam turbine and a process steam consumer; subdividing a steam mass flow into a first mass flow element and a second mass flow element; supplying the first mass flow element to the steam turbine in a first operating mode and in a second operating mode; supplying the second mass flow element to the process steam consumer in the first operating mode; and supplying a first portion of the second mass flow element to the steam turbine to a second turbine stage which follows after a first turbine stage in a second operating mode, wherein the first operating mode is defined by the process steam consumer in full operation, wherein the second operating mode is defined by the process steam consumer either shut down or operating on a partial load, and wherein a determination of a subdivision of the steam mass flow into the first mass flow element and the second mass flow element is regulated as a function of the operating mode.