Patent ID: 8142146

Claim:
A steam turbine comprising: a stationary section that includes a casing; a turbine rotor that includes a plurality of moving blade stages arranged in an axial direction, each of the moving blade stages being provided with a plurality of moving blades arranged in a circumferential direction, and rotatably provided in the casing; a plurality of nozzle diaphragms, wherein each of the nozzle diaphragms having a plurality of turbine nozzles arranged in the circumferential direction, provided substantially coaxially with the turbine rotor by being secured to the stationary section; a steam passage, wherein a portion of the moving blades of the moving blade stages and a portion of the turbine nozzles of the nozzle diaphragms constitute the steam passage; a nozzle box supported on the stationary section, wherein the nozzle box is arranged at an upstream side of the moving blade stages substantially coaxially with the turbine rotor so as to lead steam flowing toward the moving blades, wherein the nozzle box holds at least two stages of the nozzle diaphragms; and a sealing that divides a space between the turbine rotor and the casing into a first space provided at an inner side of the nozzle box and a second space provided at an outer side of the nozzle box.