US 12,188,378 B2
Gland condenser skid systems by direct contact heat exchanger technology
Andrea Ronchieri, Massa-Carrara (IT); and Alessandro Szorenyi, Massa-Carrara (IT)
Assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie—SRL, Florence (IT)
Appl. No. 18/263,469
Filed by NUOVO PIGNONE TECNOLOGIE—SRL, Florence (IT)
PCT Filed Jan. 28, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/025028
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 28, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/167148, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000002366 (IT), filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084720 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F01K 11/02 (2006.01); F01D 25/32 (2006.01); F01K 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC F01K 11/02 (2013.01) [F01D 25/32 (2013.01); F01K 9/003 (2013.01); F05D 2220/31 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gland condenser system comprising a direct contact heat exchanger, configured to collect and condensate steam coming from a steam turbine sealing system, wherein the direct contact heat exchanger is a cylindrical column with a vertical axis, comprising an inlet for an air and steam mix flow from the steam turbine sealing system, in the lower part of the column and an inlet for cooling water at the top of the column, a condensate outlet at the bottom of the column and a residual steam and air outlet in the upper part of the column.