Rotating machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10247025-B2
Application number	US-201414780111-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2014
Priority date	Apr 3, 2013
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A rotating machine includes a casing (10) having a cavity (12) that a tip of a rotor blade enters, a plurality of sealing fins (17) extending from an inner circumferential surface of the cavity (12) of the casing (10) toward the tip of the rotor blade (50) and configured to seal a space between the casing (10) and the rotor blade (50), and swirl breakers (2) disposed between the plurality of sealing fins, extending from the inner circumferential surface of the cavity (12) of the casing (10) inward in the radial direction, and having swirl flow collision surface (3) with which a swirl flow collides and swirl flow transmission parts (n) formed at at least parts of the swirl flow collision surfaces (3) and through which the swirl flow passes in a circumferential direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotating machine comprising:
a rotor having a rotor main body that rotates about an axis thereof, and a plurality of rotor blades disposed to extend from the rotor main body outward in a radial direction;
a casing disposed to surround the rotor from an outer circumferential side and having a cavity into which tips of the rotor blades are entered;
a plurality of sealing fins extending from an inner circumferential surface of the cavity of the casing toward the tips of the rotor blades and configured to seal a space between the casing and the rotor blades; and
swirl breakers disposed between the plurality of sealing fins, extending from the inner circumferential surface of the cavity of the casing inward in the radial direction, and having swirl flow collision surfaces with which a swirl flow collides and swirl flow transmission parts formed at at least parts of the swirl flow collision surfaces and through which the swirl flow passes in a circumferential direction,
wherein each of the swirl breakers is formed of a plate-shaped body and includes a proximal end section and a tip section connected with the proximal end section so as to be twisted with respect to the proximal end section, and
wherein the swirl flow collision surfaces are formed to have different angles with respect to the axial direction at a proximal end side and a tip side.

2. The rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the swirl flow transmission parts are gaps formed between the swirl flow collision surfaces and at least one of the sealing fins of one side in an axial direction and another of the sealing fins of the other side in the axial direction.

3. The rotating machine according claim 1 , wherein each of the swirl breakers is formed of a plate-shaped body having at least one hole as the swirl flow transmission part.

4. The rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of dimples are formed on at least one of the swirl flow collision surfaces of the swirl breakers and the surfaces of the sealing fins.

5. The rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the swirl breakers have a cross-sectional shape having a wave form.

6. The rotating machine according to claim 1 , wherein the swirl breakers are formed to have a width that reduces toward an inner circumferential side in the radial direction.

7. A rotating machine comprising:
a rotor having a rotor main body that rotates about an axis thereof, and a plurality of rotor blades disposed to extend from the rotor main body outward in a radial direction;
a casing disposed to surround the rotor from an outer circumferential side and having a cavity into which tips of the rotor blades are entered;
a plurality of sealing fins extending from an inner circumferential surface of the cavity of the casing toward the tip of the rotor blade and configured to seal a space between the casing and the rotor blade; and
swirl breakers disposed between the plurality of sealing fins, extending from the inner circumferential surface of the cavity of the casing inward in the radial direction, and having swirl flow collision surfaces with which a swirl flow collides and swirl flow transmission parts formed at at least parts of the swirl flow collision surfaces and through which the swirl flow passes in a circumferential direction,
wherein the swirl flow collision surfaces are formed to be inclined with respect to an axial direction of the rotor to be perpendicular to a flow direction of the swirl flow, and
wherein the swirl flow transmission parts are slits formed in the swirl breakers so as to extend in the radial direction of the axis of the rotor.

8. The rotating machine according to claim 7 , wherein the swirl breakers include plate-shaped first and second swirl breakers which are separated from each other and alternately disposed in the circumferential direction,
the swirl flow collision surfaces of the first and second swirl breakers are inclined with respect to the axial direction to be perpendicular to a flow direction of the swirl flow, and
an end portion of the first swirl breaker faces an end portion of the second swirl breaker with respect to the flow direction of the swirl flow.

9. The rotating machine according to claim 8 , wherein each of the first and second swirl breakers is formed of a plate-shaped body having at least one hole as the swirl flow transmission part.

10. The rotating machine according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of dimples are formed on at least one of the swirl flow collision surfaces of the swirl breakers and the surfaces of the sealing fins.

11. The rotating machine according to claim 8 , wherein the first and second swirl breakers have a cross-sectional shape having a wave form.

12. The rotating machine according to claim 8 , wherein the first and second swirl breakers are formed to have a width that reduces toward an inner circumferential side in the radial direction.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Matsumoto Kazuyuki
• Kaikogi Takaaki

Classifications

• F05D2260/60

  Fluid transfer · CPC title

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F05D2220/31

  in steam turbines · CPC title

• F05D2240/55

  Seals · CPC title

• F01D25/24

  Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) · CPC title