Test rig for a back-to-back test of a turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10378377-B2
Application number	US-201715629868-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2017
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Aug 13, 2019
Grant date	Aug 13, 2019

Abstract

Test rig for a back-to-back test of a turbine, including an axle supported in at least one bearing fixed to a carrier, a gear coupled to the axle and a motor coupled to the gear, whereby a gear bearing arrangement comprising two radially extending arms to be coupled to the gear and extending in opposite directions, which arms are pivotally connected to a pair of torque arms extending in a basically parallel direction, with the ends of the torque arms being pivotally coupled to a frame including lateral extensions extending in opposite directions with connection segments, to which segments respective second torque arms arranged in a basically vertical direction in respect to the pair of torque arms are pivotally connected, which second torque arms are pivotally connected to a respective connection element arranged at the carrier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A test rig for a back-to-back test of a turbine, comprising an axle supported in at least one bearing fixed to a carrier, a gear coupled to the axle and a motor coupled to the gear, characterized by a gear bearing arrangement comprising two radially extending arms to be coupled to the gear and extending in opposite directions, which arms are pivotally connected to a pair of torque arms extending in a basically parallel direction, with ends of the torque arms being pivotally coupled to a frame comprising lateral extensions extending in opposite directions with connection segments, to which segments respective second torque arms arranged in a basically vertical direction in respect to the pair of torque arms are pivotally connected, which second torque arms are pivotally connected to a respective connection element arranged at the carrier.

2. The test rig according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second torque arms are vertically to each other when the rig is in a non-working condition.

3. The test rig according to claim 1 , wherein the arms coupled to the gear are part of a ring-shaped flange-like gear mounting to be fixed to the gear.

4. The test rig according to claim 3 , wherein the gear mounting comprises two halves complementing the ring-shaped mounting, with each half comprising an arm.

5. The test rig according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is a flange-like frame comprising an opening through which the gear when mounted extends.

6. The test rig according to claim 5 , wherein the frame comprises at least two frame components complementing the frame.

7. The test rig according to claim 5 , wherein the lateral extensions with the connection segments are provided in an area of an upper end of the frame.

8. The test rig according to claim 5 , wherein the frame has a symmetrical make up with the lateral extensions extending along a horizontal center line of the frame.

9. The test rig according to claim 1 , wherein one or more sensors are provided in the gear bearing arrangement for measuring a force, a load or a moment given within the gear bearing arrangement.

Assignees

• Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy As

Inventors

• Christiansen Morten Grostoel Oernhoej
• Jensen Brian Gabe
• Malligsen Martin Bebe

Classifications

• G01M15/14

  Testing gas-turbine engines or jet-propulsion engines · CPC title

• F05D2260/83

  Testing, e.g. methods, components or tools therefor · CPC title

• F01D21/003 Primary

  Arrangements for testing or measuring (for measuring vibrations G01H) · CPC title

• F03D15/00

  Transmission of mechanical power · CPC title

• Y02E10/72

  Wind turbines with rotation axis in wind direction · CPC title