Combustor and gas turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10816198-B2
Application number	US-201715468718-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2017
Priority date	Mar 31, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

The present invention is a combustor provided with a combustor transition pipe connected to a turbine while interposing a transition pipe seal in between, including a flange portion provided at an end portion on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction of the combustor transition pipe, the flange portion projecting to radially inside and extending in a circumferential direction. The flange portion includes a pin hole into which a pin to position the transition pipe seal is inserted, a circumferential slit portion either extending within a range in a radial direction where the pin hole is formed or being located on radially outside of the pin hole and extending in the circumferential direction, and a hole portion on which part of the circumferential slit portion abuts.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A combustor comprising:
a combustor transition pipe connected to a turbine while interposing a transition pipe seal in between, wherein the combustor transition pipe comprises a flange portion provided at an end portion on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction of the combustor transition pipe, the flange portion projecting from an outer surface of the combustor transition pipe toward an inner side in a radial direction of a shaft of the combustor and the turbine and extending in a circumferential direction, wherein
the flange portion includes
a pin hole into which a pin to position the transition pipe seal is inserted,
a circumferential slit portion extending in the circumferential direction, the circumferential slit portion being located within a range in a radial direction where the pin hole is formed,
a radial slit portion abutting on a rim on a radially inner side of the flange portion and extending in the radial direction, and
a hole portion on which a first end portion of the circumferential slit portion abuts,
wherein a second end portion of the circumferential slit portion that is situated opposite to the first end portion is connected to the pin hole, and a first end portion of the radial slit portion is connected to a pin hole rim on a radially inner side of the pin hole, the first end portion of the radial slit portion being opposite to a second end portion of the radial slit portion abutting on the rim on the radially inner side of the flange portion,
wherein the flange portion of the combustor transition pipe is disposed so as to be opposed to a shroud of a stator vane of the turbine located on a further downstream side in the fluid flow direction of the combustor transition pipe,
wherein the transition pipe seal is provided at a junction between the flange portion and the shroud,
wherein the transition pipe seal is brought into connection to the flange portion by inserting the pin into a hole provided on the transition pipe seal and the pin hole provided on the flange portion,
wherein the transition pipe seal extends in a circumferential direction along the flange portion, and
wherein the transition pipe seal sandwiches the flange portion so as to cover an entire length of the pin hole.

2. The combustor according to claim 1 , wherein
the radial slit portion is formed at the same position in the circumferential direction as the pin hole.

3. The combustor according to claim 2 , wherein
the hole portion is one of a plurality of hole portions that are formed symmetrically in the circumferential direction with respect to the pin hole.

4. A gas turbine comprising the combustor according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys

Inventors

• Fujisawa Ryutaro
• Kurosaki Hikaru
• Okada Noriyuki
• Kinoshita Taiki
• Shibata Hiroki

Classifications

• F23R3/46 Primary

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• F05D2240/57

  Leaf seals · CPC title

• F01D9/023

  Transition ducts between combustor cans and first stage of the turbine in gas-turbine engines; their cooling or sealings · CPC title

• F01D11/005

  Sealing means between non relatively rotating elements · CPC title

• F23R3/60

  Support structures; Attaching or mounting means · CPC title