Method and system for measuring turbine shape

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11215437-B2
Application number	US-202016833140-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 27, 2020
Priority date	Apr 12, 2019
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

A method and system for measuring a turbine shape is provided in which an appropriate measurement accuracy can be achieved that is sufficient to prevent a failure to recognize features of shape of a measurement object, with extension of a measurement time suppressed. In a turbine including casings, recesses and protrusions on flange surfaces of the casings are measured at measurement intervals M set on the basis of the entire length L of flange portions in an axial direction, the number of bolts N joining the flange portions, and intervals between the bolts in the axial direction of the flange portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for measuring a turbine shape of a turbine including a casing having an upper half casing and a lower half casing with respective flange portions joined by bolts, a stationary body housed inside the casing, and a rotating body housed inside the casing and rotating with respect to the stationary body, the method comprising:
measuring, along an axial direction, recesses and protrusions on respective contact surfaces of the flange portions of the casing disassembled into the upper half casing and the lower half casing at a measurement interval predetermined on a basis of an entire length of the flange portions in the axial direction, the number of bolts joining the flange portions, and an interval between the bolts in the axial direction of the flange portions.

2. The method for measuring a turbine shape according to claim 1 , wherein
assuming that M denotes the measurement interval, L denotes the entire length of the flange portions in the axial direction, N denotes the number of the bolts, and Pmi and Pma denote a minimum value and a maximum value for the interval between the bolts in the axial direction of the flange portion, the measurement interval M are represented by:
M=L/N ×( Pmi/Pma ).

3. The method for measuring a turbine shape according to claim 1 , wherein
the recesses and protrusions on the contact surfaces are measured using a point probe including a probe main body and a rod-shaped probe member having a base end fixed to the probe main body and a tip in contact with a measurement object, the point probe being configured to measure a position of the tip of the probe member in a predetermined coordinate system including the casing.

4. The method for measuring a turbine shape according to claim 1 , wherein
the measurement interval is further set on a basis of a temperature distribution in the casing during operation of the turbine.

5. A measurement system for a turbine including a casing having an upper half casing and a lower half casing with respective flange portions joined by bolts, a stationary body housed inside the casing, and a rotating body housed inside the casing and rotating with respect to the stationary body, the measurement system measuring recesses and protrusions on respective contact surfaces of the flange portions of the casing disassembled into the upper half casing and the lower half casing, the measurement system comprising:
a point probe including a probe main body and a rod-shaped probe member having a base end fixed to the probe main body and a tip in contact with a measurement object;
a probe position sensor sensing a position and a direction of the point probe in a predetermined coordinate system including the casing; and
a controller calculating a position of the tip of the probe member in the coordinate system on a basis of a sensing result from the probe position sensor, wherein
the controller notifies, via a notification device, an operator that the tip of the probe member is close to one of measurement points, the measurement points being set at an interval equal to or smaller than a predetermined measurement interval based on an entire length of the flange portions in an axial direction, the number of bolts joining the flange portions, and intervals between the bolts in the axial direction of the flange portions and being set along an axial direction on respective contact surfaces of the flange portions of the casing disassembled into the upper half casing and the lower half casing, in a case where a distance between the tip of the probe member and the one of the measurement points is within a predetermined range.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Power Ltd

Inventors

• Ishibashi Koji
• Mizumi Shunsuke
• Yashirodai Kenji
• Huang Jie

Classifications

• G01B11/002

  for measuring two or more coordinates · CPC title

• F05D2220/31

  in steam turbines · CPC title

• G01B21/00 Primary

  Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant · CPC title

• F05D2260/31

  Retaining bolts or nuts · CPC title

• G01B5/20

  for measuring contours or curvatures · CPC title