Francis-type turbine runner and Francis-type turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11566595-B2
Application number	US-202017122046-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	Jan 6, 2020
Publication date	Jan 31, 2023
Grant date	Jan 31, 2023

Abstract

According to an embodiment, the vane 13 has a thick root portion 16 P formed on the band 12 side of a pressure surface to be joined to the band 12 , with a thickness of the thick root portion 16 P being gradually increased toward the band 12 , and a thick root portion 16 N formed on the band 12 side of a negative pressure surface to be joined to the band 12 , with a thickness of the thick root portion 16 N being gradually increased toward the band 12 . The outlet end 15 has a first curved portion 151 and a second curved portion 152 . An extreme point 15 B forming a bottom end of the second curved portion 152 is positioned closer to the band 12 than an end of the thick root portion 16 P, 16 N on the crown 11 side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A Francis-type turbine runner comprising a crown, a band, and a vane provided between the crown and the band, wherein
the vane has an inlet end and an outlet end, the vane also having a root portion formed at a part of a pressure surface of the vane on a side of the band to be joined to the band, with a thickness of the root portion being gradually increased toward the band, and a root portion formed at a part of a negative pressure surface of the vane on the side of the band to be joined to the band, with a thickness of the root portion being gradually increased toward the band,
the outlet end has a first curved portion that is convexly curved in a direction from the inlet end toward the outlet end, and a second curved portion that connects the first curved portion and the band, and is concavely curved toward the inlet end, and
an extreme point forming a bottom end of the second curved portion on a side of the inlet end of the vane is positioned closer to the band than an end of the root portion on a side of the crown, wherein
a vane forming member, which fills up an inside of the second curved portion and a space between a portion of the first curved portion facing the band side and the band, is provided, and the vane forming member forms an outlet-end complementary portion that smoothly continues to the first curved portion to reach the band.

2. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 1 , wherein
the first curved portion and the second curved portion are connected via an inflection point, and
the inflection point is positioned at the end of the root portion on a side of the crown, or closer to the band than the end on the side of the crown, while the extreme point is positioned closer to the band than the inflection point.

3. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 1 , wherein
the outlet-end complementary portion is concavely curved toward the inlet end.

4. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 3 , wherein
the outlet-end complementary portion is connected to the first curved portion via an inflection point.

5. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 4 , wherein
the inflection point between the outlet-end complementary portion and the first curved portion is positioned closer to the crown than the end of the root portion on the crown side.

6. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 1 , wherein
a thickness of the vane at the extreme point of the second curved portion is larger than a thickness of the vane at the end of the root portion on the crown side.

7. The Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 6 , wherein
the thickness of the vane at the extreme point of the second curved portion is three times or more the thickness of the vane at the end of the root portion on the crown side.

8. A Francis-type turbine comprising the Francis-type turbine runner according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Nakazono Masahiko
• Mukai Takero

Classifications

• F05B2240/12

  Fluid guiding means, e.g. vanes · CPC title

• F05B2220/32

  in water turbines · CPC title

• F03B3/02

  with radial flow at high-pressure side and axial flow at low-pressure side of rotors, e.g. Francis turbines {(rotors per se F03B3/125)} · CPC title

• F05B2240/303

  Details of the leading edge · CPC title

• F03B3/18 Primary

  Stator blades; Guide conduits or vanes, e.g. adjustable {(conduits in dams or the like F03B13/08; arrangement of valves F03B11/004)} · CPC title