Steam turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11613997-B2
Application number	US-202117160723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 28, 2021
Priority date	Feb 25, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

A steam turbine includes a guide member that is disposed between a first rotor blade row and a second stator vane row to guide a fluid from the first rotor blade row toward the second stator vane row. When seen in a circumferential direction, an outer peripheral surface of an inner ring of the second stator vane row is disposed farther to an inner side in a radial direction than an outer peripheral surface of a platform of the first rotor blade row. The guide member has a guide surface that extends from an outer peripheral surface of a shroud of the first rotor blade row toward an inner peripheral surface of an outer ring of the second stator vane row so as to be inclined toward the inner side in the radial direction as the guide surface approaches a second side from a first side in an axial direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A steam turbine comprising:
a rotor shaft that is configured to rotate around an axis;
a plurality of rotor blade rows that are fixed radially outward with respect to the rotor shaft and are disposed at intervals in an axial direction in which the axis extends;
a casing which covers the rotor shaft and the plurality of rotor blade rows and wherein a main flow path through which a fluid flows is formed inside of the casing;
a plurality of stator vane rows that are each fixed radially inward with respect to the casing and are disposed on an upstream side in the axial direction with respect to each of the plurality of rotor blade rows; and
a guide member that is disposed axially between a first stator vane row and a second stator vane row, wherein the guide member is configured to guide the fluid from a first rotor blade row toward the second stator vane row,
wherein each of the plurality of rotor blade rows includes
a plurality of rotor blade bodies disposed in the main flow path,
a shroud disposed radially outward with respect to each of the plurality of rotor blade bodies to correspond to each of the plurality of rotor blade bodies, and
a platform disposed radially inward with respect to each of the plurality of rotor blade bodies to correspond to each of the rotor blade bodies,

wherein each of the plurality of stator vane rows includes
a plurality of stator vanes disposed in the main flow path,
an outer ring having an annular shape and disposed radially outward with respect to each of the plurality of stator vanes, and
an inner ring having an annular shape and disposed radially inward with respect to each of the plurality of stator vanes,

wherein an outer peripheral surface of the inner ring of the second stator vane row is disposed radially inward with respect to the axis than an outer peripheral surface of the platform of the first rotor blade row,
wherein the guide member has a guide surface that extends from an outer peripheral surface of the shroud of the first rotor blade row toward an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring of the second stator vane row so as to be inclined radially inward,
wherein a rear end in the axial direction of the guide surface is disposed at a same radial position as a position of the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring of the second stator vane row and wherein the rear end of the guide surface is radially disposed closest to the axis, and
wherein the guide member is:
a separate member from the casing,
fixed to the outer ring of the second stator vane row,
spaced apart from the first stator vane row disposed on the upstream side in the axial direction with respect to the first rotor blade row, and
formed in a tubular shape.

2. The steam turbine according to claim 1 , wherein a front end of the guide surface is disposed radially outward with respect to the shroud of the first rotor blade row.

3. The steam turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring of the second stator vane row is disposed radially inward with respect to the axis than an inner peripheral surface of the shroud of the first rotor blade row.

4. The steam turbine according to claim 3 , wherein the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring of the second stator vane row is disposed radially inward with respect to the axis than an intermediate portion of each rotor blade body of the first rotor blade row.

5. The steam turbine according to claim 4 , wherein the inner peripheral surface of the outer ring of the second stator vane row is disposed radially inward with respect to the axis than the outer peripheral surface of each platform of the first rotor blade row.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Compressor Corp

Inventors

• Koda Takuro

Classifications

• F01D9/041 Primary

  using blades (F01D5/148 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F05D2220/31

  in steam turbines · CPC title

• F01D1/16

  characterised by having both reaction stages and impulse stages · CPC title

• F05D2240/12

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

• F05D2240/60

  Shafts · CPC title