Sealing device and rotary machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11927112-B2
Application number	US-202217952670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2022
Priority date	Apr 28, 2020
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

A sealing device according to at least one embodiment includes not less than three arc-shaped fins arranged in an axial direction. The arc-shaped fins include: a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction; a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction. It is preferable that the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotary machine, comprising:
a casing;
a rotary body for rotating around an axis in the casing;
a plurality of rotor blade bodies mounted so as to extend from the rotor body in a radial direction;
a shroud connected to a tip end portion of each of the plurality of rotor blade bodies; and
a sealing device including not less than three arc-shaped fins spaced from each other in an axial direction in a cavity formed between an inner peripheral surface of the casing and the shroud, each of the arc-shaped fins extending along a circumferential direction,
wherein the arc-shaped fins include:
a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction;
a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and
at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction, and

wherein the third fin satisfies at least either of following condition (a) or (b):

(a) the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the first fin or the second fin with respect to the radial direction; or
(b) the third fin has a larger radial dimension than the first fin or the second fin so as to form a smaller seal gap than the first fin or the second fin.

2. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third fin includes the other outermost fin of the two outermost fins.

3. The sealing device according to claim 2 ,
wherein except for the other outermost fin serving as the third fin, the arc-shaped fins have a same shape.

4. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, on a base end side of the third fin, a side surface of the third fin facing toward the first fin in the axial direction has a curved concave surface.

5. The sealing device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a radius of curvature of a corner between a tip end surface and a side surface of the third fin facing toward the first fin in the axial direction is less than the radius of curvature of a corner between a tip end surface and a side surface of the second fin facing toward the first fin in the axial direction.

6. The rotary machine, according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third fin is located on an axially downstream side of the rotor body relative to the first fin.

7. The rotary machine according to claim 6 ,
wherein the third fin includes the other outermost fin of the two outermost fins,
wherein the rotary machine includes a cavity defined by the outermost fin and an inner surface of the casing of the inner surface on the axially downstream side of the outermost fin, and
wherein the cavity includes an expanded portion where the inner surface is expanded radially outward or axially downstream.

8. The rotary machine according to claim 6 ,
wherein the arc-shaped fins project from an inner peripheral surface of the casing toward the shroud.

9. The rotary machine according to claim 6 ,
wherein the arc-shaped fins project from the shroud toward an inner peripheral surface of the casing.

10. The rotary machine according to claim 6 ,
wherein, in the arc-shaped fins, fins projecting from an inner peripheral surface of the casing toward the shroud and fins projecting from the shroud toward the inner peripheral surface of the casing are alternately disposed in the axial direction.

11. A rotary machine, comprising:
a casing;
a rotary body for rotating around an axis in the casing;
a plurality of rotor blade bodies mounted so as to extend from the rotor body in a radial direction;
a shroud connected to a tip end portion of each of the plurality of rotor blade bodies; and
a sealing device including not less than three arc-shaped fins spaced from each other in an axial direction in a cavity formed between an inner peripheral surface of the casing and the shroud, each of the arc-shaped fins extending along a circumferential direction,
wherein the arc-shaped fins include:
a first fin which is one of two outermost fins located on an outermost side in the axial direction;
a second fin disposed adjacent to the first fin in the axial direction; and
at least one third fin disposed opposite to the first fin across the second fin in the axial direction, and

wherein the third fin is disposed to be inclined with respect to a radial direction such that a tip end portion is located on a side of the first fin in the axial direction relative to a base end portion, and the third fin has a larger inclination angle than the second fin with respect to the radial direction.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Omura Naoto
• Matsumoto Kazuyuki
• Kuwamura Yoshihiro
• Konishi Eiji
• Tanaka Kentaro

Classifications

• F01D5/20 Primary

  Specially-shaped blade tips to seal space between tips and stator {(F01D5/225 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F01D11/02 Primary

  by non-contact sealings, e.g. of labyrinth type (for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator F01D11/08) · CPC title

• F01D11/08

  for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator (specially-shaped blade tips therefor F01D5/20) · CPC title

• F05D2240/307

  related to the tip of a rotor blade · CPC title

• F16J15/4472 Primary

  with axial path · CPC title