Blade track assembly with turbine tip clearance control

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9598975-B2
Application number	US-201314135443-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A turbine shroud or blade track assembly adapted to extend around a turbine wheel assembly is disclosed. The turbine shroud includes a carrier and a blade track coupled to the carrier. The blade track is movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbine shroud comprising
a carrier arranged around an axis and formed to include a first guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier,
a blade track concentric with the carrier, the blade track movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and
an actuator configured to change size in response to a change in temperature, the actuator coupled to the blade track to move the blade track between the radially-inward position and the radially-outward position when the actuator changes size in response to a change in temperature, wherein the actuator is coupled to the carrier by a mover pin that extends from the actuator into the first guide slot and that is configured to move along a length of the first guide slot so that the blade track moves along a portion of the circumference of the carrier around the axis when the actuator changes size.

2. The turbine shroud of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is an arm configured to change length in response to a change in temperature.

3. The turbine shroud of claim 1 , wherein the blade track includes a plurality of blade track segments that move circumferentially away from one another when the blade track moves from the radially-inward position to the radially-outward position.

4. The turbine shroud of claim 3 , wherein the blade track includes a plurality of strip seals that extend circumferentially between adjacent blade track segments.

5. A turbine shroud comprising
a carrier arranged around an axis and formed to include a first guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier,
a blade track concentric with the carrier, the blade track movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and
an actuator configured to change size in response to a change in temperature, the actuator coupled to the blade track to move the blade track between the radially-inward position and the radially-outward position when the actuator changes size in response to a change in temperature, wherein the actuator is coupled to the carrier by a mover pin that extends from the actuator into the first guide slot so that the blade track moves along a portion of the circumference of the carrier around the axis when the actuator changes size,
wherein the mover pin extends to a blade track segment included in the blade track to couple the blade track to the actuator.

6. A turbine shroud comprising
a carrier arranged around an axis and formed to include a first guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier,
a blade track concentric with the carrier, the blade track movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and
an actuator configured to change size in response to a change in temperature, the actuator coupled to the blade track to move the blade track between the radially-inward position and the radially-outward position when the actuator changes size in response to a change in temperature, wherein the actuator is coupled to the carrier by a mover pin that extends from the actuator into the first guide slot so that the blade track moves along a portion of the circumference of the carrier around the axis when the actuator changes size,
wherein the actuator is a ring configured to change diameter in response to a change in temperature.

7. A turbine shroud comprising
a carrier arranged around an axis and formed to include a first guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier,
a blade track concentric with the carrier, the blade track movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and
an actuator configured to change size in response to a change in temperature, the actuator coupled to the blade track to move the blade track between the radially-inward position and the radially-outward position when the actuator changes size in response to a change in temperature, wherein the actuator is coupled to the carrier by a mover pin that extends from the actuator into the first guide slot so that the blade track moves along a portion of the circumference of the carrier around the axis when the actuator changes size,
wherein the carrier is formed to include a second guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier.

8. The turbine shroud of claim 7 , wherein the first guide slot and the second guide slot are arcuate when viewed in the axial direction.

9. The turbine shroud of claim 7 , wherein a guide pin extends through a blade track segment and into the second guide slot.

10. The turbine shroud of claim 9 , wherein the carrier includes a first side wall and a second side wall spaced apart from the first side wall in an axial direction, the first guide slot is formed in the first side wall, and the second guide slot is formed in the second side wall so that the second guide slot is spaced apart from the first guide slot in the axial direction.

11. A turbine shroud comprising
a carrier arranged around an axis and formed to include a first guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier,
a blade track concentric with the carrier, the blade track movable between a radially-inward position having a first inner diameter and a radially-outward position having a second inner diameter larger than the first inner diameter, and
an actuator ring arranged around the axis and configured to change diameter in response to a change in temperature, the actuator ring coupled to the blade track to move the blade track between the radially-inward position and the radially-outward position when the actuator ring changes diameter in response to a change in temperature, wherein the actuator ring is coupled to the carrier by a mover pin that extends from the actuator ring into the first guide slot so that the actuator ring and the blade track move along a portion of the circumference of the carrier around the axis when the actuator ring changes diameter.

12. The turbine shroud of claim 11 , wherein the mover pin extends to a blade track segment included in the blade track to couple the blade track to the actuator ring.

13. The turbine shroud of claim 11 , wherein the carrier is formed to include a second guide slot extending outward in a radial direction from the axis and along a portion of the circumference of the carrier.

14. The turbine shroud of claim 13 , wherein a guide pin extends through a blade track segment and into the second guide slot.

15. The turbine shroud of claim 13 , wherein the second guide slot is spaced circumferentially apart from the first guide slot.

16. The turbine shroud of claim 11 , wherein the blade track includes a plurality of blade track segments that move circumferentially away from one another when the blade track moves from the radially-inward position to the radially-outward position.

17. The turbine shroud of

Assignees

• Rolls Royce Corp

Inventors

• Uskert Richard C
• Lamusga Joseph P
• Sippel Aaron D

Classifications

• F01D11/24 Primary

  by selectively cooling-heating stator or rotor components · CPC title

• F01D25/246

  Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings · CPC title

• Y02T50/672

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F05D2240/11

  Shroud seal segments · CPC title

• F01D11/22 Primary

  by mechanically actuating the stator or rotor components, e.g. moving shroud sections relative to the rotor · CPC title