Rotating fluid machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9995164-B2
Application number	US-201214651436-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2012
Priority date	Dec 13, 2012
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

Provided is a rotating fluid machine capable of holding down a decrease rate of a circumferential velocity of a leakage fluid in an interspatial flow passage and thereby controlling an unstable fluid force. A steam turbine includes: an interspatial flow passage 15 formed between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor blade cover 6 and an inner circumferential surface of a grooved section 14 in a casing 1 ; annular sealing fins 17 A to 17 D spatially arranged in a direction of a rotor axis, at a side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15 ; and a friction enhancement portion (more specifically, rough surfaces 19 A to 19 E) disposed over the whole circumference on the side of the rotor blade cover 6 in the interspatial flow passage 15.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotating fluid machine comprising:
an interspatial flow passage formed between an outer circumferential surface of a rotating section and an inner circumferential surface of a stationary section;
at least three stages of annular sealing fins arranged at the rotating section side or stationary section side in the interspatial flow passage, the annular sealing fins being spaced apart in a direction of a rotational axis; and
a friction enhancement portion disposed on the rotating section side in the interspatial flow passage so as to extend entirely in a circumferential direction of the rotating section,
wherein the interspatial flow passage includes:
a first seal-divided space defined by the sealing fin of a first stage, disposed at a most upstream side of all the sealing fins, and the sealing fin of an intermediate stage,
a second seal-divided space defined by the sealing fin of the intermediate stage and the sealing fin of a final stage, disposed at a most downstream side of all the sealing fins,
a third seal-divided space defined downstream of the sealing fin of the final stage, and
a fourth seal-divided space defined upstream of the sealing fin of the first stage, and
wherein the friction enhancement portion is disposed on the rotating section side in the first seal-divided space so as to extend entirely in the circumferential direction of the rotating section, and is not disposed in the second seal-divided space.

2. The rotating fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the friction enhancement portion is further disposed on the rotating section side in the third seal-divided space and the fourth seal-divided space so as to extend entirely in the circumferential direction of the rotating section.

3. The rotating fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the friction enhancement portion is configured by a rough surface having roughness of 50-200 μm.

4. The rotating fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the friction enhancement portion is configured by an annular surface recess formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating section so as to be at least 0.1 mm deep, have a height equal to or less than half that of the sealing fins, and include at least three segments for each space divided by the sealing fins.

5. The rotating fluid machine according to claim 1 , wherein
the friction enhancement portion is configured by an annular surface bump formed on the outer circumferential surface of the rotating section so as to be at least 0.1 mm deep, have a height equal to or less than half that of the sealing fins, and include at least three segments for each space divided by the sealing fins.

6. The rotating fluid machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a casing;
a rotor rotatably disposed inside the casing;
a stator vane cascade disposed at an inner circumferential side of the casing;
a rotor blade cascade provided at an outer circumferential side of the rotor and disposed at an axial downstream side of the rotor with respect to the stator vane cascade;
an annular rotor blade cover disposed at an outer circumferential side of the rotor blade cascade; and
an annularly grooved section formed at the inner circumferential side of the casing and storing the rotor blade cover,
wherein the interspatial flow passage is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the rotor blade cover and an inner circumferential surface of the grooved section in the casing.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Sys

Inventors

• Nishijima Noriyo
• Endo Akira
• Yamaguchi Kazuyuki

Classifications

• F05D2220/31

  in steam turbines · CPC title

• F01D1/02

  with stationary working-fluid guiding means and bladed or like rotor, {e.g. multi-bladed impulse steam turbines}(F01D1/24 takes precedence; without stationary working-fluid guiding means F01D1/18) · CPC title

• F04D29/54

  Fluid-guiding means, e.g. diffusers · CPC title

• F01D11/02

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

• F04D29/32

  for axial flow pumps · CPC title