IP Library Granted Patent US 7,794,202
Granted Patent B2
US 7,794,202 · App. 10/562,740 · Granted Sep 14, 2010

Turbine blade

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Patent No.
US 7,794,202
App. No.
10/562,740
Granted
Sep 14, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine blade is provided, comprising a stator-side end located toward a stationary stator cylinder of the turbine, a rotor-side end located toward an axial rotor of the turbine, a leading edge located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end, a trailing edge located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end and located down-stream of the leading edge with respect to a fluid flow direction, wherein the rotor-side and stator-side ends have a negative sweep angle as measured between the instantaneous tangent of the blade surface and the fluid flow direction. Also, a turbine blade is provided, comprising a stator-side end located toward a stationary stator cylinder of the turbine, a rotor-side end located toward an axial rotor of the turbine, a delivery side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end, a suction side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end and located down-stream of the leading edge with respect to a fluid flow direction, wherein the rotor-side end is inclined toward the delivery side and the stator-side end is inclined with respect to a fluid flow direction.

Claims (36)

1. A turbine blade adapted for installation in a turbine engine having a stationary stator cylinder and a rotatably supported rotor, comprising:

a stator-side end located toward the stationary stator cylinder of the turbine engine;

a rotor-side end located toward the rotatably supported rotor of the turbine engine;

a leading edge located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end; and

a trailing edge located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end and located down-stream of the leading edge with respect to a fluid flow direction,

wherein both the rotor-side and the stator-side ends each respectively have a negative sweep angle as measured between the instantaneous tangent of a blade form curve and the fluid flow direction; and

wherein rotor-side instantaneous tangents and stator-side instantaneous tangents intersect a longitudinal plane, the plane extending from an axis of rotation of the rotatably supported rotor and passing through a point disposed in a middle region of the leading edge, and wherein portions of rotor-side instantaneous tangents and stator-side instantaneous tangents radially outward from the points of intersection are on a same side of the longitudinal plane.

2. The turbine blade of claim 1 , wherein negative sweep results in the direction of flow being rotated in a mathematically negative direction in order to achieve a coincidence of the direction of flow with respect to the instantaneous tangent of the blade surface.

3. The turbine blade of claim 1 , wherein the negative sweep angle of the rotor-side and stator-side ends transitions into a positive sweep in a region between the leading edge and trailing edge.

4. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the rotor-side end negative sweep has a range between 0° and 90° .

5. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the rotor-side end negative sweep has a range between 50° and 80° .

6. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stator-side end negative sweep has a range between 0° and 90° .

7. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the turbine blade is a stationary guide blade or a rotating blade.

8. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the leading edge is arranged in front of the trailing edge in the axial direction of flow at the stator-side end or the rotor-side end.

9. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the turbine blade is arranged in a turbomachine.

10. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second up-stream turbine guide blade is located at a constant axial distance from the turbine blade.

11. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a trailing edge of the second up-stream guide blade is located at a constant axial distance from the leading edge of the blade at the rotor-side end.

12. A turbine blade, comprising:

a stator-side end located toward a stationary stator cylinder of a turbine;

a rotor-side end located toward an axial rotor of the turbine;

a delivery side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end; and

a suction side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end and located down-stream of a leading edge of the blade with respect to a fluid flow direction,

wherein a rotor-side end blade form curve is inclined toward the delivery side, and a stator-side end blade form curve is inclined with respect to the fluid flow direction and inclined toward the delivery side,

wherein the stator-side end blade form curve incline angle is 70° with respect to the fluid flow direction.

13. A turbine blade, comprising:

a stator-side end located toward a stationary stator cylinder of a turbine;

a rotor-side end located toward an axial rotor of the turbine;

a delivery side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end; and

a suction side located between the stator-side end and the rotor-side end and located down-stream of a leading edge of the blade with respect to a fluid flow direction.,

wherein a rotor-side end blade form curve is inclined toward the delivery side, and a stator-side end blade form curve is inclined with respect to the fluid flow direction and inclined toward the delivery side,

wherein the rotor-side end blade form curve is inclined at an angle between 0° and 90° viewed in the direction of flow, where the rotor-side end blade faun curve incline angle is defined as the acute angle between the instantaneous blade form curve tangent of the rotor and a radial axis emanating from a rotor longitudinal axis of rotation and intersecting the auxiliary tangent at an inner casing.

14. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the rotor-side end blade form curve incline angle is 75°.

15. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 12 , is a stationary guide blade or a rotating blade.

16. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the turbine blade is arranged in a turbomachine.

17. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 12 , wherein a second up-stream turbine guide blade is located at a constant axial distance from the turbine blade.

18. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 17 , wherein a trailing edge of the second up-stream guide blade is located at a constant axial distance from the leading edge of the turbine blade at the rotor-side end.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055875/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2006
From: BORTHWICK, DONALD; CHEN, SHUN; STUER, HEINRICH; TRUCKENMULLER, FRANK
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 017734/0519 →