Turbomachine with cooled ring segments
View Patent ↗A turbomachine includes a casing, a rotor, and a plurality of cooled ring segments installed between the casing and the rotor, each ring segment containing a main cooling cavity and being attached to the casing by a fastening device. The fastening device can include a clamping screw positioned more or less radially and pinning the ring segment against the casing. The clamping screw is crossed through by a cooling airway that communicates with the main cooling cavity of the ring segment.
1. A turbomachine comprising:
a casing,
a rotor, and
a plurality of cooled ring segments situated between said casing and said rotor, each ring segment comprising a main cooling cavity and being attached to the casing by a fastening device comprising a clamping screw positioned more or less radially and pinning the ring segment against said casing and wherein said clamping screw is crossed through by a cooling airway that communicates with said main cooling cavity of the ring segment.
2. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein for each ring segment said clamping screw is crossed longitudinally by a single cooling airway.
3. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein for each ring segment the fastening device comprises a spacer mounted on the casing and through which the clamping screw passes, said spacer serving to position the ring segment axially and tangentially relative to the casing.
4. The turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein for each ring segment said spacer has an internal diameter that is more or less equal to an external diameter of at least a section of said clamping screw situated opposite the spacer.
5. The turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein for each ring segment said spacer comprises a lower extremity inserted in a hole bored in said ring segment, this lower extremity having an external diameter more or less equal to an internal diameter of said hole.
6. The turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein for each ring segment said spacer includes a limit stop for said ring segment, in such a way as to position said ring segment radially with respect to the casing.
7. The turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein each ring segment comprises a threaded section cooperating with said clamping screw, the head of this clamping screw bearing against an upper extremity of the spacer.
8. The turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein each ring segment comprises a recess against the bottom of which bears the head of said clamping screw, this clamping screw cooperating with a nut bearing against an upper extremity of the spacer.
9. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein each ring segment comprises an upstream extremity as well as a downstream extremity, said upstream extremity being in contact with an upstream circular rim belonging to the casing, and said downstream extremity being in contact with a downstream circular rim belonging to the same casing.
10. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein each ring segment comprises a secondary cooling cavity separated from said main cooling cavity by a panel, said main and secondary cavities being radially superimposed.
11. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the ring segments are connected together by sealing strips.
12. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein said casing is a turbine casing and that said rotor is a turbine rotor.
13. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein said clamping screw is in contact with a corresponding cooled ring segment.
14. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein said cooled ring segments directly face said rotor.
15. A turbomachine comprising:
a casing;
a rotor;
a plurality of ring segments between said casing and said rotor, each of said ring segments comprising a cooling cavity; and
a plurality of fastening devices, each of said fastening devices being configured to maintain one of said ring segments in contact with the casing,
wherein each of said fastening devices includes a cooling airway in communication with said cooling cavity of a corresponding ring segment.
16. The turbomachine according to claim 15 , wherein each of said fastening devices comprises a clamping screw.
17. The turbomachine according to claim 15 , wherein each of said fastening devices is positioned radially relative to the casing.
18. The turbomachine according to claim 15 , wherein each of said fastening devices is configured to maintain one of said ring segments in contact with the casing via at least one boss provided on an upper part of said one of said ring segments.
19. The turbomachine according to claim 18 , wherein said at least one boss comprises an upstream boss and a downstream boss.
20. The turbomachine according to claim 15 , wherein each of said ring segments comprises an upstream edge in contact with an upstream rim belonging to the casing.
21. The turbomachine according to claim 20 , wherein each of said ring segments further comprises a downstream edge in contact with a downstream rim belonging to the casing.