IP Library Granted Patent US 7,351,039
Granted Patent B2
US 7,351,039 · App. 10/983,225 · Granted Apr 1, 2008

Compressor rotor blade

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,351,039
App. No.
10/983,225
Granted
Apr 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor rotor blade ( 1 ) includes a rotor blade ( 2 ), a platform ( 3 ) that adjoins the rotor blade ( 2 ) and blade footing ( 4 ) that adjoins the platform ( 3 ). The rotor blade ( 4 ) is embodied so as to be massive, without an internal cooling system, and exhibits a leading and a trailing edge ( 5, 6 ), a suction and a compression side, as well as a blade tip ( 7 ). The compressor rotor blade ( 1 ) is distinguished by virtue of the fact that the rotor blade ( 2 ) of the compressor rotor blade ( 1 ) exhibits a recess ( 8 ) on the trailing edge ( 6 ) of the blade tip ( 7 ).

Claims (23)

1. A compressor rotor blade comprising:

a blade footing;

a platform; and

a massive rotor blade without an internal cooling system, the massive rotor blade including a free blade tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a compression side, a suction side, and a recess on the free blade tip that extends to the entirety of the trailing edge;

wherein the blade tip of the rotor blade includes a slope on an egress side toward the trailing edge of the blade; and

wherein the slope assumes an angle (α) of 20° to 60° to the trailing edge of the compressor rotor blade.

2. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor blade includes a shoulder having a step at the blade tip.

3. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 2 , wherein the untouched length (l 1 ) of the blade tip is about 20% to 60% of an axial chord length of the blade.

4. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 2 , wherein the untouched length (l 1 ) of the blade tip is about 30% to 50% of an axial chord length of the blade.

5. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 2 , wherein the shoulder includes a step and has a depth (h 1 ) of about 5% to 10% of a height (H) of the trailing edge of the blade.

6. A compressor rotor blade comprising:

a blade footing;

a platform; and

a massive rotor blade without an internal cooling system, the massive rotor blade including a blade tip, a leading edge, a trailing edge, a compression side, a suction side, and a recess on the blade tip that extends to the trailing edge;

wherein the blade tip of the rotor blade includes a slope on an egress side toward the trailing edge of the blade, the slope assuming an angle (α) of 20° to 60° to the trailing edge of the compressor rotor blade.

7. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein the recess comprises straight lines arranged at the angle (α) to the trailing edge of the blade, each of which lines makes a transition to the blade tip or to the trailing edge of the blade, the transition including a rounding having a radius (R 3 ).

8. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein the untouched length (l 3 ) of the blade tip is about 50% to 80% of the axial chord length of the blade.

9. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein the untouched length (l 3 ) of the blade tip is about 60% to 70% of the axial chord length of the blade.

10. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein the depth of the recess is about 10% to 30% of the height (H) of the trailing edge of the blade.

11. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein said angle (α) is 30° to 45° to the trailing edge of the compressor rotor blade.

12. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 1 , wherein the compressor rotor blade does not include a cover band.

13. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 2 , wherein the untouched length (l 1 ) of the blade tip is about 30% to 40% of an axial chord length of the blade.

14. A compressor rotor blade according to claim 6 , wherein the depth of the recess is about 10% to 20% of the height (H) of the trailing edge of the blade.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 041686/0884 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2005
From: BACHOFNER, RENE; KAPPIS, WOLFGANG
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 015570/0956 →