Gas turbine having a sealing structure
View Patent ↗In a gas turbine, annular overhang portions are formed on adjacent surfaces of a plurality of rotor discs so as to face each other, surrounding the rotor axis, groove portions are provided circumferentially to the surfaces of the overhang portions facing each other, and sealing structures are annularly installed to the inside of the groove portions. The gas turbine comprises sealing plate assemblies which include the overhang portions, the groove portions and a plurality of plates being formed annularly by being mutually piled up; and detachable retaining members which are provided so as to fix the overhang portions and the sealing plate assemblies together by way of disc engagement portions provided to the overhang portions and sealing plate engagement portions provided to the sealing plate assemblies.
1. A gas turbine comprising:
a plurality of rotor discs, and sealing structures each sealing between the rotor discs adjacent to each other, wherein each of the sealing structures comprises:
a first overhanging portion formed on a rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs so as to be annularly around a rotor axis,
a second overhanging portion formed on another rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs adjacent to the rotor disc so as to be annularly around the rotor axis and to face the first overhanging portion,
a first groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the first overhanging portion,
a second groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the second overhanging portion so as to face the first groove portion,
disc engagement portions provided to at least one of the first and second overhanging portions,
a sealing plate assembly formed on a plurality of annular sealing plates mutually stacked and removably provided in the first and second groove portions,
sealing plate engagement portions provided to the sealing plate assembly, and
retaining members engaged and fixed to the disc engagement portions and to the sealing plate engagement portions so as to have the sealing plate assembly fixed to the first and second overhanging portions, wherein
each of the retaining members comprises a grasping member formed in a U-shape form and sandwiches the sealing plate with two grasping portions that face each other.
2. A gas turbine as described in claim 1 , wherein
the disc engagement portions are provided so as to house the retaining members respectively; and
the sealing plate engagement portions are provided to the sealing plate assembly in a form of holes.
3. A gas turbine as described in claim 2 , wherein the sealing plate assembly is formed such that the sealing plates are firmly fixed in an integral manner by the retaining members.
4. A gas turbine as described in claim 1 , wherein each of the retaining members has an intermediate holding member inserted into the sealing plate engagement portion.
5. A gas turbine
a plurality of rotor discs, and sealing structures each sealing between the rotor discs adjacent to each other, wherein each of the sealing structures comprises:
a first overhanging portion formed on a rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs so as to be annularly around a rotor axis,
a second overhanging portion formed on another rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs being adjacent to the rotor disc so as to be annularly around the rotor axis and to face the first overhanging portion,
a first groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the first overhanging portion,
a second groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the second overhanging portion so as to face the first groove portion,
disc engagement portions provided to at least one of the first and second overhanging portions,
a sealing plate assembly formed on a plurality of annular sealing plates mutually stacked and removably provided in the first and second groove portions,
sealing plate engagement portions provided to the sealing plate assembly, and
retaining members engaged and fixed to the disc engagement portions and to the sealing plate engagement portions so as to have the sealing plate assembly fixed to the first and second overhanging portions, wherein
the disc engagement portions are provided to at least one of the first and second overhanging portions in a form of holes, and the sealing plate engagement portions are provided to a border of the sealing plate assembly in a form of arcs.
6. A gas turbine as described in claim 5 , wherein the retaining members are held in the first and second overhanging portions.
7. A gas turbine as described in claim 5 , wherein each of the retaining members comprises a locking bolt inserted into a disc engagement portion and a retaining ring holding the locking bolt in one of the first and second overhanging portions.
8. A gas turbine as described in claim 7 , wherein the locking bolt has a bolt engagement portion and also has a gear latching structure so that the bolt engagement portion and the retaining ring are engaged to each other to latch together.
9. A gas turbine as described in claim 7 , wherein the locking bolt has a collar portion at an end thereof.
10. A gas turbine as described in claim 7 , wherein each of the disc engagement portions has a stepped portion provided to an inner surface thereof.
11. A gas turbine comprising:
a plurality of rotor discs, and sealing structures each sealing between the rotor discs adjacent to each other, wherein each of the sealing structures comprises:
a first overhanging portion formed on a rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs so as to be annularly around a rotor axis,
a second overhanging portion formed on another rotor disc among the plurality of rotor discs adjacent to the rotor disc so as to be annularly around the rotor axis and to face the first overhanging portion,
a first groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the first overhanging portion,
a second groove portion formed circumferentially on an end surface of the second overhanging portion so as to face the first groove portion,
disc engagement portions provided to at least one of the first and second overhanging portions,
a sealing plate assembly formed on a plurality of annular sealing plates mutually stacked and removably provided in the first and second groove portions,
sealing plate engagement portions provided to the sealing plate assembly, and
retaining members engaged and fixed to the disc engagement portions and to the sealing plate engagement portions so as to have the sealing plate assembly fixed to the first and second overhanging portions,
wherein the retaining members are intermediate holding members attached to the sealing plate assembly, and each of the sealing plate engagement portions is a dent receiving the intermediate holding member.
12. A gas turbine as described in claim 4 , wherein the retaining members respectively have bolt holes at the grasping portions thereof, and locking bolts are respectively inserted through the bolt holes and through holes formed in the intermediate holding members.