IP Library Granted Patent US 8,057,188
Granted Patent B2
US 8,057,188 · App. 12/175,822 · Granted Nov 15, 2011

Compressor airfoil

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Patent No.
US 8,057,188
App. No.
12/175,822
Granted
Nov 15, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor component having an airfoil with a profile in accordance with Table 1 is disclosed. The compressor component, such as a compressor blade, has an increased thickness over a portion of the airfoil span in order to increase stiffness. Furthermore, the airfoil has been restacked so as to induce a compressive stress in the blade root/attachment area. The increased stiffness and restacked airfoil combine to improve high-cycle fatigue capability of the compressor component.

Claims (18)

1. A compressor component having an attachment, a first platform extending radially outward from the attachment and an airfoil extending radially outward from the platform, the airfoil having an uncoated profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X and Y, for each distance Z in inches as set forth in Table 1, carried to three decimal places, wherein Z is a distance measured radially outward from the platform, the X and Y coordinate values being joined in smooth continuing splines to form airfoil sections and the airfoil sections joined smoothly to form the profile.

2. The compressor component of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil has manufacturing tolerances of approximately +/−0.090 inches.

3. The compressor component of claim 1 , wherein a compressive bending stress is present at a root leading edge location of the airfoil.

4. The compressor component of claim 1 , wherein the compressor component is a rotating blade.

5. The compressor component of claim 4 , wherein the compressor component is located adjacent to inlet guide vanes of a compressor.

6. The compressor component of claim 1 , further comprising a coating applied to at least a portion of the airfoil, the coating having a thickness of up to approximately 0.010 inches.

7. The compressor component of claim 1 , wherein the airfoil sections can be scaled uniformly.

8. The compressor component of claim 1 , further comprising a second platform located at an end of the airfoil, opposite the first platform.

9. An airfoil for a compressor blade, the airfoil having an uncoated profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z as set forth in Table 1, carried to three decimal places, wherein Z is a distance measured in inches, the X and Y coordinate values being joined in smooth continuing splines to form airfoil sections and the airfoil sections joined smoothly to form the profile.

10. The airfoil of claim 9 , wherein the airfoil has manufacturing tolerances of approximately +/−0.090 inches.

11. The airfoil of claim 9 , wherein the airfoil is attached to a root of a compressor blade.

12. The airfoil of claim 9 , further comprising a coating applied to at least a portion of the airfoil and having a thickness of up to approximately 0.010 inches.

13. The airfoil of claim 9 , wherein the airfoil sections can be scaled uniformly.

14. A compressor comprising a compressor disk and a plurality of compressor blades extending radially outward from the compressor disk, each of the plurality of compressor blades having an airfoil with an uncoated nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z, set forth in inches in Table 1, with the Z coordinate values at perpendicular distances from planes normal to a radius from a platform, wherein airfoil sections are defined at each distance Z by connecting the X and Y coordinate values with smooth continuing splines, and the airfoil sections are joined smoothly to form the airfoil profile.

15. The compressor of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of compressor blades have compressive bending stress present at a root leading edge location of the airfoil.

16. The compressor of claim 14 , further comprising a coating applied to at least a portion of the airfoil, the coating having a thickness of up to approximately 0.010 inches.

17. The compressor of claim 14 , wherein the airfoil for the plurality of blades can be scaled uniformly.

18. The compressor of claim 14 , wherein the airfoil profile is within +/−0.090 inches in a direction normal to the airfoil.

Assignments (4)
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 Jul 11, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 039300/0039 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE'S NAME FROM ALSTOM TECHNOLOGIES LTD. LLC TO ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 021258 FRAME 0804. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ENTIRE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST. Recorded Jun 27, 2013
From: PARKER, DAVID; STROHL, J. PAGE; RAMIREZ, RICHARD; MOORE, ROBERT
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
Reel/Frame 030706/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2008
From: PARKER, DAVID; STROHL, J. PAGE; RAMIREZ, RICHARD; MOORE, ROBERT
To: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGIES LTD., LLC
Reel/Frame 021258/0804 →