IP Library Granted Patent US 7,937,947
Granted Patent B2
US 7,937,947 · App. 12/213,714 · Granted May 10, 2011

Gas turbine and manufacturing process of gas turbine

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Patent No.
US 7,937,947
App. No.
12/213,714
Granted
May 10, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention is intended to maintain turbine reliability when, based on a gas turbine designed for one desired cycle, a gas turbine for another different cycle is manufactured. A channel of a compressor is formed such that a mass flow of a fluid compressed by the compressor changes. Thus, when manufacturing, based on the gas turbine designed for one desired cycle, the gas turbine for another different cycle, turbine reliability can be maintained.

Claims (26)

1. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine for use in manufacturing a gas turbine from a base plant comprising a gas turbine designed for one desired gas turbine cycle and including a compressor to compress a fluid flowing inside a casing to which stator vanes are fixed, said manufactured gas turbine having a different gas turbine cycle, said process comprising the step of:

forming a channel of said compressor such that a mass flow of the fluid passing through said compressed channel at the same rotational speed changes without deleting and adding stages of said compressor; and

using said stator vanes in which a root portion of each of the stator vanes at an outer side is cut off so as to decrease a length of a vane portion compared with said base plant.

2. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine for use in manufacturing a gas turbine from a base plant comprising a gas turbine designed for one desired gas turbine cycle and including a compressor with a channel to compress a fluid flowing inside a casing to which stator vanes are fixed said manufactured turbine having a different gas turbine cycle, said process comprising the steps of:

forming said compressor channel for the fluid to have an inner surface defined by an outer circumferential surface of each of the compressor rotor disks and an outer surface defined by an inner circumferential surface of said casing;

changing the distance between said inner surface and said outer surface in comparison with a corresponding distance in said base plant without deleting or adding stages of said compressor; and

using said stator vanes in which a root portion of each of the stator vanes at an outer side is cut off so as to decrease a length of a vane portion compared with said base plant.

3. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of changing a cross-sectional area of said channel in a direction of a rotary shaft of said compressor.

4. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of reducing or increasing a radius from a rotation shaft center of said compressor to said outer surface, or reducing or increasing a radius from the rotation shaft center of said compressor to said inner surface.

5. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 2 , further comprising the step of setting a velocity triangle to be substantially the same in each blade or vane cross-section at an equal radius from the rotation shaft center of said compressor.

6. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 2 ,

wherein said turbine of said base plant is the same as said turbine of said different gas turbine cycle.

7. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 2 ,

wherein said distance between said inner surface and said outer surface in comparison with a corresponding distance in said base plant is changed so as to reduce increase and decrease of an output of said gas turbine by the change of the gas turbine cycle.

8. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine that is manufactured with respect to a first gas turbine for a base plant having one desired gas turbine cycle, said manufactured gas turbine including a compressor, the compressor having a casing to which stator vanes are fixed and compressing a fluid flowing inside the casing, wherein the manufactured gas turbine has a gas turbine to cycle that is different from said one gas turbine cycle, said process comprising the step of:

forming a channel of said compressor such that a mass flow of the fluid passing through said compressor channel at the same rotational speed is different from that of a comparable channel of a compressor of said one gas turbine cycle without deleting or adding stages for said compressor; and

using said stator vanes in which a root portion of each of the stator vanes at an outer side is cut off so as to decrease a length of a vane portion compared with said base plant.

9. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 8 , further comprising the step of changing a cross-sectional area of said channel in a direction of a rotary shaft of said compressor.

10. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine that is manufactured with respect to a first gas turbine for a base plant having one desired gas turbine cycle, said manufactured gas turbine including a compressor, the compressor having compressor rotor disks, a casing to which stator vanes are fixed and a channel for compressing a fluid flowing inside the casing, wherein the manufactured gas turbine has a gas turbine cycle that is different from said one gas turbine cycle, said processing comprising the steps of:

forming said compressor channel for the fluid to have an inner surface defined by an outer circumferential surface of each of said compressor rotor disks and an outer surface defined by an inner circumferential surface of said casing;

changing the distance between said inner surface and said outer surface in comparison with the corresponding distance in said base plan such that a mass flow of the fluid passing through said compressor channel is different from that of a comparable channel of a compressor of said one gas turbine cycle without deleting or adding stages for said compressor; and

using said stator vanes in which a root portion of each of the stator vanes at an outer side is cut so as to decrease a length of a vane portion compared with said base plant.

11. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of changing a cross-sectional area of said channel in a direction of a rotary shaft of said compressor.

12. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of reducing or increasing a radius from a rotation shaft center of said compressor to said outer surface, or reducing or increasing a radius form the rotation shaft center of said compressor to said inner surface.

13. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of setting a velocity triangle to be substantially the same in each blade or vane cross-section at an equal radius from the rotation shaft center of said compressor.

14. A manufacturing process of a gas turbine according to claim 10 , further comprising the step of cutting off a tip portion of a rotor bade or a root portion of said stator vane by a length substantially equal to an amount by which the radius from the rotation shaft center of said compressor to said outer surface has been reduced.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE REMOVING PATENT APPLICATION NUMBER 11921683 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 054975 FRAME: 0438. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 26, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063787/0867 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
CONFIRMATORY ASSIGNMENT Recorded Oct 8, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033917/0209 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 22, 2014
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033003/0648 →