IP Library Granted Patent US 8,177,499
Granted Patent B2
US 8,177,499 · App. 12/223,792 · Granted May 15, 2012

Turbine blade cascade end wall

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Patent No.
US 8,177,499
App. No.
12/223,792
Granted
May 15, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

In the turbine blades set to a large outflow angle, the performance of the entire turbine is improved by reducing a cross flow generated on the turbine end wall and a whirling up of flow on the suction side of a blade irrespective of the difference of the blade shape, thereby reducing the loss. There is provided a turbine blade cascade end wall positioned on the hub-side and/or the tip side of a plurality of turbine blades arranged in an annular shape, including a first projection having a ridge extending downward from the trailing edge of a turbine blade toward the downstream side gently at the beginning and steeply at the end, and along the suction side of an adjacent turbine blade.

Claims (5)

1. A turbine blade cascade end wall positioned on the hub-side and/or the tip side of a plurality of turbine blades arranged in an annular shape, comprising:

a first projection of said turbine blade cascade end wall having a ridge extending in a manner such that a height of the ridge with respect to a radial direction decreases from the trailing edge of a turbine blade toward the downstream side gently at the beginning and steeply at the end, and along the suction side of an adjacent turbine blade.

2. The turbine blade cascade end wall according to claim 1 , wherein the turbine blade cascade end wall is provided between one turbine blade and another turbine blade arranged adjacently to the one turbine blade with a second projection swelled gently toward the suction side of the one turbine blade in the range from about 0% Cax to about 20% Cax and a third projection swelled gently toward the pressure side of another turbine blade in the range from about 0% Cax to about 20%, where 0% Cax is the position of the leading edge of the turbine blade in the axial direction, 100% Cax is the position of the trailing edge of the turbine blade in the axial direction, 0% pitch is the position of the pressure side of the turbine blade and 100% pitch is the position of the suction side of the turbine blade which opposes the pressure side of the turbine blade.

3. The turbine blade cascade end wall according to claim 2 , wherein the turbine blade cascade end wall is provided with a recess depressed gently from the suction side of the one turbine blade and the pressure side of another turbine blade toward the position of about 50% Cax and about 50% pitch.

4. A turbine comprising the turbine blade cascade end wall according to claim 1 .

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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035101/0029 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2008
From: IIDA, KOICHIRO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 021388/0968 →