IP Library Granted Patent US 8,133,012
Granted Patent B2
US 8,133,012 · App. 12/447,951 · Granted Mar 13, 2012

Transonic airfoil and axial flow rotary machine

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Patent No.
US 8,133,012
App. No.
12/447,951
Granted
Mar 13, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

Sectional profiles close to a tip 124 and a part between a midportion 125 and a hub 123 are shifted to the upstream of an operating fluid flow in a sweep direction. Accordingly, an S shape is formed in which the tip 124 and the part between the midportion 125 and the hub 123 protrude. As a result, it is possible reduce various losses due to shook, waves, thereby forming a transonic airfoil having an excellent aerodynamic characteristic.

Claims (36)

1. A transonic airfoil operating in a flow region of a transonic or faster operating fluid, the transonic airfoil comprising:

a hub located close to a connection position to a rotation shaft;

a midportion located at a medium position in a radial direction which is a radial direction of the rotation shaft;

a tip located farthest from the rotation shaft in the radial direction;

a leading edge located on an upstream of the inflowing operating fluid; and

a trailing edge located on a downstream of the operating fluid; wherein

sectional profiles stacked in the radial direction of the airfoil are continuously shifted in parallel to a first direction connecting the leading edge and the trailing edge, further wherein

the sectional profiles close to the tip and the sectional profiles between the midportion and the hub are shifted to the upstream of the first direction to form an S shape, and

the shift amount of the sectional profiles close to the tip in the first direction is greater than the shift amount of the sectional profiles between the midportion and the hub in the first direction.

2. The transonic airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein an intersection angle of the first direction and an axial direction of the rotation shaft in the sectional profiles stacked in the radial direction of the transonic airfoil is continuously changed.

3. The transonic airfoil according to claim 1 , wherein the sectional profiles stacked in the radial direction of the airfoil are continuously shifted in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The transonic airfoil according to claim 3 , wherein an intersection angle of the first direction and the axial direction of the rotation shaft in the sectional profiles stacked in the radial direction of the transonic airfoil is continuously changed.

5. An axial flow rotary machine comprising:

a rotation shaft located at the center and rotating;

a plurality of rotor airfoils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft at equivalent intervals in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a casing covering the rotation shaft and the rotor airfoils; and

a plurality of stator airfoils disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the casing to alternate with the rotor airfoils in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein

the plurality of rotor airfoils partially includes the transonic airfoil according to claim 1 .

6. An axial flow rotary machine comprising:

a rotation shaft located at the center and rotating;

a plurality of rotor airfoils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft at equivalent intervals in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a casing covering the rotation shaft and the rotor airfoils; and

a plurality of stator airfoils disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the casing to alternate with the rotor airfoils in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein

the plurality of rotor airfoils partially includes the transonic airfoil according to claim 2 .

7. An axial flow rotary machine comprising:

a rotation shaft located at the center and rotating;

a plurality of rotor airfoils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft at equivalent intervals in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a casing covering the rotation shaft and the rotor airfoils; and

a plurality of stator airfoils disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the casing to alternate with the rotor airfoils in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein

the plurality of rotor airfoils partially includes the transonic airfoil according to claim 3 .

8. An axial flow rotary machine comprising:

a rotation shaft located at the center and rotating;

a plurality of rotor airfoils disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft at equivalent intervals in a circumferential direction and an axial direction of the rotation shaft;

a casing covering the rotation shaft and the rotor airfoils; and

a plurality of stator airfoils disposed on an inner circumferential surface of the casing to alternate with the rotor airfoils in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, wherein

the plurality of rotor airfoils partially includes the transonic airfoil according to claim 4 .

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.
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CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2009
From: NAGAI, NAONORI; IWATANI, JUNJI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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