IP Library Granted Patent US 8,414,262
Granted Patent B2
US 8,414,262 · App. 12/608,438 · Granted Apr 9, 2013

Turbine blade having squealer

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Patent No.
US 8,414,262
App. No.
12/608,438
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine blade of the invention includes an air foil including a plurality of cooling flow passages through which a cooling medium flows from a leading edge region to a trailing edge region, a top plate which forms the apex of the air foil, has a heat-resistant coating applied on the upper surface thereof, and includes a plurality of cooling holes, and a squealer which protrudes radially outward from the blade from the top plate, and is formed so as to extend from a leading edge end to a starting end of the trailing edge region along a suction-surface-side blade wall in a peripheral direction of the blade.

Claims (22)

1. A turbine blade comprising:

an air foil including a plurality of cooling flow passages through which a cooling medium flows from a leading edge region to a trailing edge region;

a top plate which forms the apex of the air foil, has a heat-resistant coating applied on the upper surface thereof, and includes a plurality of cooling holes; and

a squealer which protrudes radially outward from the blade from the top plate, and is formed so as to extend from a leading edge end to a starting end of the trailing edge region along a suction-surface-side blade wall in a peripheral direction of the blade,

wherein a portion of the top plate between the starting end of the trailing edge region and the trailing edge end is not provided with the squealer, and the height of the top plate is set to be lower than the height of the top surface of the squealer by at least a predetermined value in consideration of variations in the finished height of the heat-resistant coating.

2. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein

the height of the top plate of the leading edge region is formed so as to be lower than the height of the top plate of the trailing edge region, and an inclined portion which has an upward gradient toward the trailing edge region from the leading edge region is formed.

3. The turbine blade according to claim 2 , wherein

the plurality of cooling holes is arranged in a double line on the top surface of the squealer or the upper surface of the top plate in the leading edge region, and is arranged in a single line on the upper surface of the top plate in the trailing edge region.

4. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of cooling holes is arranged in a double line on the top surface of the squealer or the upper surface of the top plate in the leading edge region, and is arranged in a single line on the upper surface of the top plate in the trailing edge region.

5. A turbine blade comprising:

an air foil including a plurality of cooling flow passages through which a cooling medium flows from a leading edge region to a trailing edge region;

a top plate which forms the apex of the air foil, has a heat-resistant coating applied on the upper surface thereof, and includes a plurality of cooling holes; and

a squealer which protrudes radially outward of the blade from the top plate, is formed from a starting end of the trailing edge region along a suction-surface-side blade wall to a leading edge end in a peripheral direction of the blade, and is further formed so as to continuously extend from the leading edge end along a pressurized-surface-side blade wall to the starting end of the trailing edge region,

wherein a portion of the top plate between the starting end of the trailing edge region and the trailing edge end is not provided with the squealer, and the height of the top plate is set to be lower than the height of the top surface of the squealer by at least a predetermined value in consideration of variations in the finished height of the heat-resistant coating.

6. The turbine blade according to claim 5 , wherein

the height of the top plate of the leading edge region is formed so as to be lower than the height of the top plate of the trailing edge region, and an inclined portion which has an upward gradient toward the trailing edge region from the leading edge region is formed.

7. The turbine blade according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of cooling holes is arranged in a double line on the top surface of the squealer or the upper surface of the top plate in the leading edge region, and is arranged in a single line on the upper surface of the top plate in the trailing edge region.

8. The turbine blade according to claim 5 , wherein

the plurality of cooling holes is arranged in a double line on the top surface of the squealer or the upper surface of the top plate in the leading edge region, and is arranged in a single line on the upper surface of the top plate in the trailing edge region.

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 Nov 5, 2009
From: HADA, SATOSHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 023473/0557 →