IP Library Granted Patent US 8,616,835
Granted Patent B2
US 8,616,835 · App. 12/933,636 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Gas turbine

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Patent No.
US 8,616,835
App. No.
12/933,636
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas turbine including exhaust chamber defined by a cylindrical casing wall and a bearing case that supports a bearing part of a rotor in the casing wall, struts provided at equal intervals in circumferential direction of the bearing case and extending in tangential direction of the bearing case to couple the casing wall and the bearing case, a diffuser unit having an outer diffuser at the inner periphery of the casing wall and an inner diffuser at the outer periphery of the bearing case, a cooling chamber in which the outer diffuser and the inner diffuser are coupled by a strut cover, led to a portion between the casing wall and the outer diffuser, a portion between the bearing case and the inner diffuser, and the insides of the strut cover, and a partition wall that covers the outer periphery of the bearing case.

Claims (18)

1. A gas turbine comprising:

a casing wall in a cylindrical shape that forms an outer shell of a downstream side of a turbine;

a bearing case that supports a bearing part of a rotor in the casing wall;

a plurality of struts that are provided in a circumferential direction of the bearing case and extend in a tangential direction of the bearing case to couple the casing wall and the bearing case;

a diffuser unit that includes an outer diffuser provided along an inner periphery of the casing wall and an inner diffuser provided along an outer periphery of the bearing case;

a partition wall that is formed between the bearing case and the inner diffuser and covers the outer periphery of the bearing case;

a cooling chamber in which the outer diffuser and the inner diffuser are coupled by a strut cover for covering each of the struts, and that is led to a portion between the casing wall and the outer diffuser, a portion between the partition wall and the inner diffuser, and an inside of the strut cover, wherein

the partition wall has the struts penetrating therethrough and isolates cooling medium in the cooling chamber from cooling medium around the bearing case; and,

a partition wall supporting member one end side of which is fixed to the bearing case and another end side of which is fixed to the partition wall, that is provided in an extending direction of each of the struts, and that includes a sealing unit dividing the one end side and the other end side, and that is slidably provided in the extending direction of the struts, while maintaining airtightness between the one end side and the other end side.

2. A gas turbine comprising:

a casing wall in a cylindrical shape that forms an outer shell of a downstream side of a turbine;

a bearing case that supports a bearing part of a rotor in the casing wall;

a plurality of struts that are provided in a circumferential direction of the bearing case and extend in a tangential direction of the bearing case to couple the casing wall and the bearing case;

a diffuser unit that includes an outer diffuser provided along an inner periphery of the casing wall and an inner diffuser provided along an outer periphery of the bearing case;

a partition wall that is formed between the bearing case and the inner diffuser and covers the outer periphery of the bearing case;

a cooling chamber in which the outer diffuser and the inner diffuser are coupled by a strut cover for covering each of the struts, and that is led to a portion between the casing wall and the outer diffuser, a portion between the partition wall and the inner diffuser, and an inside of the strut cover, wherein

the partition wall has the struts penetrating therethrough and isolates cooling medium in the cooling chamber from cooling medium around the bearing case; and,

a partition wall supporting member that surrounds an outer periphery of each of the struts, one end side of which is fixed to the partition wall and another end side of which is fixed to the casing wall, and that is provided in an extending direction of the struts.

Assignments (3)
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.
Reel/Frame 054975/0438 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
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