IP Library Granted Patent US 9,556,749
Granted Patent B2
US 9,556,749 · App. 13/705,244 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine and gas turbine having an exhaust gas housing

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Patent No.
US 9,556,749
App. No.
13/705,244
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine, in which an annular gas passage, through which exhaust gas discharges from the gas turbine to the outside, is formed by a concentric inner casing and an outer casing which concentrically encompasses the inner casing at a distance, wherein the inner casing and the outer casing are interconnected by a plurality of radial struts which extend through the gas passage and have in each case a leading edge and a trailing edge with regard to the exhaust gas flowing through the gas passage, and wherein the struts, the outer casing and the inner casing are equipped in each case with a heat-resistant lining towards the gas passage, wherein the lining of the struts is at least partially mechanically decoupled from the lining of the inner casing and/or of the outer casing for reducing thermal stresses on the periphery of the struts.

Claims (16)

1. An exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine, the exhaust gas housing comprising:

an annular gas passage, configured to discharge an exhaust gas from the gas turbine to the outside, wherein the annular gas passage is formed by a concentric inner casing and an outer casing which concentrically encompasses the inner casing at a distance, wherein the inner casing and the outer casing are interconnected by a plurality of radial struts which extend through the gas passage and include in each case a leading edge and a trailing edge with regard to the exhaust gas flowing through the annular gas passage, wherein the radial struts include a third heat-resistant lining, the outer casing includes a first heat-resistant lining, and the inner casing include a second heat-resistant lining, in each case towards the annular gas passage, wherein the third heat-resistant lining of the struts is at least partially mechanically decoupled from (i) the first heat-resistant lining, (ii) the second heat-resistant lining, or (iii) the first heat-resistant lining and the second heat-resistant lining for reducing thermal stress on a periphery of the struts; and

at least one stress relief cut in the first heat-resistant lining or the second heat-resistant lining, the at least one stress relief cut extending around the leading edges and/or the trailing edges of the struts, each of the at least one stress relief cut of the leading edges or the trailing edges having a pair of ends, each of the pair of ends terminating in a hole of larger diameter for reducing mechanical stresses.

2. The exhaust gas housing of claim 1 , wherein the at least one stress relief cut comprises a stress relief cut extending around the leading edge, the trailing edge, or the leading and trailing edges of the struts.

3. The exhaust gas housing of claim 2 , wherein the at least one stress relief cut comprises a plurality of the stress relief cuts.

4. The exhaust gas housing of claim 1 , wherein the at least one stress relief cut is covered by a cover plate for sealing against the exhaust gas, without significantly impairing a mechanical decoupling effect of the at least one stress relief cut.

5. A gas turbine, comprising the exhaust gas housing of claim 1 .

6. The exhaust gas housing of claim 1 , wherein the at least one stress relief cut comprises a first, second, third, and fourth stress relief cut for mechanical stress relief.

7. The exhaust gas housing of claim 6 , wherein the first, second, third, and fourth stress relief cuts extend on a transition between the struts and the outer casing or inner casing and along the periphery of the struts.

8. The exhaust gas housing of claim 6 , wherein at least one of the first, second, or third stress relief cuts is arranged in the first heat-resistant lining or the second heat-resistant lining.

9. The exhaust gas housing of claim 6 , wherein the first, second, and fourth stress relief cuts extend around the leading edge, the trailing edge, or the leading and trailing edges of the struts.

10. The exhaust gas housing of claim 6 , wherein the first and second stress relief cuts are covered by corresponding cover plates for sealing against the exhaust gas, without significantly impairing the mechanical decoupling effect of the first and second stress relief cuts.

11. The exhaust gas housing of claim 1 , comprising a stress relief cut, which extends in a closed curve around the struts in such a way that the third heat-resistant lining is completely mechanically separated from the first heat-resistant lining or the second heat-resistant lining.

12. An exhaust gas housing for a gas turbine, the exhaust gas housing comprising:

an annular gas passage, configured to discharge an exhaust gas from the gas turbine to the outside, wherein the annular gas passage is formed by a concentric inner casing and an outer casing which concentrically encompasses the inner casing at a distance, wherein the inner casing and the outer casing are interconnected by a plurality of radial struts which extend through the gas passage and include in each case a leading edge and a trailing edge with regard to the exhaust gas flowing through the annular gas passage, wherein the radial struts include a third heat-resistant lining, the outer casing includes a first heat-resistant lining, and the inner casing include a second heat-resistant lining, in each case towards the annular gas passage, wherein the third heat-resistant lining of the struts is at least partially mechanically decoupled from (i) the first heat-resistant lining, (ii) the second heat-resistant lining, or (iii) the first heat-resistant lining and the second heat-resistant lining for reducing thermal stress on a periphery of the struts; and

at least one stress relief cut in the third heat-resistant lining, the at least one stress relief cut extending around the leading edges and/or the trailing edges of the struts, each of the at least one stress relief cut of the leading edges or the trailing edges having a pair of ends, each of the pair of ends terminating in a hole of larger diameter for reducing mechanical stresses.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
To: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
Reel/Frame 041731/0626 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2016
From: ALSTOM TECHNOLOGY LTD
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
Reel/Frame 038216/0193 →