IP Library Granted Patent US 9,726,027
Granted Patent B2
US 9,726,027 · App. 13/817,893 · Granted Aug 8, 2017

Turbine

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Patent No.
US 9,726,027
App. No.
13/817,893
Granted
Aug 8, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine includes: a blade body having a blade provided at one of a rotor rotatably supported and a stator provided around the rotor and extending in a radial direction and a shroud extending in a circumferential direction at a tip portion in the radial direction of the blade; and an accommodating concave body provided at another one of the rotor and the stator, extending in the circumferential direction, accommodating the shroud with a gap interposed therebetween, and relatively rotating with respect to the blade body, wherein a leakage flow leaked from a main flow flowing along the blade flows into the gap; and wherein the shroud is provided with a guide curved surface formed between a peripheral surface facing the accommodating concave body and a trailing edge end portion formed closer to a main flow side in a downstream side of the leakage flow than the peripheral surface.

Claims (30)

1. A turbine comprising:

a rotor that is rotatably supported;

a stator around the rotor;

a blade body having a blade at one of the rotor and the stator and extending in a radial direction toward a first side from a second side and a shroud extending in a circumferential direction at a tip portion in the radial direction of the blade; and

an accommodating concave body at another of the rotor and the stator, extending in the circumferential direction, being configured to accommodate the shroud with a gap interposed there between, and relatively rotate with respect to the blade body;

wherein leakage flow leaked from main flow flowing along the blade is configured to flow into the gap,

wherein the shroud includes a guide curved surface between a peripheral surface facing the accommodating concave body and a trailing edge end portion that is closer to the main flow side than the peripheral surface in a downstream side of the leakage flow,

wherein the guide curved surface has a curved surface that is in a convex shape protruding outward toward the accommodating concave body and away from the blade and is continuously curved from the peripheral surface toward the trailing edge end portion, and

wherein the guide curved surface is configured to guide the leakage flow along the peripheral surface from the peripheral surface to the trailing edge end portion.

2. The turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the trailing edge end portion is an axial fin extending in a direction of a rotation axis.

3. The turbine according to claim 1 , wherein a guide pathway configured to perform guidance in a direction opposite to a relative rotation direction of the shroud with respect to the accommodating concave body is on the guide curved surface, and

in the guide pathway, an inflow portion configured to allow the leakage flow to flow into the guide pathway at the peripheral surface side and an outflow portion configured to allow the leakage flow to flow out of the guide pathway at the trailing edge end portion side are shifted in the opposite direction to the relative rotation direction.

4. The turbine according to claim 3 , wherein the guide pathway is in a groove shape.

5. The turbine according to claim 3 , wherein the guide pathway is a protrusion wall protruding in a direction normal to the guide curved surface.

6. The turbine according to claim 1 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

7. The turbine according to claim 1 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an elliptical shape.

8. The turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the guide curved surface is in a more concavo-convex shape compared to at least a surface of the blade.

9. The turbine according to claim 2 , wherein a guide pathway configured to perform guidance in a direction opposite to a relative rotation direction of the shroud with respect to the accommodating concave body is on the guide curved surface, and

in the guide pathway, an inflow portion configured to allow the leakage flow to flow into the guide pathway at the peripheral surface side and an outflow portion configured to allow the leakage flow to flow out of the guide pathway at the trailing edge end portion side are shifted in the opposite direction to the relative rotation direction.

10. The turbine according to claim 9 , wherein the guide pathway is in a groove shape.

11. The turbine according to claim 9 , wherein the guide pathway is a protrusion wall protruding in a direction normal to the guide curved surface.

12. The turbine according to claim 2 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

13. The turbine according to claim 3 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

14. The turbine according to claim 4 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

15. The turbine according to claim 5 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

16. The turbine according to claim 9 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

17. The turbine according to claim 10 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

18. The turbine according to claim 11 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an arc shape.

19. The turbine according to claim 2 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an elliptical shape.

20. The turbine according to claim 3 , wherein in the guide curved surface, a cross-sectional contour of a cross section of the guide curved surface along a plane intersecting the circumferential direction is in an elliptical shape.

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 4, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034886/0095 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2013
From: KUWAMURA, YOSHIHIRO; MATSUMOTO, KAZUYUKI; OYAMA, HIROHARU; TANAKA, YOSHINORI; MATSUURA, MASAAKI; MATSUO, ASAHARU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 029839/0542 →