IP Library Granted Patent US 9,353,640
Granted Patent B2
US 9,353,640 · App. 13/995,542 · Granted May 31, 2016

Turbine

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Patent No.
US 9,353,640
App. No.
13/995,542
Granted
May 31, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine includes a blade, a structure installed at a tip section side of the blade via a gap and configured to relatively rotate with respect to the blade, a step section formed at the tip section of the blade, having at least one step surface, and protruding toward a portion opposite to the tip section of the structure, a seal fin formed at the portion opposite to the tip section of the structure, extending toward the step section, and configured to form a micro gap between the step section and the seal fin, and a cutout section formed at the step surface to be connected to an upper surface of the step section. The cutout section guides a separation vortex separated from a main stream of a fluid passing through the gap toward the seal fin on the upper surface of the step section.

Claims (20)

1. A turbine comprising:

a blade;

a structure installed at a tip section side of the blade via a gap and configured to relatively rotate with respect to the blade;

a step section formed at one of sections, the tip section of the blade and a section of the structure opposite to the tip section, protruding toward the other sections such that protrusion heights are gradually increased from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the step section, and having a first step surface and a second step surface which is provided on a downstream side of the first step surface;

a seal fin formed at the other of sections, the tip section of the blade and a section of the structure opposite to the tip section, extending toward the step section, and configured to form a micro gap between the step section and the seal fin; and

a cutout section formed at each of the first step surface and the second step surface to be connected to an upper surface of the step section, wherein

a fluid flows through the gap,

the cutout sections guide a separation vortex separated from a main stream of the fluid toward the seal fin on the upper surface of the step section,

the cutout sections are inclined sections inclined from an upstream side toward a downstream side, and

an inclination angle of the inclined sections formed at the second step surface with respect to a radial direction of a rotary shaft is set to be larger than an inclined angle of the inclined section formed at the first step surface.

2. A turbine comprising:

a blade;

a structure installed at a tip section side of the blade via a gap and configured to relatively rotate with respect to the blade;

a step section formed at one of sections, the tip section of the blade and a section of the structure opposite to the tip section, protruding toward the other sections such that protrusion heights are gradually increased from an upstream side toward a downstream side of the step section, and having a first step surface and a second step surface which is provided on a downstream side of the first step surface;

a seal fin formed at the other of sections, the tip section of the blade and a section of the structure opposite to the tip section, extending toward the step section, and configured to form a micro gap between the step section and the seal fin; and

a cutout section formed at each of the first step surface and the second step surface to be connected to an upper surface of the step section, wherein

a fluid flows through the gap,

the cutout sections guide a separation vortex separated from a main stream of the fluid toward the seal fin on the upper surface of the step section,

the cutout sections each have an arc-shaped section smoothly connected to the upper surface from the upstream side toward the downstream side, and

an angle between a tangential direction of a portion of the arc-shaped section formed at the second step surface connected to the upper surface and a radial direction of a rotary shaft is set to be larger than an angle between a tangential direction of a portion of the arc-shaped section formed at the first step surface.

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 Jun 19, 2013
From: KUWAMURA, YOSHIHIRO; MATSUMOTO, KAZUYUKI; OYAMA, HIROHARU; TANAKA, YOSHINORI; MATSUO, ASAHARU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 030643/0994 →