IP Library Granted Patent US 9,133,769
Granted Patent B2
US 9,133,769 · App. 14/322,226 · Granted Sep 15, 2015

Connection structure of exhaust chamber, support structure of turbine, and gas turbine

Inventors: Shinya Hashimoto (Hyogo-ken, JP); Kenichi Arase (Hyogo-ken, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
F02C7/20F01D25/28F01D25/30F05D2260/941
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Patent No.
US 9,133,769
App. No.
14/322,226
Granted
Sep 15, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a gas turbine, an exhaust casing and an exhaust chamber are connected by an exhaust chamber support that can absorb thermal expansion, and the exhaust chamber and an exhaust duct are connected by an exhaust duct support that can absorb thermal expansion. An insulator is mounted on an outer peripheral surface of the exhaust chamber, and the exhaust chamber support and the exhaust duct support are disposed outside the insulator in the form of a plurality of strips. Because the thermal stress at a connection portion of the exhaust chamber is reduced, the durability is enhanced.

Claims (21)

1. A support structure of a turbine comprising:

a turbine main body formed in a cylindrical shape, forming an exhaust system, and including an exhaust chamber and an exhaust duct;

an outer shell member formed in a ring shape and disposed at an outer peripheral side of the exhaust chamber; and

an exhaust chamber leg for mounting the turbine main body, wherein the exhaust chamber leg connects between the outer shell member and a floor of a turbine building,

wherein

the exhaust chamber is disposed upstream of the exhaust duct,

the exhaust chamber and the outer shell member are connected by a support member that is configured to absorb thermal expansion, and

the outer shell member and the exhaust duct are connected by a high-temperature expansion joint that is configured to absorb thermal expansion.

2. The support structure of the turbine according to claim 1 , wherein

the support member is in a form of a plurality of strips, each having

one end connected to a downstream side of the exhaust chamber in a flow direction of an exhaust gas, and

another end connected to an inner periphery of the outer shell member.

3. The support structure of the turbine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a gas seal that

connects the exhaust chamber to the outer shell member, and

is disposed outside a connection portion between the support member and the exhaust chamber, and outside a connection portion between the support member and the outer shell member.

4. The support structure of the turbine according to claim 1 , wherein

the support member is formed in a truncated cone shape,

one end of the support member in an axial direction is connected to a downstream side of the exhaust chamber in a flow direction of an exhaust gas, and

another end of the support member is connected to an inner periphery of the outer shell member.

5. The support of the turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the outer shell member is disposed downstream of an end of the exhaust chamber in a flow direction of an exhaust gas.

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 20, 2015
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 034992/0333 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2014
From: HASHIMOTO, SHINYA; ARASE, KENICHI
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033232/0082 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-046699 · Feb 27, 2008 · national
JP 2008-088744 · Mar 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 12919530
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