IP Library Granted Patent US 10,400,626
Granted Patent B2
US 10,400,626 · App. 15/559,560 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Vane segment for a gas turbine

Inventors: Steve Hannam (North Hykeham, GB); Paul Padley (Tattershall, GB); Paul Mathew Walker (Dunholme, GB); Jonathan Wells (Welton, GB)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
F01D25/08C23C4/134C23C14/221C25D3/56C25D5/48C25D7/008F01D5/14F01D5/288F01D9/041F01D25/005F05D2220/32F05D2230/10F05D2230/311F05D2230/312F05D2230/313F05D2230/90F05D2240/123F05D2240/15F05D2260/231F05D2300/611
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Patent No.
US 10,400,626
App. No.
15/559,560
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vane device for a gas turbine having an inner shroud and an outer shroud, an aerofoil arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, the aerofoil and/or inner shroud and/or an outer shroud having a first layer of MCrAlY coating over a substrate, a coated surface section which is coated with a thermal barrier coating over the first layer of MCrAlY coating, a second layer of MCrAlY coating provided between the first layer of MCrAlY and the thermal barrier coating of the coated surface section.

Claims (45)

1. A vane device for a gas turbine, the vane device comprising:

an inner shroud and an outer shroud,

at least an airfoil arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud,

the airfoil and/or the inner shroud and/or the outer shroud comprising a first layer of MCrAlY coating over a substrate for providing thermal protection to the substrate,

a second layer of MCrAlY coating over the first layer of MCrAlY coating, and

a thermal barrier coating over the first layer of MCrAlY coating and over the second layer of MCrAlY coating,

wherein the second layer of MCrAlY coating comprises a roughness that is greater than a roughness of the first layer of MCrAlY coating, and

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers more of the substrate than does the second layer of MCrAlY coating.

2. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating is obtained by means of an electroplating process.

3. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second layer of MCrAlY coating is obtained by means of an air plasma spray process.

4. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers the entire substrate of the airfoil and/or the inner shroud and/or the outer shroud along a gas path of a working fluid of the gas turbine.

5. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the material of the substrate is Mar-M-247.

6. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the airfoil comprises a suction side and a pressure side, the suction side comprising at least a first coated surface section which is coated with the thermal barrier coating.

7. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inner shroud and the outer shroud respectively comprise a first inner platform and a second inner platform, the first inner platform and/or the second inner platform comprising a coated surface section coated with the thermal barrier coating.

8. The vane device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the coated surface section is limited to a location downstream of a trailing edge of the airfoil.

9. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a pressure side of the airfoil is free from the thermal barrier coating.

10. The vane device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers the entire airfoil along a gas path of a working fluid of the gas turbine,

the vane device further comprising the thermal barrier coating applied to the second layer of MCrAlY coating but not to the first layer of MCrAlY coating,

wherein with respect to the airfoil the second layer of MCrAlY coating and the thermal barrier coating are limited to a suction side of the airfoil.

11. The vane device according to claim 1 , further comprising an inner platform on at least one of the inner shroud and the outer shroud,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers the inner platform along a gas path of a working fluid of the gas turbine,

the vane device further comprising the thermal barrier coating applied to the second layer of MCrAlY coating but not to the first layer of MCrAlY coating, wherein with respect to the inner platform the second layer of MCrAlY coating and the thermal barrier coating are limited to a location downstream of a trailing edge of the airfoil.

12. The vane device according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers the entire substrate of the airfoil and the inner shroud and the outer shroud along a gas path of a working fluid of the gas turbine.

13. The vane device according to claim 1 , further comprising the thermal barrier coating applied to the second layer of MCrAlY coating but not to the first layer of MCrAlY coating, and wherein with respect to the airfoil the second layer of MCrAlY coating and the thermal barrier coating are limited to a suction side of the airfoil.

14. A method for manufacturing a vane device for a gas turbine, wherein the vane device comprises an inner shroud and an outer shroud, an airfoil arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, the inner shroud, the outer shroud and the airfoil defining a gas path for a working fluid of the gas turbine, the method comprising:

coating a substrate of the airfoil and/or the inner shroud and/or the outer shroud with a first layer of MCrAlY coating for providing thermal protection to the substrate,

coating a second layer of MCrAlY coating over a portion of the first layer of MCrAlY coating,

coating a thermal barrier coating over the second layer of MCrAlY coating for providing a coated surface section comprising additional protection at high temperature,

wherein the second layer of MCrAlY coating comprises a roughness that is greater than a roughness of the first layer of MCrAlY coating, and

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating covers more of the substrate than does the second layer of MCrAlY coating.

15. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating is applied by an electro-plating (EP) process and the second layer of MCrAlY coating is applied by an Air Plasma Spray (APS) process.

16. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the first layer of MCrAlY coating is smoothed by means of a vibro-polishing process.

17. The method according to claim 14 ,

wherein the thermal barrier coating is applied by an Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition or an Air Plasma Spray (APS) process.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 056501/0020 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: HANNAM, STEVE
To: ESATTO LINEA LTD
Reel/Frame 045126/0515 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: ESATTO LINEA LTD
To: APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS LTD
Reel/Frame 045126/0518 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANTS LTD
To: SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL TURBOMACHINERY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045126/0528 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: PADLEY, PAUL; WALKER, PAUL MATHEW; WELLS, JONATHAN
To: SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL TURBOMACHINERY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045126/0551 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: SIEMENS INDUSTRIAL TURBOMACHINERY LIMITED
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 045126/0606 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 15162152 · Apr 1, 2015 · regional
Continuity (1)
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