IP Library Granted Patent US 11,319,825
Granted Patent B2
US 11,319,825 · App. 16/076,201 · Granted May 3, 2022

Sealing device and rotary machine

Inventors: Kohei Ozaki (Tokyo, JP); Hidekazu Uehara (Tokyo, JP); Azumi Yoshida (Tokyo, JP); Toyoharu Nishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Eiji Konishi (Tokyo, JP); Shin Nishimoto (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
F01D11/02F01D5/20F01D11/122F02C7/28F05D2220/31F05D2240/55F05D2250/314F16J15/4472F16J15/453
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Patent No.
US 11,319,825
App. No.
16/076,201
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A sealing device seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor and an inner circumferential surface of a stator. The sealing device includes a sealing ring provided on the stator and having a free-cutting material, in which a convex portion and a concave portion are alternately formed in an axial direction, on a surface facing the rotor; a plurality of radial fins protruding radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor; and oblique fins which obliquely protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward both ends of the free-cutting material of the sealing ring in the axial direction from the outside of the both ends.

Claims (47)

1. A sealing device which seals a gap between an outer circumferential surface of a rotor which rotates around an axis and an inner circumferential surface of a stator which covers the outer circumferential surface from an outer circumferential side thereof, the sealing device comprising:

a sealing ring provided on the stator and having a free-cutting material, in which convex portions and concave portions are alternately formed in an axial direction, on a surface facing the rotor;

a plurality of radial fins protruding radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor at axial positions corresponding to the convex portions and the concave portions of the free-cutting material of the sealing ring; and

a plurality of oblique fins which obliquely protrude from the outer circumferential surface of the rotor toward ends of the free-cutting material of the sealing ring in the axial direction, each of the plurality of oblique fins protruding from outside of the free-cutting material toward a side surface of the sealing ring in the axial direction when the sealing ring is viewed from the side.

2. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the free-cutting material in the convex portion or the concave portion provided at both ends of the sealing ring in the axial direction is larger than a thickness of the free-cutting material in the other convex portion or the other concave portion.

3. The sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein a surface of the free-cutting material facing each of the plurality of oblique fins is a curved surface which is convex toward the respective oblique fin.

4. The sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in the axial direction does not overlap the sealing ring.

5. The sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in a radial direction is located at a position of the convex portion or the concave portion provided at both ends in the axial direction which overlaps the free-cutting material in the radial direction.

6. The sealing device according to claim 3 , wherein the sealing ring comprises:

a plurality of sealing rings; and

a sealing member provided between two sealing rings of the plurality of sealing rings, wherein the sealing member comprises a sealing ring or a labyrinth seal, and

wherein the sealing member is disposed between two oblique fins of the plurality of oblique fins which are inclined so as not to face each other in the axial direction.

7. A rotary machine comprising:

the rotor which rotates around an axis;

the stator which covers the rotor from a radially outer side; and

the sealing device according to claim 3 .

8. The sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in the axial direction does not overlap the sealing ring.

9. The sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in a radial direction is located at a position of the convex portion or the concave portion provided at both ends in the axial direction which overlaps the free-cutting material in the radial direction.

10. The sealing device according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing ring comprises:

a plurality of sealing rings; and

a sealing member provided between two sealing rings of the plurality of sealing rings, wherein the sealing member comprises a sealing ring or a labyrinth seal, and

wherein the sealing member is disposed between two oblique fins of the plurality of oblique fins which are inclined so as not to face each other in the axial direction.

11. A rotary machine comprising:

the rotor which rotates around an axis;

the stator which covers the rotor from a radially outer side; and

the sealing device according to claim 2 .

12. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the free-cutting material facing each of the plurality of oblique fins is a curved surface which is convex toward the respective oblique fin.

13. The sealing device according to claim 12 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in the axial direction does not overlap the sealing ring.

14. The sealing device according to claim 12 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in a radial direction is located at a position of the convex portion or the concave portion provided at both ends in the axial direction which overlaps the free-cutting material in the radial direction.

15. The sealing device according to claim 12 , wherein the sealing ring comprises:

a plurality of sealing rings; and

a sealing member provided between two sealing rings of the plurality of sealing rings, wherein the sealing member comprises a sealing ring or a labyrinth seal, and

wherein the sealing member is disposed between two oblique fins of the plurality of oblique fins which are inclined so as not to face each other in the axial direction.

16. A rotary machine comprising:

the rotor which rotates around an axis;

the rotor which covers the rotor from a radially outer side; and

the sealing device according to claim 12 .

17. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in the axial direction does not overlap the sealing ring.

18. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein a position of a tip end of each of the plurality of oblique fins in a radial direction is located at a position of the convex portion or the concave portion provided at both ends in the axial direction which overlaps the free-cutting material in the radial direction.

19. The sealing device according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing ring comprises:

a plurality of sealing rings; and

a sealing member provided between two sealing rings of the plurality of sealing rings, wherein the sealing member comprises a sealing ring or a labyrinth seal,

wherein the sealing member is disposed between two oblique fins of the plurality of oblique fins which are inclined so as not to face each other in the axial direction.

20. A rotary machine comprising:

the rotor which rotates around an axis;

the stator which covers the rotor from a radially outer side; and

the sealing device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059620/0080 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 6, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054344/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: OZAKI, KOHEI; UEHARA, HIDEKAZU; YOSHIDA, AZUMI; NISHIKAWA, TOYOHARU; KONISHI, EIJI; NISHIMOTO, SHIN
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046574/0965 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-027004 · Feb 16, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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