IP Library Granted Patent US 11,073,022
Granted Patent B2
US 11,073,022 · App. 16/083,989 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Turbine blade comprising a cooling structure and associated production method

Inventors: Reiner Anton (Berlin, DE); Georg Bostanjoglo (Berlin, DE); Arturo Flores Renteria (Berlin, DE); Jacek Grodzki (Berlin, DE); Robert Herfurth (Berlin, DE); Eckart Schumann (Berlin, DE); Silke Settegast (Berlin, DE); Rüstü Söl (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
F01D5/186F05D2230/31F05D2240/30F05D2260/202
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Patent No.
US 11,073,022
App. No.
16/083,989
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine blade has a blade tip, a cooling structure with cooling channels which are designed to have cooling fluid passed through them in order to cool the turbine blade during operation, an end section at a lower level than that of the blade tip, and an outer wall section extending up to the blade tip. The cooling structure is formed between the end section and the blade tip. A method produces a cooling structure of this type.

Claims (29)

1. A turbine blade, comprising:

a blade tip,

a cooling structure comprising a multiplicity of cooling ducts which are configured to have a cooling fluid flowing through them during operation in order to cool the turbine blade, wherein the cooling structure comprises a lattice structure which forms the multiplicity of cooling ducts,

an end portion that is recessed with respect to the blade tip, and

an outer wall portion which:

projects from the end portion; and

terminates at and defines the blade tip,

wherein the end portion and the outer wall portion bound a region that is recessed in the blade tip, and wherein the cooling structure fills an entirety of the region.

2. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein diameters of cooling ducts of the multiplicity of cooling ducts are between 0.1 mm and 1 mm.

3. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein cooling ducts of the multiplicity of cooling ducts that are fluidically separated from one another.

4. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the end portion comprises cooling-air bores.

5. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cooling structure is formed at least partially in the outer wall portion, and

wherein an outlet of cooling ducts of the multiplicity of cooling ducts leads into the blade tip.

6. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the outer wall portion is a closed wall portion, and

wherein the cooling structure is at least partially enclosed by the outer wall portion.

7. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

between the blade tip and the end portion, a plurality of inner walls, which extend through the cooling structure.

8. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blade tip comprises a thermal barrier layer and/or an oxidation-resistant layer.

9. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the blade tip and/or the cooling structure are configured to form a rubbing edge during operation of the turbine blade.

10. The turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the cooling structure and/or the outer wall portion are produced or producible by additive manufacturing or by selective laser melting.

11. A method for producing a cooling structure for a turbine blade as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:

additively building of the cooling structure on the end portion of the turbine blade,

wherein the cooling structure is additively built up on the end portion such that the multiplicity of cooling ducts are formed,

wherein the multiplicity of cooling ducts are configured to have the cooling fluid flowing through them during operation in order to cool the turbine blade.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2021
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS ENERGY GLOBAL GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055615/0389 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2018
From: ANTON, REINER; BOSTANJOGLO, GEORG; FLORES RENTERIA, ARTURO; GRODZKI, JACEK; HERFURTH, ROBERT; SCHUMANN, ECKART; SETTEGAST, SILKE; SÖL, RÜSTÜ
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 047674/0207 →