IP Library Granted Patent US 11,136,903
Granted Patent B2
US 11,136,903 · App. 16/475,923 · Granted Oct 5, 2021

Steam turbine

Inventors: Shin Yanagisawa (Tokyo, JP); Makoto Kondo (Tokyo, JP); Katsuhisa Hamada (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
F01D25/28F01D25/24F05D2220/31
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Patent No.
US 11,136,903
App. No.
16/475,923
Granted
Oct 5, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A steam turbine includes a rotor shaft, a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes, and a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing.

Claims (30)

1. A steam turbine comprising:

a rotor shaft;

a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes; and

a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing,

wherein the casing includes an upper half and a lower half, the lower half being disposed below the upper half,

wherein a distal end portion of the casing support is inserted in a recess provided in the casing, the recess being recessed axially inward from the outer surface of the casing,

wherein the recess is formed partially by a part of a lower surface of the upper half, and wherein the casing is supported by the distal end portion of the casing support via an upper surface of the distal end portion and via the part of the lower surface of the upper half.

2. The steam turbine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper half has an upper flange part,

wherein the lower half has a lower flange part fastened to the upper flange part of the upper half, and

wherein, in a plan view, at least a part of the casing support extends axially toward the inner side of the casing through the outer surface of the casing on a rotor shaft side of inner peripheral edges of the upper flange part and the lower flange part.

3. The steam turbine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the upper half has an upper flange part,

wherein the lower half has a lower flange part fastened to the upper flange part of the upper half, and

wherein, in a plan view, the casing support extends axially toward the inner side of the casing through the outer surface of the casing on a rotor shaft side of outer peripheral edges of the upper flange part and the lower flange part.

4. The steam turbine according to claim 1 , further comprising a casing support liner disposed between the casing support and the casing,

wherein an outer end surface of the casing support liner is positioned inside the casing axially away from the outer surface of the casing at the periphery of the shaft penetration part, and

wherein the casing support is configured to support the casing via the casing support liner.

5. The steam turbine according to claim 1 , further comprising a heat insulating member disposed between the casing support and the casing,

wherein the casing support is configured to support the casing via the heat insulating member.

6. The steam turbine according to claim 1 ,

wherein a surface of the casing supported directly or indirectly by the casing support from below is positioned at a same height as a horizontal separation surface of the casing.

7. A steam turbine comprising:

a rotor shaft;

a casing disposed so as to cover the rotor shaft and having a shaft penetration part through which the rotor shaft passes; and

a casing support extending axially toward an inner side of the casing through an outer surface of the casing at a periphery of the shaft penetration part and supporting the casing,

wherein the casing includes an upper half and a lower half, the lower half being disposed below the upper half,

wherein the casing support is disposed such that an upper surface of a distal end portion is in contact with a lower surface of the upper half,

wherein the casing is supported by the distal end portion via the upper surface of the distal end portion, and

wherein the casing support is disposed so as to form a clearance at least between the casing and a lower surface of the distal end portion of the casing support and between the casing and an axial end surface of the distal end portion of the casing support.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054884/0496 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: YANAGISAWA, SHIN; KONDO, MAKOTO; HAMADA, KATSUHISA
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 049666/0205 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-034595 · Feb 27, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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