IP Library Granted Patent US 11,041,406
Granted Patent B2
US 11,041,406 · App. 16/609,568 · Granted Jun 22, 2021

Inlet guide vane assembly of gas turbine and gas turbine

Inventors: Yang Wang (Shanghai, CN); Hong Yun Lv (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
F01D25/246F01D17/162F05D2220/32
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Patent No.
US 11,041,406
App. No.
16/609,568
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An inlet guide vane assembly of gas turbine is disclosed. The inlet guide vane assembly includes: a plurality of inlet guide vanes, each including a fixing shaft disposed at the end away from a fixing part; and a fixing assembly including a support ring, a fixing ring and an abutting member. The fixing ring includes a fixing wall facing towards a support part, the fixing wall forming, in cooperation with a support wall, a plurality of accommodating cavities corresponding to the plurality of inlet guide vanes. The fixing shafts are rotatably inserted into the accommodating cavities, and the abutting member is in interference fit with the inner inlet casing and the fixing ring. The inlet guide vane assembly implements support for the inlet guide vanes without affecting installation of the inlet guide vanes.

Claims (40)

1. An inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine, the gas turbine including an inner inlet casing and an outer inlet casing, the outer inlet casing being sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part, the inlet guide vane assembly comprising:

a plurality of inlet guide vanes, one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatably connected to a first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes including a fixing shaft, each respective fixing shaft being respectively disposed at an end of each respective inlet guide vane, of the plurality of inlet guide vanes, away from the cylindrical fixing part; and

a fixing assembly comprising:

a support ring, coaxially fixable to the inner inlet casing with the cylindrical fixing part, the support ring including a support part formed by radially extending from an outer surface of the support ring, and the support part including a support wall facing towards the inner inlet casing,

a fixing ring, sheathed on an outer surface of the support ring and located between the inner inlet casing and the support part, the fixing ring including a fixing wall facing towards the support part, the fixing wall forming, in cooperation with the support wall, a plurality of accommodating cavities respectively corresponding to the plurality of inlet guide vanes, after making contact with the support wall, and the fixing shafts being rotatably inserted into the plurality of accommodating cavities, and

an abutting member, disposed between the inner inlet casing and the fixing ring in an axial direction of the support ring, the abutting member being in interference fit with the inner inlet casing and the fixing ring.

2. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 1 , wherein the support ring and the fixing ring are respectively assembled by two semi-rings.

3. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 2 , wherein the abutting member is a metal strip wound around the support ring.

4. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 3 , wherein a raised edge, extending towards the inner inlet casing, is formed on the abutting member, and the raised edge embeddable into the inner inlet casing.

5. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 1 , wherein the support wall includes a plurality of first grooves, and wherein the fixing wall includes a plurality of second grooves corresponding to the plurality of first grooves, the plurality of first grooves and the plurality of second grooves respectively cooperating to form the plurality of accommodating cavities.

6. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 5 , wherein a sleeve is disposed within each of the plurality of accommodating cavities, and the fixing shaft extending through the sleeve.

7. The inlet guide vane assembly of a gas turbine of claim 1 , wherein the support ring is fixed to the inner inlet casing via a bolt.

8. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 1 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

9. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 2 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

10. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 3 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

11. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 4 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

12. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 5 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

13. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 6 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

14. A gas turbine, comprising:

an inner inlet casing;

an outer inlet casing sheathed outside the inner inlet casing, the outer inlet casing including a cylindrical fixing part; and

the inlet guide vane assembly of claim 7 , wherein one end of each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes is rotatably connected to the first fixing part, each of the plurality of inlet guide vanes being rotatable in a radial direction of the cylindrical fixing part, and the support ring being fixed to the inner inlet casing.

Assignments (3)
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 Nov 14, 2019
From: SIEMENS LTD., CHINA
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 051008/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 11, 2019
From: WANG, YANG; LV, HONG YUN
To: SIEMENS LTD., CHINA
Reel/Frame 050965/0434 →