IP Library Granted Patent US 11,591,934
Granted Patent B2
US 11,591,934 · App. 16/760,934 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Exhaust hood and steam turbine

Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura (Tokyo, JP); Hideaki Sugishita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP); Toyoharu Nishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Kei Nakanishi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F01D25/30F01D9/02F05D2220/31F05D2240/12F05D2240/14F05D2240/50F05D2250/70
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Patent No.
US 11,591,934
App. No.
16/760,934
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exhaust hood (Ec) of the present invention is provided with an inner casing ( 21 ), an outer casing ( 30 ), and a diffuser ( 26 ). The inner casing ( 21 ) surrounds a rotor from the outside in a radial direction, and forms a first space ( 21 s ) in which a fluid flows in an axial direction (Da) between the rotor and the inner casing ( 21 ). The diffuser ( 26 ) is provided with a bearing cone ( 29 ) that has a diameter that gradually widens moving towards an axial downstream side (Dad) and forms a cylindrical shape extending to the axial downstream side (Dad) to be continuous with the outer circumferential surface of a rotor shaft that forms the first space ( 21 s ). An end edge ( 29 a ) on the axial downstream side (Dad) of the bearing cone ( 29 ) forms an oval shape in which, in a direction orthogonal to an axial line (Ar), a distance (R 2 an ) between the axial line (Ar) and a second cone end part ( 29 ab ) of a second side (Dan) is greater than a distance (R 2 ex ) between the axial line (Ar) and a first cone end part ( 29 aa ) of a first side (Dex).

Claims (37)

1. An exhaust hood comprising:

an inner casing that surrounds a rotor from an outside in a radial direction about an axis of a rotor shaft, and forms a first space in which a fluid flows in a direction in which the axis extends between the rotor and the inner casing;

an outer casing that surrounds the rotor and the inner casing, forms a second space to which the fluid flowing through the first space is discharged between the inner casing and the outer casing, and has an outlet on a first side in a direction orthogonal to the axis; and

a diffuser that is disposed on a downstream side of the inner casing to form a diffuser space communicating with the first space, is oriented radially outward as going toward the downstream side, and allows the first space and the second space to communicate with each other,

wherein the diffuser is provided with a bearing cone that forms a cylindrical shape extending to a downstream side in an axial direction to be continuous with an outer peripheral surface of the rotor shaft that forms the first space and has a diameter that gradually widens as going toward the downstream side in the axial direction, and

wherein an end edge on the downstream side of the bearing cone forms an oval shape in which, on a major axis thereof extending in a direction orthogonal to the axial line, a distance between the axial line and a second cone end portion on a second side opposite to the first side is greater than a distance between the axial line and a first cone end portion on the first side,

wherein in a cross-sectional view including the axis,

an angle θe formed between the axis and a tangent on the upstream end of the bearing cone on a side of the bearing cone that is closer to the outlet than the axis is set,

an angle θa formed between the axis and a tangent on the upstream end of the bearing cone on a side opposite the side of the bearing cone closer to the outlet than the axis is set, and

the bearing cone satisfies the following expression: θa>θe≥0.

2. The exhaust hood according to claim 1 ,

wherein the diffuser includes a flow guide that forms a cylindrical shape extending to the downstream side in the axial direction from an end edge on the downstream side of the inner casing and has a diameter that gradually widens as going toward the downstream side in the axial direction,

wherein the flow guide includes a first guide section formed closer to the first side than the axis, and a second guide section formed closer to the second side than the axis, and

wherein, in a cross-sectional view including the axis, an angle between the axis and a tangent of the second guide section is greater than an angle between the axis and a tangent of the first guide section which is at the same position as the second guide section in the axial direction.

3. The exhaust hood according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first cone end portion on the first side is positioned on the downstream side in the axial direction from the second cone end portion on the second side.

4. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 2 .

5. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 3 .

6. The exhaust hood according to claim 1 ,

wherein the diffuser includes a flow guide that forms a cylindrical shape extending to the downstream side in the axial direction from an end edge on the downstream side of the inner casing and has a diameter that gradually widens as going toward the downstream side in the axial direction,

wherein the flow guide includes a first guide section formed closer to the first side than the axis, and a second guide section formed closer to the second side than the axis,

wherein, in a cross-sectional view including the axis, a radial distance between the axis and a second side guide end portion positioned on the second side of the second guide section and furthest from the outlet is greater than a radial distance between the axis and the first guide section which is at the same position as the second side guide end portion in the axial direction, and

wherein an angle between the axis and a tangent at the second side guide end portion is greater than an angle between the axis and a tangent of the first guide section which is at the same position as the second side guide end portion in the axial direction.

7. The exhaust hood according to claim 6 ,

wherein the first cone end portion on the first side is positioned on the downstream side in the axial direction from the second cone end portion on the second side.

8. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 7 .

9. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 6 .

10. The exhaust hood according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the bearing cone, the second cone end portion is disposed at a position forward in a rotational direction of the rotor shaft along the end edge with respect to a position on the second side and furthest from the outlet.

11. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 10 .

12. A steam turbine comprising:

the exhaust hood according to claim 1 .

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 25, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059699/0992 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 28, 2020
From: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054196/0453 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2020
From: KUWAMURA, YOSHIHIRO; SUGISHITA, HIDEAKI; MATSUMOTO, KAZUYUKI; NISHIKAWA, TOYOHARU; NAKANISHI, KEI
To: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 052554/0256 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-253815 · Dec 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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