IP Library Granted Patent US 11,365,646
Granted Patent B2
US 11,365,646 · App. 17/261,965 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Rotary machine and seal member

Inventors: Yasuhiko Ueta (Kanagawa, JP); Hisataka Fukushima (Kanagawa, JP); Kentaro Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F01D11/08F01D25/24F01D25/28F05D2220/31F05D2230/23F05D2240/55
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Patent No.
US 11,365,646
App. No.
17/261,965
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a rotary machine and a seal member, a casing, a rotor, a stator blade, a rotor blade, and a seal device disposed between the casing and a tip portion of the rotor blade are provided, in which a blade attachment groove is provided in the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and a caulking groove is provided adjacent to the blade attachment groove, in which a base end portion of the stator blade is mounted in the blade attachment groove and a caulking member is locked to the caulking groove and a blade root portion of the stator blade, so that the stator blade is fixed to the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and in which a seal ring as a seal device is mounted in the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and the seal ring covers at least a part of the caulking groove.

Claims (32)

1. A rotary machine comprising:

a casing having a hollow shape;

a rotor that is rotatably supported in the casing;

a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing;

a rotor blade that is shifted with respect to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotor to be fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotor; and

a seal device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip portion of the rotor blade,

wherein an attachment recessed portion is provided in the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and a caulking recessed portion is provided adjacent to the attachment recessed portion,

a base end portion of the stator blade is mounted in the attachment recessed portion, and a caulking member is locked to the caulking recessed portion and the base end portion of the stator blade, so that the stator blade is fixed to the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and

the seal device includes a seal member mounted in the inner peripheral portion of the casing, and the seal member covers at least a part of the caulking recessed portion.

2. The rotary machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein the caulking recessed portion is provided upstream of the attachment recessed portion in a flow direction of a fluid, and an end portion of the seal member, the end portion being located on a downstream side in the flow direction of the fluid, covers the caulking recessed portion.

3. The rotary machine according to claim 1 ,

wherein a predetermined gap is provided between an end portion of the seal member, the end portion being located in a flow direction of a fluid, and the stator blade.

4. The rotary machine according to claim 3 ,

wherein a flat surface along the axial direction of the rotor is provided by the seal member between a plurality of stages of the stator blades.

5. The rotary machine according to claim 4 ,

wherein the flat surface of the seal member is continuous with an inner peripheral surface of the casing without a step between the flat surface and the inner peripheral surface.

6. A seal member that is disposed between an inner peripheral portion of a casing and a tip portion of a rotor blade, the member comprising:

an attachment portion mounted in the inner peripheral portion of the casing;

a seal portion provided inside the attachment portion in a radial direction; and

a plurality of fins that are provided at predetermined intervals in a flow direction of a fluid so as to protrude inward from the seal portion in the radial direction,

wherein when a distance between an upstreammost fin and a downstreammost fin of the plurality of fins is D 1 , and a distance between the downstreammost fin and a downstream end of the seal portion is D 2 ,

D 1 and D 2 are set to satisfy D 1 ×0.5<D 2 .

7. The seal member according to claim 6 ,

wherein when a distance between an upstream end of the seal portion and the upstreammost fin is D 3 ,

D 3 is set to satisfy D 3 <D 2 .

8. The seal member according to claim 6 ,

wherein the seal portion includes a protrusion portion that extends further downstream than a downstream end of the rotor blade in an assembly state where the seal portion is assembled to the inner peripheral portion of the casing.

9. The seal member according to claim 8 ,

wherein a cavity is provided outside the protrusion portion in the radial direction in the assembly state.

10. The seal member according to claim 8 ,

wherein the plurality of fins are provided only upstream of the protrusion portion in the seal portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 059015/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 21, 2021
From: UETA, YASUHIKO; FUKUSHIMA, HISATAKA; TANAKA, KENTARO
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 054984/0056 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-149446 · Aug 8, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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