IP Library Granted Patent US 11,905,848
Granted Patent B2
US 11,905,848 · App. 17/598,013 · Granted Feb 20, 2024

Turbine blade, manufacturing method for turbine blade, and gas turbine

Inventors: Masayoshi Hatta (Kanagawa, JP); Keita Takamura (Kanagawa, JP); Susumu Wakazono (Kanagawa, JP); Takashi Fujii (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Otomo (Kanagawa, JP); Yosuke Mukai (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhisa Tamura (Tokyo, JP); Takaaki Oda (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroshi Kawasaki (Kanagawa, JP); Hiroyuki Kishihara (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F01D5/187B23H9/10F05D2230/11F05D2240/81F05D2250/292F05D2260/2214
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Patent No.
US 11,905,848
App. No.
17/598,013
Granted
Feb 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a turbine blade, a manufacturing method for a turbine blade, and a gas turbine. In the turbine blade including a cooling passage provided along a blade height direction, the cooling passage includes: a first cooling hole including one end opening toward a front end, and having an inner diameter that is constant along the blade height direction; and a second cooling hole including one end communicating with the other end of the first cooling hole without a level difference, and having an inner diameter that is increased toward a base end. A length from the one end of the first cooling hole to a position where the first cooling hole and the second cooling hole are communicated with is 40% to 60% of a length from the one end of the first cooling hole to a gas path surface on the base end.

Claims (35)

1. A turbine blade comprising a plurality of cooling passages provided along a blade height direction that are disposed at intervals in a front and rear direction of the blade, wherein

the cooling passage includes:

a first cooling pass that includes

a first cooling hole that has a first end opening toward a front end of the turbine blade, and that has an inner diameter that is constant along the blade height direction, and

a second cooling hole that has a first end communicating with a second end of the first cooling hole, and that has an inner diameter that is increased by a first expansion ratio toward a base end of the turbine blade; and

a second cooling passage that includes a cooling hole having an inner diameter that is increased by a second expansion ratio from the front end toward the base end, the second expansion ratio being smaller than the first expansion ratio,

wherein a length from the one end of the first cooling hole to a position where the first cooling hole and the second cooling hole are communicated with is 40% to 60% of a length from the first end of the first cooling hole to a gas path surface on the base end.

2. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein

the turbine blade has a shape in which a width of a blade cross section is narrowed from a middle part in the front and rear direction toward a leading edge and a trailing edge, and

the second cooling passage is positioned in a closest side to the leading edge or the trailing edge.

3. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the first expansion ratio is an expansion ratio of an inner diameter dimension, and ranges from 100% to 250%.

4. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the first expansion ratio is a passage area expansion ratio based on an inner diameter dimension, and ranges from 100% to 306%.

5. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein an interval between the first cooling passages adjacent to each other at a middle part in the front and rear direction of the blade is larger than an interval between the other cooling passages adjacent to each other.

6. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , further comprising a non-cooling part that does not include the cooling passage at a middle part in the front and rear direction.

7. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the second cooling hole has a tapered shape in which the inner diameter is continuously increased toward the base end.

8. The turbine blade according to claim 1 , wherein the cooling passage includes

a base end-side cooling hole that includes one end opening toward the base end; and

a cavity part that has an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the base end-side cooling hole, wherein the cavity part communicates with a second end of the base end-side cooling hole and with an end of the first cooling passage or an end of the second cooling passage.

9. The turbine blade according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a blade part;

a platform; and

a blade root part, wherein

the cavity part is provided in the platform.

10. A gas turbine comprising:

a compressor configured to compress air;

a combustor configured to mix compressed air compressed by the compressor with fuel and combust a resulting mixture; and

a turbine configured to obtain rotation power using a combustion gas generated by the combustor, wherein

the turbine includes the turbine blade according to claim 1 .

11. A manufacturing method for a turbine blade including a plurality of cooling passages along a blade height direction that are disposed at intervals in a front and rear direction of a blade, the manufacturing method comprising:

forming a first cooling passage by electrolytic machining while adjusting at least one of a current value and a machining speed from a front end toward a base end of the turbine blade, the first cooling passage having

a first cooling hole that has a first end opening toward the front end, and that has an inner diameter that is constant along the blade height direction, and

a second cooling hole that has a first end communicating with a second end of the first cooling hole without a level difference, and that has an inner diameter that is increased by a first expansion ratio toward the base end; and

forming a second cooling passage by electrolytic machining while adjusting at least one of a current value and a machining speed from the front end toward the base end of the turbine blade, the second cooling passage having an inner diameter that is increased by a second expansion ratio along the blade height direction, the second expansion ratio being smaller than the first expansion ratio, wherein

a length from the first end of the first cooling hole on the front end of the turbine blade to a position where the first cooling hole and the second cooling hole are communicated with is 40% to 60% of a length from the first end of the first cooling hole to a gas path surface on the base end of the turbine blade.

12. The manufacturing method for a turbine blade according to claim 11 , further comprising forming the second cooling hole by electrolytic machining while keeping a current value constant at a predetermined value or more and changing a machining speed, the second cooling hole having the inner diameter that is increased along the blade height direction.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2022
From: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058743/0129 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2021
From: HATTA, MASAYOSHI; TAKAMURA, KEITA; WAKAZONO, SUSUMU; FUJII, TAKASHI; OTOMO, HIROYUKI; MUKAI, YOSUKE; TAMURA, KAZUHISA; ODA, TAKAAKI; KAWASAKI, HIROSHI; KISHIHARA, HIROYUKI
To: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
Reel/Frame 057599/0154 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2019-105440 · Jun 5, 2019 · national
JP 2019-233581 · Dec 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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