IP Library Granted Patent US 9,399,949
Granted Patent B2
US 9,399,949 · App. 13/778,577 · Granted Jul 26, 2016

Turbine

Inventors: Naoyuki Okamura (Yokohama, JP); Nobuhiro Okizono (Yokohama, JP); Iwataro Sato (Hiratsuka, JP); Kazutaka Tsuruta (Yokohama, JP); Akihiro Onoda (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
F02C3/00F01D25/12F02C3/34F02C7/10F02C7/18F05D2210/12
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Patent No.
US 9,399,949
App. No.
13/778,577
Granted
Jul 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, a turbine using CO 2 includes moving blades, stator blades, a working fluid transport flow path, a coolant transport flow path, and a coolant recovery flow path. The stator blades constitute turbine stages together with the moving blades. The working fluid transport flow path is configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the turbine stages. The coolant transport flow path is configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid. The coolant recovery flow path is configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.

Claims (9)

1. A turbine using CO 2 as working fluid and coolant, comprising:

a rotor;

a plurality of moving blades arranged along an axis of the rotor;

a plurality of stator blades constituting a plurality of turbine stages together with the plurality of moving blades;

a working fluid transport flow path configured to transport the working fluid sequentially to the plurality of turbine stages;

a coolant transport flow path configured to transport the coolant by allowing the coolant to sequentially pass through the inside of the plurality of stator blades from an upstream to a downstream of the working fluid;

a plurality of holding members configured to hold the plurality of stator blades respectively, the holding members having a gap between each other;

a pair of seal plates connecting the plurality of holding members and facing each other to seal the gap from a predetermined direction; and

a coolant recovery flow path passing through the gap surrounded by the holding members and the seal plates, the coolant recovery being configured to recover the coolant passing through the inside of the stator blade at a predetermined turbine stage and merge the recovered coolant with the working fluid transport flow path at a turbine stage on an upstream side of the predetermined turbine stage.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA ENERGY SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047433/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2013
From: OKAMURA, NAOYUKI; OKIZONO, NOBUHIRO; SATO, IWATARO; TSURUTA, KAZUTAKA; ONODA, AKIHIRO
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 030088/0229 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-162098 · Jul 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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