IP Library Granted Patent US 11,236,629
Granted Patent B2
US 11,236,629 · App. 17/092,405 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Shroud assembly of gas turbine

Inventors: Yoshiaki Kusumoto (Kobe, JP); Takeo Nishiura (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
F01D11/08F01D25/24F01D25/28F05D2220/32F05D2240/11F05D2240/55F05D2300/6033
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Patent No.
US 11,236,629
App. No.
17/092,405
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shroud assembly of a gas turbine includes a holder including an insertion hole, a plate-shaped shroud main body covering the holder from a radially inner side and made of a ceramic matrix composite, and a plate-shaped insertion member made of the ceramic matrix composite. The shroud main body includes a main body portion, a flange portion, and an insertion hole formed at the main body portion. The insertion member includes an insertion portion inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder in an axial direction, and a head portion arranged at the radially inner side of the flange portion of the shroud main body and configured to be brought into contact with the flange portion from the radially inner side.

Claims (64)

1. A shroud assembly for a gas turbine, the shroud assembly for attachment to a support to cover an inner peripheral surface of the support, the support being at a radially inner side of a casing of the gas turbine along a circumferential direction of the gas turbine, the shroud assembly comprising:

a holder at the support and including at least one insertion hole;

a shroud main body covering the holder from the radially inner side, the shroud main body including

a main body portion at the radially inner side of the holder,

at least one flange portion projecting from the main body portion in an axial direction and to be brought into contact with an axial end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the holder from the radially inner side, and

at least one insertion hole at the main body portion; and

at least one insertion structure including

an insertion portion to be inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder and

a head portion, when the insertion portion is inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder, at the radially inner side of the flange portion of the shroud main body to be brought into contact with the flange portion from the radially inner side.

2. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one insertion structure includes a ceramic matrix composite.

3. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the main body portion of the shroud main body includes

a main plate portion at the radially inner side of the flange portion and extending along the inner peripheral surface of the holder, and

a side plate portion connecting the main plate portion to the flange portion; and

the side plate portion is inclined so as to extend outward in the axial direction as the side plate portion extends from the main plate portion toward the flange portion.

4. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one flange portion comprises a pair of flange portions projecting from the main body portion toward both sides in the axial direction;

the at least one insertion hole of the shroud main body includes

a first insertion hole corresponding to one of the pair of flange portions, and

a second insertion hole corresponding to the other of the pair of flange portions; and

the at least one insertion structure is in the first insertion hole and in the second insertion hole to be brought into contact with the pair of flange portions.

5. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one insertion structure has a T shape when viewed from a radial direction.

6. The shroud assembly according to claim 5 , wherein:

the at least one insertion hole of the shroud main body comprises a plurality of insertion holes lined up in the circumferential direction;

the at least one insertion hole of the holder comprises a plurality of insertion holes lined up in the circumferential direction;

the at least one insertion structure comprises a plurality of insertion structures; and

when the insertion portions of the plurality of insertion structures are inserted into the plurality of insertion holes of the shroud main body and the plurality of insertion holes of the holder, the head portions of the plurality of insertion structures are located adjacent to each other and extend in the circumferential direction along the flange portion.

7. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

an axially middle portion of the main body portion of the shroud main body has a shape that is warped outward in a radial direction; and

the holder includes a projecting portion projecting from the inner peripheral surface of the holder, the projecting portion being configured to press the middle portion of the main body portion inward in the radial direction.

8. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein when the insertion portion of the insertion structure is inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder, the insertion structure bends, and the head portion presses the flange portion outward in a radial direction.

9. The shroud assembly according to claim 8 , wherein:

the insertion structure has a flat shape;

a position of the insertion hole of the shroud main body in the radial direction is made different from a position of the insertion hole of the holder in the radial direction; and

when the insertion portion of the insertion structure is bent by being inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder, the head portion of the insertion structure presses the flange portion outward in the radial direction.

10. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the holder further includes a biasing structure to bias the insertion portion of the insertion structure outward in a radial direction.

11. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plate-shaped seal at a circumferential end portion of the shroud main body and including a ceramic matrix composite,

wherein when the seal overlaps with the main body portion, the seal protrudes from the main body portion in the circumferential direction.

12. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a surface defining a radially outer end edge of the insertion hole of the shroud main body is flush with a radially inner surface of the flange portion of the shroud main body.

13. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the insertion structure, the shroud main body, and the holder includes a locking portion to prevent the insertion structure from coming out from the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder.

14. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion structure is plate shaped.

15. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shroud main body is plate shaped.

16. The shroud assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shroud main body includes a ceramic matrix composite.

17. A system, comprising:

the shroud assembly of claim 1 ;

the support;

the casing; and

the gas turbine.

18. A shroud assembly for a gas turbine, comprising:

a holder including at least one insertion hole;

a shroud main body covering the holder from a radially inner side and including a ceramic matrix composite, the shroud main body including

a main body portion at the radially inner side of the holder,

at least one flange portion projecting from the main body portion in an axial direction and to be brought into contact with an axial end portion of an inner peripheral surface of the holder from the radially inner side, and

at least one insertion hole at the main body portion; and

at least one insertion structure including

an insertion portion to be inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder and

a head portion, when the insertion portion is inserted into the insertion hole of the shroud main body and the insertion hole of the holder, at the radially inner side of the flange portion of the shroud main body to be brought into contact with the flange portion from the radially inner side.

19. The shroud assembly according to claim 18 , wherein the at least one insertion structure includes the ceramic matrix composite.

20. The shroud assembly according to claim 18 , wherein:

the main body portion of the shroud main body includes

a main plate portion at the radially inner side of the flange portion and extending along the inner peripheral surface of the holder, and

a side plate portion connecting the main plate portion to the flange portion; and

the side plate portion is inclined so as to extend outward in the axial direction as the side plate portion extends from the main plate portion toward the flange portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2020
From: KUSUMOTO, YOSHIAKI; NISHIURA, TAKEO
To: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054309/0614 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018018323 · May 11, 2018
Related Publication 20210054759A1 · Feb 25, 2021
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