IP Library Granted Patent US 11,499,441
Granted Patent B2
US 11,499,441 · App. 16/787,405 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Compressor stator vane unit, compressor, and gas turbine

Inventor: Ryosuke Seki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
F01D11/001F01D9/041F01D11/02F04D29/324F05D2240/12F05D2240/30F05D2240/35F05D2240/55F05D2240/80
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Patent No.
US 11,499,441
App. No.
16/787,405
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A compressor stator vane unit includes multiple compressor stator vanes disposed at a certain interval in a circumferential direction; and an annular joint member connected with inner ends of the multiple compressor stator vanes; wherein the annular joint member constitutes an outer diameter side surface of a leakage fluid flow path provided in an inner diameter side of the joint member to communicate a high-pressure space with a low-pressure space respectively located downstream and upstream of the multiple compressor stator vanes in a fluid flow direction, and D/P is set to 0.05≤D/P≤0.2, wherein D is defined as a distance in an axial direction between an upstream end surface of the annular joint member and an upstream edge of the multiple compressor stator vanes in the fluid flow direction and P is defined as a pitch between the adjacent compressor stator vanes in the circumferential direction.

Claims (28)

1. A compressor comprising:

a casing;

a rotation shaft disposed in and rotatably supported by the casing;

a plurality of compressor stator vane units, the plurality of compressor stator vane units being fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a certain interval in the axial direction of the rotation shaft; and

a plurality of compressor rotor blade units fixed to an outer circumference of the rotation shaft at a certain interval in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, and each of the plurality of compressor rotor blade units includes a plurality of compressor rotor blades fixed to the outer circumference of the rotation shaft at a certain interval in a circumferential direction,

wherein each of the compressor stator vane units comprises:

a compressor stator vane; and

an annular joint member connected with an inner end of the compressor stator vane;

wherein the annular joint member constitutes an outer diameter side surface of a leakage fluid flow path provided in an inner diameter side of the annular joint member, and the leakage fluid flow path being configured to allow a high-pressure space located downstream of the compressor stator vane in a fluid flow direction to communicate with a low-pressure space located upstream of the compressor stator vane in the fluid flow direction, and

wherein a relationship D/P is set to a range: 0.05≤D/P≤0.2, wherein D is defined as a distance in an axial direction between an upstream end surface of the annular joint member in the fluid flow direction and an upstream edge of the compressor stator vane in the fluid flow direction, and P is defined as a pitch between the compressor stator vane and another adjacent compressor stator vane in the circumferential direction.

2. A gas turbine comprising:

the compressor according to claim 1 ;

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

a turbine configured to be rotationally driven by combustion gas generated by the combustor.

3. The gas turbine according to claim 2 , wherein a rated speed of the gas turbine is set to a range from 2500 rpm to 4000 rpm.

4. The gas turbine according to claim 2 , wherein the gas turbine is configured such that a velocity of fluid flowing in the axial direction through a region between the compressor stator vane and a second compressor stator vane adjacent to the compressor stator vane in the circumferential direction at a rated speed range is set to a range from 50 m/s to 200 m/s.

5. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein D/P is set to a range: 0.06≤D/P≤0.18.

6. A compressor comprising:

a casing;

a rotation shaft disposed in and rotatably supported by the casing;

a plurality of compressor stator vane units, the plurality of compressor stator vane units being fixed to an inner circumferential surface of the casing at a certain interval in the axial direction of the rotation shaft; and

a plurality of compressor rotor blade units fixed to an outer circumference of the rotation shaft at a certain interval in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, and each of the plurality of compressor rotor blade units includes a plurality of compressor rotor blades fixed to the outer circumference of the rotation shaft at a certain interval in a circumferential direction

wherein each of the compressor stator vane units comprises:

a compressor stator vane; and

an annular joint member connected with an inner end of the compressor stator vane;

wherein the annular joint member constitutes an outer diameter side surface of a leakage fluid flow path provided in an inner diameter side of the annular joint member, and the leakage fluid flow path being configured to allow a high-pressure space located downstream of the compressor stator vane in a fluid flow direction to communicate with a low-pressure space located upstream of the compressor stator vane in the fluid flow direction,

wherein a relationship D/T is set to a range: 0.3≤D/T≤1.2, wherein D is defined as a distance in an axial direction between an upstream end surface of the annular joint member in the fluid flow direction and an upstream edge of the compressor stator vane in the fluid flow direction, and T is defined as a maximum thickness of the compressor stator vane.

7. The compressor according to claim 6 , wherein D/T is set to a range: 0.4≤D/T≤1.1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2020
From: SEKI, RYOSUKE
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-075188 · Apr 10, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200325787A1 · Oct 15, 2020