EP1735525B1 - Turbine à vapeur - Google Patents

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EP1735525B1
EP1735525B1 EP05701171A EP05701171A EP1735525B1 EP 1735525 B1 EP1735525 B1 EP 1735525B1 EP 05701171 A EP05701171 A EP 05701171A EP 05701171 A EP05701171 A EP 05701171A EP 1735525 B1 EP1735525 B1 EP 1735525B1
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turbine
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Norbert Thamm
Andreas Ulma
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F01D25/24—Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
    • F01D25/26—Double casings; Measures against temperature strain in casings
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
    • F01D5/12—Blades
    • F01D5/28—Selecting particular materials; Particular measures relating thereto; Measures against erosion or corrosion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2220/00—Application
    • F05D2220/30—Application in turbines
    • F05D2220/31—Application in turbines in steam turbines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2240/00—Components
    • F05D2240/60—Shafts
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2300/00—Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05D2300/10—Metals, alloys or intermetallic compounds
    • F05D2300/13—Refractory metals, i.e. Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb, Mo, Hf, Ta, W
    • F05D2300/132—Chromium
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2300/00—Materials; Properties thereof
    • F05D2300/50—Intrinsic material properties or characteristics
    • F05D2300/502—Thermal properties

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  • the invention relates to a steam turbine with an inner housing and a rotatably mounted turbine shaft.
  • a steam turbine is understood to mean any turbine or sub-turbine through which a working medium in the form of steam flows.
  • gas turbines are traversed with gas and / or air as the working medium, which, however, is subject to completely different temperature and pressure conditions than the steam in a steam turbine.
  • gas turbines has steam turbines z.
  • the working medium with the highest temperature which flows into a partial turbine, has the highest pressure.
  • a steam turbine typically includes a blade-supported rotatably-mounted turbine shaft disposed within an inner housing. When flowing through the interior of the housing formed by the inner space of the flow space with heated and pressurized steam, the turbine shaft is rotated via the blade by the steam in rotation.
  • the blades of the turbine shaft are also referred to as blades.
  • guide vanes are usually suspended, which engage in the intermediate spaces of the rotor blades.
  • the inner housing can also be called a housing shell.
  • a vane is typically held at a first location along an interior of the steam turbine casing. In this case, it is usually part of a vane ring, which comprises a number of vanes, which are arranged along an inner circumference of the inner housing. Each vane has its blade radially inward.
  • Steam turbines or steam turbine engines can be divided into high-pressure, medium-pressure or low-pressure turbine sections.
  • the inlet temperatures and inlet pressures of high-pressure turbine sections may be 600 ° C or 300 bar.
  • Single-stage steam turbines which represent a combination of a high-pressure and a medium-pressure steam turbine. These steam turbines are characterized by a common housing and a common turbine shaft and are also referred to as compact turbine sections.
  • a material made of chromium-containing material is usually used.
  • the chromium-containing material is usually a chromium steel with 9 to 12 wt.% Chromium content. So far, the same material was used as material for the inner housing, which is also used for the turbine shaft. This was justified with necessarily the same coefficients of thermal expansion for the shaft and the housing. The use of harnesschrbm Experiencen material for the turbine shaft and the inner housing leads to costly embodiments of a steam turbine.
  • a steam turbine according to the prior art is out EP 0 759 499 known.
  • Object of the present invention is to provide a steam turbine, with an inner housing and a rotatably mounted turbine shaft, which can be made simple manufacturing oriented.
  • a steam turbine comprising an inner housing and a rotatably mounted turbine shaft, wherein the inner housing and the turbine shaft are made of different materials, wherein the inner housing is made of a material having low heat resistance, as the material from which the turbine shaft is made, wherein the turbine shaft is made of a chrome steel with 9 to 12 wt.% Chromium and the inner housing of a chromium frame with 1 to 2 wt.% Chromium.
  • the invention is based on the finding that the use of the same high chromium-containing materials for both the turbine shaft and the inner housing is not necessary. It has surprisingly been found that the thermal expansion for high steam conditions in the masses used for the turbine shaft and the inner housing are lower than a predetermined tolerance limit.
  • the possibility is created to use for the inner housing a material that has a lower heat resistance compared to the material used for the turbine shaft.
  • the material used for the inner case may have higher mechanical strength. Hot strength is understood to mean a permissible stress stress at high temperatures.
  • a chromium steel with 9 to 12 wt.% Chromium has a high heat resistance, which is particularly necessary when used for turbine shafts in high steam conditions.
  • a chrome steel with 1 Although up to 2% by weight of chromium has a lower heat resistance than chromium steel with 9 to 12% by weight of chromium, it does have a higher mechanical strength. Therefore, a chromium steel with 1 to 2 wt.% Chromium is very well suited in environments with lower thermal loads. In particular, this chrome steel is suitable for inner housing in steam turbines with high steam conditions.
  • the inner housing and the turbine shaft at least partially have areas that are designed for use at temperatures above 550 ° C.
  • various materials for the inner casing and for the turbine shaft is particularly suitable in steam turbines, high-pressure turbine sections, medium-pressure turbine sections, combined high-pressure and medium-pressure turbine sections or combined medium-pressure and low-pressure turbine sections.
  • the various materials can be used in pumps, compressors, gas turbines or compressors.
  • FIG. 1 a sectional view of a compact steam turbine 1 is shown.
  • the compact steam turbine 1 has an outer housing 2, in which a turbine shaft 3 is rotatably mounted about a rotation axis 4.
  • the compact steam turbine 1 has an inner housing 5 with a high-pressure part 6 and a medium-pressure part 7. In the high pressure part 6 different vanes 8 are attached.
  • a number of vanes 9 is also attached.
  • the turbine shaft 3 is rotatably supported by bearings 10, 11.
  • the inner housing 5 is connected to the outer housing 2.
  • the steam turbine 1 has a high-pressure section 12 and a medium-pressure section 13. In the high pressure section 12 blades 14 are mounted. In the middle pressure section 13 as well blades 15 are attached.
  • the live steam flows through the individual vanes 8 and blades 14 in the high-pressure part 12 and is thereby relaxed and cooled.
  • the inner housing 5 and the turbine shaft 3 should be designed for temperatures above 550 ° C.
  • the thermal energy of the live steam is converted into rotational energy of the turbine shaft 3.
  • the turbine shaft 3 is thereby rotated in a direction shown about the rotation axis 4 in rotation.
  • the turbine shaft 3 is mounted in a bearing area 23 with the outer housing 5.
  • the blades 14, 15 are not shown in detail.
  • the live steam initially strikes the middle region 16 of the turbine shaft 3 and relaxes in the high-pressure part 6.
  • the live steam cools down here.
  • the reheater the steam expanded from the high-pressure part flows back into the middle region 20 at a high temperature.
  • the reheated steam initially flows at the location of the medium-pressure inflow region 18 onto the turbine shaft 3 and relaxes and cools in the direction of the medium-pressure part 7 ,
  • the relaxed and cooled in the middle pressure part 7 steam then flows then from the compact turbine part 1.
  • the turbine shaft 3 has a high heat resistant material.
  • the high-temperature resistant material is a chromium steel with 9 to 12 wt.% Chromium content.
  • the inner housing 5 is made of a different material.
  • the inner casing 5 is made of a material having lower heat resistance than the material of which the turbine shaft 3 is made.
  • the inner housing is made in particular of a chromium steel with 1 to 2 wt.% Chromium.
  • Different materials can be used for the turbine shaft 3 and for the inner casing 5 in high-pressure turbine sections, in medium-pressure turbine sections, combined high-pressure and medium-pressure turbine sections or combined medium-pressure and low-pressure turbine sections, pumps, compressors, gas turbines or compressors.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne une turbomachine, en particulier une turbine à vapeur, comprenant un logement interne (5) et un arbre de turbine (3) monté rotatif. Cette invention est caractérisée en ce que le logement interne (5) et l'arbre de turbine (3) sont produits à partir de différents matériaux : l'arbre de turbine (3) est produit à partir d'un acier chromé comportant entre 9 et 12 % en poids de chrome, tandis que le logement interne (5) est produit à partir d'un acier chromé comportant entre 1 et 2 % en poids de chrome.

Claims (1)

  1. Turbine (1) à vapeur, qui est appropriée à des températures de vapeur vive supérieures à 550°C et qui comprend un carter (5) intérieur et un arbre (3) de turbine monté tournant,
    dans laquelle
    le carter (5) intérieur et l'arbre (3) de turbine sont fabriqués en des matériaux différents,
    le carter (5) intérieur étant fabriqué en un matériau ayant une résistance à la chaleur moindre que le matériau dont l'arbre (3) de turbine est fabriqué,
    dans laquelle l'arbre (3) de turbine est fabriqué en un acier au chrome ayant de 9 à 12 % en poids de chrome,
    caractérisée en ce que le carter (5) intérieur est fabriqué en un acier au chrome ayant de 1 à 2 % en poids de chrome.
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PL05701171T PL1735525T3 (pl) 2004-01-30 2005-01-25 Turbina parowa
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EP04002157A EP1559872A1 (fr) 2004-01-30 2004-01-30 Turbomachine
PCT/EP2005/000710 WO2005073517A1 (fr) 2004-01-30 2005-01-25 Turbomachine
EP05701171A EP1735525B1 (fr) 2004-01-30 2005-01-25 Turbine à vapeur

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