EP2052165A2

EP2052165A2 - Hydrodynamic radial plain bearing having a maximum bearing capacity for large turbo-generators

Info

Publication number: EP2052165A2
Application number: EP07788164A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Morched Medhioub; Bernd LÜNEBURG; Diethelm Dettmar
Original assignee: Siemens AG
Current assignee: Siemens AG
Priority date: 2006-08-16
Filing date: 2007-08-02
Publication date: 2009-04-29
Also published as: CN101563547A; US8851754B2; US20100002967A1; WO2008019947A3; US20120183244A1; EP1890045A1; WO2008019947A2; JP5052611B2; CN101563547B; JP2010500520A; EP2787226B1; EP2787228A1; US20120183245A1; US8876387B2; EP2787226A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a sliding bearing (1) which comprises a bearing body (2) in which a body (3) which is to be mounted is arranged. Said bearing body (2) is surrounded by a support body (4). The aim of the invention is to improve a sliding bearing of the above-mentioned type such that, in particular, the bearing capacity thereof is improved. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the bearing body (2) is arranged at an angle in relation to the horizontal (6) with the joint (7) thereof. Said sliding bearing comprises an active cooling system. Also, the sliding bearing is further improved by means of an articulated lubrication system.

Description

description

Hydrodynamic radial sliding bearings of highest load capacity for large turbo sets

The invention relates to a sliding bearing, which has a bearing body in which a body to be stored is mounted, wherein the bearing body is covered by a support body.

A plain bearing is a bearing in which the rotating and bearing body slides on sliding surfaces. Here, the sliding surface of the body to be stored slides on the sliding surfaces of the bearing body. The bearing body is designed differently depending on the type of sliding bearing. In a radial sliding bearing ^¬ the bearing body is designed as embedded in a housing bearing shell, which can be designed divided into several bearing segments.

During operation of the sliding bearing rubs the sliding surface of the body to be stored on the sliding surfaces of the bearing body. In order to keep this friction, and thus also the wear of the sliding bearing, as low as possible, a lubricant film, for example an oil film, is brought between the sliding surfaces.

At the beginning of the rotation, the lubricant is drawn into the gap between the sliding surfaces, and the body to be stored moves into an eccentric position in the bearing body. He goes through the area of mixed friction. With increase of the sliding speed and the transition in the exzentri ^¬ specific position, a lubricant wedge, through the pressure of the body to be supported is lifted from the bearing body forms between about lagerndem body and the bearing body. The body to be stored then runs stable in the bearing body, with purely hydrodynamic lubrication without direct contact of the bearing body and body to be stored. This effect occurs in a radial slide bearing through an existing bearing clearance. A plain bearing, in particular a radial plain bearing of the type mentioned is used for example in steam turbine, generator and gas turbine. Here, the plain bearing stored rotor shafts as a body to be stored.

The objective of current new developments in steam turbine construction for power generation is to significantly increase the efficiency and to efficiently convert the energy. At the same time, a high level of operational safety is to be ensured and cost savings to be realized. This development has the consequence that

a) the rotors are getting longer, the bearing distance gets bigger

b) the Abdampfquerschnitte are larger, especially in the low pressure region, and

c) the specific power of the individual turbine sections is increased.

While maintaining a so-called monoblock construction principle, especially in the low pressure range of steam turbines, this development ultimately leads to a significant increase in the specific bearing loads. Thus, the bearings or their maximum load capacity are limiting in turbine development, especially in the low pressure range. A similar development can also be observed with the generators and the gas turbines. The bearing capacity of the plain bearings is limited by the maximum temperature, the maximum specific bearing load and the minimum lubricant film thickness.

In addition to the significant increase in carrying capacity, the following additional requirements are imposed on this warehouse:

high stability for all load ranges and good rotordyna ^¬ mix properties Serviceability,

- Highest operating availability / wear-free operation, lifting of the rotors by high-pressure oil in turn operation,

- high level of accident safety (integrity of the turbo set at high imbalances),

- Use in existing bearing housing, and retrofitting.

To meet the above requirements and a significant increase in the carrying capacity of the plain bearings, z. B. the following measures:

Reduction of the rotor weight, use of higher viscous oils, - larger bearing widths and / or bearing journal diameter, lower oil supply temperature, and directed (steered) lubrication (Kippsegmentla ^¬ like).

These standard measures for increasing the load-bearing capacity have been proven in practice, but are increasingly reaching their limits.

Therefore, the invention has for its object to verbes ^¬ a sliding bearing of the type mentioned to the effect that this meets the above requirements, for example in large turbine construction, preferably in steam turbine.

According to the invention the object is achieved in that the

Bearing body is arranged as a multi-surface bearing with its parting line relative to a horizontal angle.

Favorable in the context of the invention is when the bearing body is formed of two half-shells, the parting line is arranged at an angle relative to the horizontal. It is expedient for the purposes of the invention, when seen in cross-section, the parting line is offset against a direction of rotation of the body to be supported or a rotor shaft.

It is advantageous if the bearing member is fixed with its parting line in the relative arranged on the horizontal angular position, for fixing a fixing element, wherein ^¬ play as one or more pins may be used, which is arranged in the support body and engages fixing into the bearing body, or . Fixing abuts on this, so that the bearing body is held sufficiently secure against rotation in its angular position.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the bearing body seen in the circumferential direction in its wall has an at least partially ange ^¬ arranged first channel, wherein in the wall at least one axial bore is arranged, which penetrates the first channel. For an active cooling of the sliding bearing or the bearing body is provided.

Suitably, in the context of the invention is in this case, when the La ^¬ gerkörper seen in the axial direction at least one spaced apart from the first channel second channel, wherein fertil in the convertible at least one axial bore is arranged, which penetrates the ers ^¬ th channel and the second channel, that they communicate with each other via the axial bore. Of course, however, it can also be provided that a third or further channels are provided, wherein the first channel is arranged between the second and the third channel in the axial direction, and wherein a plurality of axial bores are provided, which penetrate all three channels.

Conveniently, the first channel in a loaded bearing shell of the bearing body is introduced and opened to the support body, wherein the first channel is seen in the circumferential direction semicircular introduced into the wall of the bearing body, so that a quasi-semi-circular groove is formed, which extends somewhat into the wall of an unloaded bearing shell, ie the second half-shell.

Advantageously, the first channel at its seen in the circumferential direction opposing ends bearing pockets, in each of which at least one injection element for a ^¬ inject liquid lubricant, preferably arranged lubricating oil to be stored body or to the rotor shaft.

Advantageously, the bearing body is formed as a multi-surface bearing of two half-shells, wherein the first channel is disposed in the loaded half-shell and at least one side something in the unloaded half-shell extends into, a parting of the multi-surface bearing is arranged at an angle relative to a horizontal, so that one of Storage bags in the

Cross-section seen above the horizontal and the other bearing pocket is arranged below the horizontal. The bearing pockets are in this case due to the configuration of at least the first channel on the one hand in the loaded bearing shell and the other hand, in the unloaded bearing shell arranged ^¬. The loaded bearing shell according to the invention is the shell, which receives the nominal load, while the role of the unloaded bearing shell mainly limited to the leadership of the body to be stored in the bearing body.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention it is provided that the bearing body are each assigned to multi-row arranged injection elements at its opposite in the circumferential direction bearing pockets, the liquid lubricant on the one hand to be stored body or on the rotor shaft and the other in an outlet gap sprit ^¬ zen.

Favorable in the context of the invention is when the Einspritzele ^¬ elements are arranged in a double row in the respective bearing pockets in a plurality, wherein the injection elements are screwed as nozzles in the bearing pockets. In a preferred embodiment, the injection elements or nozzles are arranged such that the required amount of oil or the required amount of liquid lubricant is injected perpendicular to the body to be stored or on the rotor shaft and the other obliquely into the exit gap of the loaded half ^¬ shell.

Overall, the invention preferably relates to radial plain bearings for rotating shafts with hydrodynamic lubrication. The bore shape of each bearing can be described by the horizontal displacement of two half shells (cylindrical or profiled). As horizontal while the direction of the La ^¬ gerteilfuge is called at shared bearings. The bearing is only suitable for one direction of rotation and thus offers the advantage of the long, very weakly convergent intake gap, which results in a widening of the hydrodynamic pressure build-up.

Overall, therefore, an improved slide bearings for Availability checked ^¬ supply is provided, which has an adjustable injection lubrication (ge ^¬ directed lubrication) for a fully enclosed sleeve bearing on ^¬ wherein ver ^¬ can be dispensed on tilting pads of the prior art. In this case, fresh oil or the liquid lubricant is supplied through a bore arranged on one side through the support body (generally the housing) and first enters a half-enclosed channel of the loaded half shell and then into the injection elements. These are arranged in two rows each in plurality in the bearing pockets or in the GeSe hen in the circumferential direction of the bearing pockets and inject the amount of oil perpendicular to the product to be stored Kör ^¬ by or to the rotor shaft and obliquely in the exit gap of the loaded half-shell. In this case, only the obliquely directed nozzles are active in one of the bearing pockets. Preferably, this is the bearing pocket, which is arranged in the fixed state of the bearing body below the horizontal. All nozzles are screwed in, allowing a metering of the oil flow in the inlet. Means of a supporting mirror is a running-in wear and uncontrolled wear during operation advantageously prevents ^¬ ver. A channel closed in the width direction (inner ring channel) is arranged centrally and extends over the entire circumference of the unloaded half shell.

Active cooling of the bearing is achieved by means of the preferably three channels provided which extend in the circumferential direction and by means of a plurality of axial bores in the loaded half shell, wherein the liquid lubricant supplied through the bore arranged on one side in the support body first enters the first channel and is passed through each open to the other channels axial bores, so that the loaded half-shell is actively cooled. The channels or axial bores therefore has a double function. On the one hand, these are used for active cooling with fresh oil. On the other hand, these serve to supply the injection elements with fresh oil.

The slide bearing or the bearing body is advantageously rotated against the direction of rotation of the body to be stored or the rotor shaft in the support body and held by the fixing or the or the pins in an optimized angular position. The angular position or the angle optimized Posi ^¬ tion is in this case of application to application under ^¬ differently and can be calculated according to the respective application.

For a plain bearing is provided, which even at high Umfangsgeschwindigkei ^¬ th has a high stability in a wide load range and very good rotor dynamic performance with maximum load capacity. In addition, the invention he ^¬ contemporary plain bearings or low frictional energy losses and is characterized by ease of service to ^¬ due to the shell construction. In particular, the noticeable Redu ^¬ cation of the friction power is achieved by the inner ring channel in the unloaded half shell. It is particularly advantageous that the slide bearing can be used by the modular design of the existing bearing housings in existing installation conditions, with a very high accident safety is present. The sliding bearing according to the invention can be used in steam turbines, generators and / or, for example, gas turbines.

Further advantageous embodiments are disclosed in the Unteransprü ^¬ chen and the following description of the figures. Show it :

1 is a plain bearing in a cross section,

Fig. 2 shows the slide bearing of FIG. 1 in a longitudinal section, and

Fig. 3 is a graph in which the (calculated) maximum

Lubricating film temperature is plotted against the specific bearing load.

In the different figures, the same parts are always provided with the same reference numerals, so that these are usually described only once.

Figure 1 shows a plain bearing 1, which is designed in the illustrated embodiment as a radial sliding bearing. The sliding bearing 1 has a bearing body 2, in which a body 3 to be supported, which is referred to below as the rotor shaft 3, is mounted. The bearing body 2 is surrounded by a support body 4, which is referred to below as the housing 4.

The housing 4 has a horizontal 6, wherein as Hori ^¬ zontale 6, the direction of the Lagerteilfuge is referred to in shared bearings.

The bearing body 2 is arranged as a multi-surface bearing with its parting line 7 relative to the horizontal 6 at an angle. In the support body 4 and in the housing 4 a unilaterally arranged bore 8 is introduced. This is arranged in the embodiment shown in Figure 1 on the left plane of the drawing, wherein the bore 8 is bisected by the imaginary horizontal 6.

In the bore 8, a fixing element 9 is arranged, so that the bearing body 2 is fixable in its angular position. The fixing element 9 is embodied as a pin which engages in a corresponding receptacle of the bearing body 2 is a ^¬ so that it is sufficiently fixed against rotation. 2, two high-pressure fittings 25 can be removed, which allow the oil supply under high pressure in the hydrostatic pockets 29 for raising the rotor shaft.

The bearing body 2 is composed in the illustrated embodiment of two half-shells 11, 12, wherein the bearing shell 11 is hereinafter referred to as loaded bearing shell 11 and the bearing shell 12 hereinafter referred to as unloaded bearing shell 12.

In the loaded bearing shell 11, three outer channels, 13, 14, 16 (Figure 2) are arranged, which are open to the housing 4 out. A shown in Figure 2 first channel 13 is seen in the axial direction in each case to the adjacent second channel 14 and third channel 16 spaced, wherein the first channel 13 between the second and the third channel 14 and 16 is arranged.

In Figure 1, only the first channel 13 is shown due to the selected cross-section. The first channel 13 is introduced into the wall 17 of the loaded bearing shell 11 and it ^¬ extends in the rotational direction 18 of the body 3 to be stored or the rotor shaft 3 about the parting line 7 in addition, the unloaded bearing shell 12th

At the opposite ends of the first channel 13 seen in the circumferential direction bearing pockets 19 and 21 are arranged, wherein the bearing pocket 19 in the loaded bearing shell 11 and the bearing pocket 21 in the unloaded bearing shell 12 is arranged ^¬ .

The second channel 14 and the third channel 16 are executed corresponding to the first channel 13.

In the region of the first channel 13 and of the second and third channels 14 and 16, longitudinal bores or axial bores 22 are introduced into the wall 17 and penetrate the three channels 13, 14 and 16.

In the circumferentially each end in the channels 13, 14 and 16 arranged bearing pockets 19 and 21 are injection elements 23, preferably nozzles 24, arranged in a preferred embodiment for a liquid lubricant or lubricating oil vertically (injection element 23) on the to be stored body 3 or on the rotor shaft 3 and the other ^¬ ren obliquely (injector 24) into an outlet gap 26 of the loaded half shell 11 and the unloaded half shell 12 inject. Here, not only the perpendicular ak ^¬ tiv directed injection nozzle elements 23 or in the bearing pocket 21st

In the embodiment shown in Figure 1, the bearing body 2 is moved with its parting line 7 against the direction of rotation 18 of the horizontal 6. Thus, the bearing body 2 is arranged with its parting line 7 relative to the horizontal 6 at an angle, wherein an angle α from application to application may have a different amount and for each specific application separately determinier ^¬ bar or calculable.

The single-disposed bore 8 in the support body 4 and in the housing 4 fresh lubricant or oil is supplied, and first passes into the semi-enclosed ers ^¬ th channel 13 of the loaded half-shell 11 and then into the injector elements 23 and 24. These are in the warehouse see 19 and 21 respectively arranged in a plurality of double rows and inject the required amount of oil perpendicular to the rotor ^¬ shaft 3 and obliquely into the exit slit 26 of the loaded half-shell 11. All injection elements 23, 24 or nozzles are preferably in the bearing pockets 19 and 21, which allows metering of the oil throughput in the inlet.

Approximately centrally in Figure 2, an inner ring channel 31 is arranged, which is closed in the width direction, and extends over the entire circumference of the unloaded half-shell 12.

FIG. 3 shows, by way of example, the (calculated) maximum lubricant film temperature (T _max [° C]) over the specific bearing load (Pquer [N / mm ² ]). In this case, a temperature / load characteristic curve of a conventional slide bearing (reference numeral 27) in comparison to a temperature / load line (Bezugszei ^¬ chen 28) of the inventively designed plain bearing, or radial plain bearing with hydrodynamic lubrication is shown. It can be clearly seen from the graph of Figure 3 that the sliding bearing according to the invention is exposed to significantly lower temperatures at the same load.

Claims

claims

1. sliding bearing having a bearing body (2) in which a body to be stored (3) is mounted, wherein the bearing body (2) by a support body (4) comprises, characterized in that the bearing body (2) as a multi-surface bearing with its parting line (7) with respect to a horizontal (6) angeord ^¬ net is angeord ^¬ net.

2. plain bearing according to claim 1, characterized in that the bearing body (2) consists of two half-shells (11, 12) is formed, the parting line (7) relative to the horizontal (6) is arranged at an angle.

3. plain bearing according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the parting line (7) seen in cross section against a direction of rotation (18) of the body to be stored (3) is offset.

4. plain bearing according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bearing body (2) in its relative to the horizontal (6) arranged angular position is fixable.

5. plain bearing having a bearing body (2) in which a body to be stored (3) is mounted, wherein the bearing body (2) by a support body (4) is included, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bearing body (2) has an at least partially arranged first channel (13) in its wall (17) in the circumferential direction, wherein at least one axial bore (22) is arranged in the wall (17), which defines the first channel (13). penetrates.

6. plain bearing according to claim 5, characterized in that the bearing body (2) seen in the axial direction at least one of the first channel (13) spaced second channel

(14), wherein in the wall (17) at least one axial bore (22 ^'is arranged, which penetrates the first and second channels (13, 14).

7. sliding bearing according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that the first channel (13) in a loaded bearing shell (11) of the bearing body (2) is introduced and to the support body (4) is opened out, wherein the first channel (13) As seen in the circumferential direction is introduced semicircular in the wall (17), so that virtually a semicircular groove is formed, which extends somewhat into an unloaded bearing shell (12).

Sliding bearing according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that the first channel (13) seen at its opposite ends in the circumferential direction bearing pockets (19, 21), in which at least one injection element (23, 24) for injection ^¬ zen liquid lubricant is arranged to be stored body (3).

9. plain bearing according to one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the bearing body (2) as a multi-surface bearing of two half-shells (11, 12) is formed, wherein the first channel (13) in the loaded half-shell (11) is arranged and wherein a parting line (7) with respect to a horizontal (6) is arranged at an angle, so that one of the bearing pockets (19) seen in cross-section above the horizontal (6) and the other bearing pocket (21) below the horizontal (6) is arranged ,

10. Sliding bearing having a bearing body (2) in which a body to be stored (3) is mounted, wherein the bearing body (2) by a support body (4) is included, in particular according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bearing body (2) at its circumferentially opposite bearing pockets (19, 21) each more multi-row injection elements arranged (23, 24), the liq ^¬ siges lubricant on the one to the body to be stored (3) and the other in an outlet gap ( 26) splash.

11. plain bearing according to claim 10, characterized in that the injection elements (23, 24) in the respective Lagerta ^¬ rule (19, 21) are arranged in a plurality of double rows, wherein the injection elements (23, 24) as nozzles in the bearing pockets (19 , 21) are screwed.

12. plain bearing according to claim 10 or 11, characterized in that the injection element (23) is arranged such that this liquid lubricant perpendicular to the body to be stored (3) injected, wherein the injection element (24) is arranged such that this liquid Lubricant obliquely into a Aus ^¬ trough gap (26) of the loaded half-shell (11) injected, in which case only the obliquely directed injection elements (24) in one of the bearing pockets are preferably active, this is preferably the bearing pocket (21), which in is arranged seen fixed state of the bearing body (2) in cross-section ^¬ below the horizontal (6).