EP2221454A1 - Gas turbine shrouded blade - Google Patents
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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
- F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
- F01D5/12—Blades
- F01D5/22—Blade-to-blade connections, e.g. for damping vibrations
- F01D5/225—Blade-to-blade connections, e.g. for damping vibrations by shrouding
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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
- F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
- F01D5/12—Blades
- F01D5/14—Form or construction
- F01D5/141—Shape, i.e. outer, aerodynamic form
- F01D5/142—Shape, i.e. outer, aerodynamic form of the blades of successive rotor or stator blade-rows
- F01D5/143—Contour of the outer or inner working fluid flow path wall, i.e. shroud or hub contour
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- 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
- F05D2250/00—Geometry
- F05D2250/70—Shape
- F05D2250/74—Shape given by a set or table of xyz-coordinates
Abstract
Description
- The invention relates generally to gas turbine blades and more specifically to low pressure gas turbine shrouded blades.
- Gas turbine blades are rotating airfoil shaped components designed to convert thermal energy from a combustor into mechanical work in order to turn a shaft. Performance of a turbine can be enhanced by sealing the outer edge of the blade tip to prevent combustion gases from escaping from the flow path to the gaps between the blade tip and the outer casing. A common manner of sealing the gap between the blade tips and the turbine casing is through shrouds fitted to the tip of the airfoil of the blade.
- Additional rotational loads are created by the mass of the shroud. These rotational loads increase stresses in the airfoil and so shrouded blades require heavier designs than non-shrouded blades to ensure equivalent cyclic fatigue life. Increasing the blade weight however comes at a cost of reduced aerodynamic efficiency. Where the benefits of a shroud are outweighed by reduced aerodynamic efficiency there is a need to find an alternative solution.
- Although blade design is a compromise between aerodynamic efficiency and mechanical integrity, a blades design is not defined solely by design limits. Throughout the design process the designer has a limited freedom to influence the final design. For example a designer, to address the above problem, may specify a partial shroud having reduced weight. While partial shrouds are less aerodynamically efficient than full shrouds in certain blade arrangements and for certain conditions a partially shrouded blade may produce an optimised design point during the iterative design process.
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US Pat No. 6,491,498 provides another solution that involves removing excess weight in the shroud by means of tapered shroud pockets. In this way the range of blade size in which a full shroud can be optimally fitted is increased although it still remains limited. - These solutions partially solve the problem of shroud weight and form only a selection of possible solutions. Due to differing operating conditions and the need to further improve efficiencies there is a continuous need to seek further improved blades.
- The invention is intended to provide an improved blade design with improved aerodynamic efficiency that addresses the problems of shroud weight.
- This problem is solved by means of the subject matter of the independent claim. Advantageous embodiments are given in the dependant claims.
- The invention provides a blade design that enables a blade to have a full shroud where otherwise a partial shroud maybe favoured. The invention is based on the idea of shortening the chord length towards the airfoil end distal to the hub so as to reduce the weight of the shroud. In this way the blade has the aerodynamic benefits of a full shroud together with the benefit of reduced shroud weight.
- An aspect provides a gas turbine blade comprising a hub with an airfoil, extending radially from the hub. The airfoil having a leading edge; a trailing edge; a span defined by the radial height of the airfoil, normalized by the airfoil radial length between the hub and an airfoil end radially distal from the hub; and an axial chord normalized along the span by the axial chord at the hub to form a normalized axial chord. The blade further comprises a full shroud at the radially distal end of the airfoil. The gas turbine blade is characterized by a normalized axial chord at 100% span that is between about 4% to about 10% shorter than the normalized axial chord at 90% span. In a further aspect the normalized axial chord at 100% span is limited to being about 6% shorter than the normalized axial chord at about 90% span. In a yet further aspect the normalized axial chord at 100% span is limited to being about 6% shorter than the normalized axial chord at about 90% span while at the same time normalized chord at 100% span is limited to being about 6% shorter than the normalized chord at about 90% span.
- Reducing the axial chord length generally reduces aerodynamic efficiency, however it was found that losses caused by reducing the axial chord at the distal end can be overcompensated by the efficiency gain of a full shroud.
- A further aspect, derived directly from 3D simulation, provides a gas turbine blade earlier described having a chord normalized by the chord at the hub wherein the normalized axial chord carried to +/- 1 % and the normalized chord carried to +/-1 %, at different spans conform to Table 1.
Table 1 Span (%) Normalized
axial chord
(%)Normalized
chord (%)0 100 100 10 95 99 15 93 98 30 88 94 50 81 91 85 70 89 90 68 88 100 62 82 - In a further aspect the previously described gas turbine blade is a stage 2 or
stage 3 gas turbine blade of a low pressure turbine. - Other objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the invention is disclosed.
- By way of example, an embodiment of the invention is described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
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Figure 1 is a simplified schematic view of a gas turbine in which an embodiment of the invention can be suitably employed; -
Figure 2 is a side cut view of the low or high pressure turbine ofFig. 1 showing stages; -
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a shaft of the gas turbine ofFig 1 showing an X ray view through blade shrouds of fitted blades of the invention fitted to the shaft; and -
Figure 4 is side view of the blade ofFig 3 . - Preferred embodiments of the present invention are now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to refer to like elements throughout. In the following description, for purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. It may be evident, however, that the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to facilitate description of the invention.
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FIG. 1 shows a gas turbine 1 in which agas turbine blade 5, shown inFiGs 3 and4 , of the invention could be applied. The gas turbine 1 functions by firstly mixing air compressed in acompressor 10 with fuel. The mixture is then burnt in afirst combustor 11. The combustion gases from thefirst combustor 11 are then feed through ahigh pressure turbine 12 into asecond combustor 13 where further fuel is added. The combustion gases from thesecond combustor 13 are then feed into a low pressure turbine 14. Thehigh pressure turbine 12 and the low pressure turbine 14 coupled to acommon shaft 17 drive thecompressor 10 and agenerator 15, which generates power. -
FIG. 2 showsstages 3 of a low 12 or high pressure turbine 14 comprising a non rotating vane 4 and a rotatingblade 5 wherein by convention eachstage 3 is numbered consecutively in the direction of gas flow starting from one. -
FIG. 3 shows a row ofblades 5 fitted on ashaft 17 of acompressor 10,high pressure turbine 12 or low pressure turbine 14 of a gas turbine 1 ofFIG. 1 . Shown also are dimensions used throughout this specification. These include:- throat 20: the minimum distance between two fitted
airfoils 25; - axial chord 21: the length of the projection of the
airfoil 25 as set in a gas turbine 1 onto a line parallel to theturbine axis 18 and is the characteristic axial length of theairfoil 25; and - chord 22: the length of the straight line connecting the leading
edge 26 andtrailing edge 23 of anairfoil 25 and is the characteristic longitudinal length of theairfoil 25.
- throat 20: the minimum distance between two fitted
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axial chord 21 andchord 22 can be normalized by using reference lengths at 0%span 30, as shown inFIG. 4 where thespan 30 of theairfoil 25 is defined as the radial extension of theairfoil 25 from thehub 28 to thefull shroud 27. That is 0%span 30 corresponds to the point at which theairfoil 25 extends from thehub 28 and 100%span 30 is the point where ashroud 27 is fitted to theairfoil 25. -
FIG. 4 shows a side view of an exemplary embodiment of ablade 5. Theblade 5 has ahub 28. Extending radially, that is normal from theturbine axis 18, from thehub 28 is anairfoil 25 with aleading edge 26 and a trailingedge 23. At the end of theairfoil 25, radially distal from thehub 28, is afull shroud 27. Afull shroud 27 is a shroud that is capable of covering thethroat 20 between two fittedairfoils 25 as shown inFIG. 3 . - An exemplary embodiment of the invention will now be described with refer to the
gas turbine blade 5 shown inFiGs 3 and4 . In thisblade 5, from about 90% span 30 to 100% span 30 the normalizedaxial chord 21 reduces preferably by about 6% but could be reduced anywhere between about 4% about 10%. - In another exemplary embodiment, the normalized
axial chord 21 reduces between 90% span 30 to 100% span 30 by about 6% while the normalizedchord 22 between thesame span 30 range reduces by about 6%. - The reduced
axial chord 21 results in an overall reduced radially distal end size of theairfoil 25. As a result a smallerfull shroud 27 can be fitted than may otherwise be the case resulting inimproved blade 5 aerodynamic efficiency. - A more detailed exemplary embodiment, corresponding to an arrangement for a particular gas turbine 1 machine optimised by 3D aerodynamic and lifetime simulation, has a normalized
axial chord 21 carried to +/- 1 % and normalizedchord 22, carried to +/- 1%, atdifferent spans 30 as tabulated in Table 1. - Any of the exemplary embodiments may be
stage 3 two orstage 3 threeblades 5, as shown onFIG. 2 , of a low pressure turbine 14. This location is the region of a turbine most likely to benefit from the invention due to the combination ofblade 5 size,blade 5 cooling requirements andblade 5 service.Blades 5 having any of the configurations of the exemplary embodiments could however be suitable for use in other turbine services and locations dependant on the particular turbine and stage operating conditions. - Although the invention has been herein shown and described in what is conceived to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is recognized that departures can be made within the scope of the invention, which is not to be limited to details described herein but is to be accorded the full scope of the appended claims so as to embrace any and all equivalent devices and apparatus.
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- Gas turbine
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- Vane
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- Blade
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- Compressor
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- First combustor
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- High pressure turbine
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- Second combustor
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- Low pressure turbine
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- Generator
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- Shaft
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- Shaft/ turbine axis
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- Throat
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- Axial chord
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- Chord
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- Trailing edge
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- Airfoil
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- Leading edge
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- Shroud
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- Hub
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Claims (5)
- A gas turbine blade (5) comprising:a hub (28);an airfoil (25), extending radially from the hub (28), having;a leading edge (26);a trailing edge (23);a span (30) that defines the radial height of the airfoil (25), normalized by the airfoil's (25) radial length between the hub (28) and an airfoil (25) end radially distal from the hub (28); andan axial chord (21) normalized along the span (30) by the axial chord (21) at the hub (28) to define a normalized axial chord (21),the gas turbine blade (5) further comprising a full shroud (27) at the radially distal end of the airfoil (25),the gas turbine blade (5) characterized by a normalized axial chord (21) at 100% span (30) is between about 4% to about 10% shorter than the normalized axial chord (21) at about 90% span (30).
- The gas turbine blade (5) of claim 1 wherein the normalized axial chord (21) at 100% span (30) is about 6% shorter than the normalized axial chord (21) at 90% span (30).
- The gas turbine blade (5) of claim 2 having a chord (22) normalized by the chord (22) at the hub (28) to define a normalized chord (22) wherein the normalized chord (22) at 100% span (30) is about 6% shorter than the normalized chord (22) at 90% span (30).
- The gas turbine blade (5) of claim 1 having a chord (22) normalized by the chord (22) at the hub (28) to define a normalized chord (22) wherein the normalized axial chord (21) carried to +/- 1 % and normalized chord (22) carried to +/-1%, at different spans (30) conform to the following table
Span (%)
(30)Normalized
axial chord
(%)(21)Normalized
chord (%)
(22)0 100 100 10 95 99. 15 93 98 30 88 94 50 81 91 85 70 89 90 68 88 100 62 82 - The gas turbine blade (5) of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the gas turbine blade (5) is a low pressure turbine (14) stage 2 or stage 3 blade (5).
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US9416671B2 (en) | 2012-10-04 | 2016-08-16 | General Electric Company | Bimetallic turbine shroud and method of fabricating |
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US2355413A (en) * | 1942-01-21 | 1944-08-08 | Gen Electric | Elastic fluid turbine blading |
US5156529A (en) * | 1991-03-28 | 1992-10-20 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | Integral shroud blade design |
US6491498B1 (en) | 2001-10-04 | 2002-12-10 | Power Systems Mfg, Llc. | Turbine blade pocket shroud |
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EP1612372A1 (en) * | 2004-07-01 | 2006-01-04 | Alstom Technology Ltd | Turbine blade with a cut-back at the tip or the root of the blade |
EP1707742A1 (en) * | 2005-03-09 | 2006-10-04 | ABB Turbo Systems AG | Turbine blade with dirt collector |
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US2355413A (en) * | 1942-01-21 | 1944-08-08 | Gen Electric | Elastic fluid turbine blading |
US5156529A (en) * | 1991-03-28 | 1992-10-20 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. | Integral shroud blade design |
US6491498B1 (en) | 2001-10-04 | 2002-12-10 | Power Systems Mfg, Llc. | Turbine blade pocket shroud |
US20050214120A1 (en) * | 2004-03-26 | 2005-09-29 | The Boeing Company | High speed rotor assembly shroud |
EP1612372A1 (en) * | 2004-07-01 | 2006-01-04 | Alstom Technology Ltd | Turbine blade with a cut-back at the tip or the root of the blade |
EP1707742A1 (en) * | 2005-03-09 | 2006-10-04 | ABB Turbo Systems AG | Turbine blade with dirt collector |
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EP2505780A1 (en) * | 2011-04-01 | 2012-10-03 | MTU Aero Engines GmbH | Blade assembly for a turbo engine |
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WO2013191877A1 (en) * | 2012-06-19 | 2013-12-27 | United Technologies Corporation | Airfoil including adhesively bonded shroud |
US11035238B2 (en) | 2012-06-19 | 2021-06-15 | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | Airfoil including adhesively bonded shroud |
US9416671B2 (en) | 2012-10-04 | 2016-08-16 | General Electric Company | Bimetallic turbine shroud and method of fabricating |
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