EP2274504A1 - Turbine à vapeur avec dispositif de refroidissement - Google Patents

Turbine à vapeur avec dispositif de refroidissement

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EP2274504A1
EP2274504A1 EP09735261A EP09735261A EP2274504A1 EP 2274504 A1 EP2274504 A1 EP 2274504A1 EP 09735261 A EP09735261 A EP 09735261A EP 09735261 A EP09735261 A EP 09735261A EP 2274504 A1 EP2274504 A1 EP 2274504A1
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inner housing
steam
casing
inflow
turbomachine
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EP2274504B1 (fr
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Andreas Ulma
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Siemens AG
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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
    • 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
    • F05D2260/00—Function
    • F05D2260/20—Heat transfer, e.g. cooling
    • F05D2260/205—Cooling fluid recirculation, i.e. after cooling one or more components is the cooling fluid recovered and used elsewhere for other purposes
    • 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
    • F05D2260/00—Function
    • F05D2260/20—Heat transfer, e.g. cooling
    • F05D2260/232—Heat transfer, e.g. cooling characterized by the cooling medium
    • F05D2260/2322—Heat transfer, e.g. cooling characterized by the cooling medium steam

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  • the invention relates to a turbomachine, comprising a rotor, an inner housing arranged around the rotor and an outer housing arranged around the inner housing, wherein a sealingly sealed sheath is arranged around a region of the inner housing.
  • a turbomachine Under a turbomachine is in particular a steam turbine to understand. Steam turbines are divided into so-called high-pressure, medium-pressure or low-pressure sub-turbines. A uniform classification of the steam turbine in the aforementioned sub-turbines does not currently exist.
  • a high-pressure turbine section is subjected to a steam at a temperature up to 620 0 C and a pressure up to 350 bar.
  • the Mende steam outflowing from this high-pressure turbine is reheated to a temperature of up to 620 0 C in a reheater, and then flows into the intermediate-pressure turbine, then the steam flows from the intermediate-pressure turbine into the low-pressure turbine section.
  • steam turbines with internal housings are designed in the so-called two- or three-shell design.
  • the inner housing is flowed around with the medium-pressure exhaust steam.
  • this medium-pressure exhaust steam can have comparatively low temperatures, which leads to a comparatively high temperature difference between the inner casing inner wall and the inner casing outer wall.
  • the inner housing inner wall is acted upon by the so-called HZÜ vapor, wherein the inner housing outer wall, as described above, flows around the medium-pressure exhaust steam. Since the temperatures of the medium-pressure exhaust steam and the HZÜ steam are comparatively different, this leads to lower temperatures. different thermal stresses of the inner housing.
  • the high temperature differences lead to unacceptably high stresses, for example, on the parting screws and the inner housing, which can lead to increased elastic and / or plastic housing deformation.
  • the jacket is often referred to as a thermal protection jacket or as a thermal shield and is arranged around the entire inner housing.
  • the heat protection jacket is designed such that gaps between the heat protection jacket and the inner housing arise. Furthermore, additional openings in the heat protection jacket are arranged to allow a flow of medium-pressure exhaust steam through the heat protection jacket.
  • the disadvantage here is that the actual conditions within the heat protection jacket can hardly be changed. This means that the actual conditions can not be matched to the requirement of the inner housing. It would be desirable here to be able to set the temperature within the heat protection jacket. This means that a specific increase or decrease of the temperature inside the jacket would be an advantage.
  • the object of the invention is to improve a turbomachine such that impermissible temperature differences in the inner housing can be avoided.
  • a turbomachine comprising a rotor, an inner housing arranged around the rotor, and an outer housing arranged around the inner housing, wherein a sealing area is sealed around a region of the inner housing. is arranged closed jacket, wherein the jacket has an inflow for the flow of steam and an outflow for the outflow of steam located in the jacket and the inflow comprises an annular channel.
  • the way is taken to allow a targeted flow of steam in the region of the sheath.
  • the mass flow of the steam into the area of the jacket can be used to change the temperature in this area. This means that for different operating conditions, where different temperatures can occur within the inner casing, the temperature on the inner casing outer surface can be changed.
  • the annular channel is arranged around the sheath.
  • a continuous annular channel is realized, that is, the steam is supplied to the annular channel via an outer inflow line and this steam in the annular channel completely surrounds the sheath and flows through an inflow of the
  • the sheath is made of sheet metal.
  • steel sheet can be used here.
  • the temperature conditions in the turbomachine must be such that sheets or steel sheets can be used.
  • care must be taken that the temperatures of the medium-pressure exhaust steam do not lead to damage to the sheets or steel sheets.
  • the sheath is sealingly formed with respect to the inner housing.
  • the inflow of the steam into the interior of the casing is achieved by bores, in particular radial bores. Due to the arrangement, size and number of holes a targeted, uniform inflow into the space of the sheath can be achieved.
  • the encapsulation is arranged in the region of the inflow region.
  • the inflow area is the most thermally stressed area. This means that especially in this area, the inner housing thermally loaded inadmissible becomes. The Abdampf Colour the inner housing is this comparatively little thermal stress. A jacket of the complete inner housing is therefore not required. Rather, it is expedient to surround only those areas which are subjected to particularly high thermal loads and where an impermissible temperature gradient between the inner housing inner surface and the inner housing outer surface is to be avoided. This area is just the inflow area, which is why it is proposed in this advantageous embodiment, to coat just this inflow.
  • the outflow has a plurality of radial bores in the casing. This makes it possible to easily remove the steam exiting the jacket, which of course has other thermodynamic parameters such as temperature and pressure than the steam flowing into the jacket. On the arrangement, size and number of radial bores, a targeted and uniform outflow from the shell can be achieved.
  • a heat-movable seal can be arranged between the casing and the inner casing.
  • Steam turbines are usually continuously supplied with steam, resulting in a uniform temperature distribution within the steam turbine.
  • operating conditions exist such.
  • the casing made of steel sheets may have a different thermal expansion compared to the inner casing, which may lead to a distortion of the casing or to a non-desired gap between the casing and the inner casing.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view in the radial direction of a steam turbine
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of a medium-pressure Operatur- bine.
  • the medium-pressure turbine part 11 comprises a substantially rotationally symmetrical about the rotation axis 12 formed inner housing 6, wherein the inner housing 6 consists of an inner housing upper part 6a and an inner housing lower part 6b.
  • the inner housing upper part 6a is connected to the inner housing lower part 6b via a flange 13 and via screws not shown.
  • the other components such. B. a rotor 14, not shown in detail.
  • an outer housing 15 is arranged.
  • a sheathing 1 is arranged around the inner housing 6.
  • the casing 1 may be formed from steel sheets and may be arranged on the inner casing 6 via heat-resistant seals 16.
  • the medium-pressure exhaust steam which has a much lower temperature and a substantially lower pressure compared to the incoming into the medium-pressure steam turbine 11 live steam. This medium-pressure exhaust steam is prevented via the casing 1 from acting on an inner housing outer surface 17.
  • the casing 1 further comprises an annular channel 18, through which an annular space 2 is formed and this is fluidically connected to an inflow channel 10.
  • the steam supplied via the inflow 10 can also be conducted directly into the space 5.
  • For better distribution over the circumference of the annular space 2 is provided.
  • FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the medium-pressure turbine section 11.
  • the region of the medium-pressure turbine section 1 subjected to the greatest thermal stress is the area around the inflow region 20.
  • the casing 1 is not arranged over the entire inner housing but to the inflow 20, since this is the most thermally stressed.
  • the annular channel 18 is also not formed over the entire axial length of the casing 1, but only in a smaller axial extent.
  • the annular space 18 is arranged in the embodiment of Figure 2 to the left of the line 22 on the edge of the casing 1 and extends over approximately one quarter of the axial length 21 of the casing 1.
  • the emerging from the holes 4 steam has other thermodynamic parameters such. B. temperature and pressure as the incoming into the bore 3 steam.
  • B. temperature and pressure as the incoming into the bore 3 steam.
  • the steam that flows via the inflow channel 10 into the annular space 2 can, for. B. be taken from a so-called cold reheat.
  • the casing 1 can be designed such that the pressures in the inflow 10, in the annulus 2 and in the space 5 are only are slightly larger than in Abdampfraum 9, which means that the casing 1 must not be designed to support pressure.
  • the supply of steam into the annular space 2 and finally into the space 5 leads to an influence on the temperature and the flow conditions on the inner housing surface 17, which can be influenced by the temperature and the mass flow of the supplied steam into the inflow passage 10. This can be done via a fixed setting or via a control. In addition, a homogenization of the temperature distribution can be achieved.
  • an improvement of the deformation behavior of the inner housing 6 is achieved, whereby a reduced radial play demand takes place. As a result, stresses on the housing and on the screws are reduced, as a result of which plastic deformations due to material creep are likewise minimized.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne une turbomachine (11) comprenant un rotor (14), un carter intérieur (6) disposé autour du rotor (14) et un carter extérieur disposé autour du carter intérieur (6), une enveloppe (1) étant disposée autour du carter intérieur (6), un canal annulaire (18) étant placé sur cette enveloppe (1). De la vapeur s'écoule par le canal annulaire (18) et par des alésages (3) pratiqués dans un espace (5) qui est situé entre l'enveloppe (1) et la surface extérieure (17) du carter intérieur, et s'échappe par des alésages (4) ménagés dans l'enveloppe (1).
EP09735261A 2008-04-21 2009-02-27 Turbine à vapeur dotée d'un dispositif de refroidissement Not-in-force EP2274504B1 (fr)

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EP09735261A EP2274504B1 (fr) 2008-04-21 2009-02-27 Turbine à vapeur dotée d'un dispositif de refroidissement
PL09735261T PL2274504T3 (pl) 2008-04-21 2009-02-27 Turbina parowa z urządzeniem schładzającym

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EP08007704A EP2112335A1 (fr) 2008-04-21 2008-04-21 Turbine à vapeur dotée d'un dispositif de refroidissement
EP09735261A EP2274504B1 (fr) 2008-04-21 2009-02-27 Turbine à vapeur dotée d'un dispositif de refroidissement
PCT/EP2009/052382 WO2009130077A1 (fr) 2008-04-21 2009-02-27 Turbine à vapeur avec dispositif de refroidissement

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US8740555B2 (en) 2014-06-03
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CN102016239A (zh) 2011-04-13
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