EP2294286A2 - Carénage pour aubes mobiles d'une turbomachine - Google Patents

Carénage pour aubes mobiles d'une turbomachine

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EP2294286A2
EP2294286A2 EP09745441A EP09745441A EP2294286A2 EP 2294286 A2 EP2294286 A2 EP 2294286A2 EP 09745441 A EP09745441 A EP 09745441A EP 09745441 A EP09745441 A EP 09745441A EP 2294286 A2 EP2294286 A2 EP 2294286A2
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Prior art keywords
shroud
rotor
gaps
blades
turbomachine
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EP2294286B1 (fr
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Hans-Peter Borufka
Hernan Victor Arrieta
Klemens Hain
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MTU Aero Engines AG
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MTU Aero Engines GmbH
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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
    • 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
    • F05D2250/10—Two-dimensional
    • F05D2250/18—Two-dimensional patterned
    • F05D2250/183—Two-dimensional patterned zigzag
    • 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
    • F05D2260/96—Preventing, counteracting or reducing vibration or noise

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  • the present invention relates to a shroud for rotor blades of a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine, wherein the shroud is arranged on the circumference of a blade row arranged on a rotor with a plurality of blades and at its periphery has at least one separating gap.
  • the invention further relates to a turbomachine, in particular gas turbine, comprising at least one rotor having at least one blade row with a plurality of blades.
  • the mutually parallel damping gaps form the two legs of the Z-shaped separating gap and are aligned at an angle of 70 ° to 90 ° to the axial direction of the integral wheel.
  • the damping gaps lie close to each other, while the Z-web is designed as an open gap extending in the direction of the shroud edges.
  • the two damping gaps provide a friction surface which allows a corresponding friction damping of the vibrations during operation of the integral wheel.
  • An inventive shroud for moving blades of a turbomachine, in particular a gas turbine is arranged on the circumference of a blade row arranged on a rotor with a plurality of moving blades and has at least one separating gap on its circumference.
  • the separating gap is serrated and has at least three mutually spaced and angularly extending to an axis of rotation of the rotor damping gaps and adjoining the damping column respectively connecting or extending in the direction of the shroud edges connecting gaps, wherein the gap width of the damping column upon rotation of the rotor up to an abutment of the attenuation gaps forming gap walls is reduced.
  • the total available contact surface for friction damping under operating conditions of Turbomachine significantly increased. This ensures a predominantly resonance-free operation of bladed turbomachines and also an improvement in the coupling stiffness of adjacent blades to one another. There is a continuous distribution of the force flow along the attenuation gaps or the contact points of the corresponding gap walls.
  • the resonance-free main operating range results from the control of the fundamental natural frequencies of the bladed disk (overall system blade / rotor) by the possibility of an individual design of the support and stress kinematics of the formed separating gaps.
  • the damping gaps are aligned at an angle of 60 ° to 90 ° to the axis of rotation of the rotor.
  • this ensures that when the turbomachine is started up, the circumferential expansion of the shroud resulting from the centrifugal forces can take place unhindered.
  • at least two of the damping gaps are aligned parallel to one another, so that an approximately simultaneous contact of the gap walls forming the damping gaps occurs.
  • the shroud is divided into individual shroud segments, each shroud segment associated with a blade and arranged thereon and form the individual shroud segments with the respective adjacent shroud segments in the circumferential direction of the separation column.
  • each shroud segment of a group of at least two blades is assigned and arranged thereon and form the individual shroud segments with the respective adjacent shroud segments in the circumferential direction of the separation column.
  • the blades are integrally formed with the shroud segments.
  • the shroud according to the invention may have different advantageous embodiments and arrangements.
  • shroud segments The subdivision of the shroud into shroud segments increases the range of applications.
  • the rotor blades it is also possible for the rotor blades to be integral with the shroud segments, that is to say in one piece. to build. This leads to a simplified manufacturing process and thus to reduced manufacturing costs.
  • At least one sealing lip is arranged on the outer circumference of the shroud.
  • two spaced-apart and mutually parallel sealing lips may be integrally formed on the outer circumference.
  • the sealing lips may be interrupted in the region of the separating gaps. The arrangement of the sealing lips is a further advantageous reduction of the sealing gap between the rotating blades or the shroud and the stationary engine housing, the efficiency of the turbomachine, in particular the gas turbine is significantly improved.
  • the shroud according to the invention is used in a low-pressure turbine, in particular a low-pressure turbine of an aircraft engine.
  • a turbomachine according to the invention in particular gas turbine, comprises at least one rotor which has at least one blade row with a plurality of rotor blades, wherein a shroud according to the above-described embodiments is arranged on the circumference of the rotor blade row. Due to the design of the shroud, the turbomachine according to the invention ensures predominantly resonance-free operation and an improvement in the coupling rigidity of adjacent blades to one another. This results in a significant increase in the efficiency of the turbomachine.
  • the turbomachine may be a low-pressure turbine, in particular a low-pressure turbine of an aircraft engine.
  • the blades may include components of an integral rotor construction, i. BLISK or BLING, his.
  • Show Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a portion of a turbomachine with a shroud according to the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic representation of a plan view of the cover tape according to the invention.
  • Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a portion of a turbomachine consisting of a blade 14 with a blade root 52, wherein the blade root 52 is disposed on a rotor 12.
  • the rotor 12 is rotatable about an axis 18.
  • a shroud 10 is arranged on the rotor blade 14.
  • the shroud 10 is arranged on the circumference of a arranged on the rotor 12 blade row consisting of several blades.
  • FIG. 2 shows a schematic representation of a plan view of the shroud 10. It can be seen that the shroud 10 has a plurality of separating gaps 16, 16 ', 16 "at its circumference, wherein the separating gaps 16, 16", 16 "are serrated.
  • the individual shroud segments 46, 48 form the separating gaps 16, 16 ', 16 "in the circumferential direction with the respective adjacent shroud segments. te 16, 16 ', 16 "formed parallel to each other, that is, the individual damping and connecting gaps each extend parallel to each other.
  • damping gaps 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 are aligned at an angle of 60 ° to 90 ° to the axis of rotation 18 of the rotor 12.
  • a total of four damping gaps 20, 22, 24, 26 are aligned parallel to each other in the illustrated embodiment.
  • a further damping gap 28 extends at an acute angle to the previously described damping gaps 20, 22, 24, 26.
  • connection gaps 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 have different angles in a range between 0 ° and 90 ° ° with respect to the axis of rotation 18 of the rotor can take.
  • two parallel sealing lips 62, 64 are integrally formed on the outer circumference of the shroud 10.
  • the sealing lips are interrupted in the area of the separating gaps 16, 16 ', 16 ".
  • the sealing lips 62, 64 result in a further advantageous reduction of the sealing gap between the shroud 10 and a fixed housing of the turbomachine adjoining it, in particular a fixed engine housing (US Pat. not shown).

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Turbine Rotor Nozzle Sealing (AREA)

Abstract

L'invention concerne un carénage pour aubes mobiles d'une turbomachine, en particulier d'une turbine à gaz, le carénage (10) étant disposé sur la périphérie d'une rangée d'aubes mobiles comportant plusieurs aubes (14, 50) disposées sur un rotor (12), et présentant au moins une fente de séparation (16, 16', 16''). L'invention est caractérisée en ce que la fente de séparation (16, 16', 16'') est réalisée en forme de pics et présente au moins trois fentes d'amortissement (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) à distance entre elles et s'étendant obliquement par rapport à un axe de rotation (18) du rotor (12), et en ce que des fentes de jonction (30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40) adjacentes relient respectivement les fentes d'amortissement (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) ou s'étendent en direction des bords (46, 48) de l'anneau de renforcement, et en ce que la largeur des fentes d'amortissement (20, 22, 24, 26, 28), lorsque le rotor (12) tourne, est réduite jusqu'à ce que les parois (42, 44) formant les fentes d'amortissement (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) s'appliquent les unes contre les autres. L'invention concerne en outre une turbomachine, en particulier une turbine à gaz, comprenant au moins un rotor (12) qui présente au moins une rangée d'aubes mobiles comportant plusieurs aubes (14, 59), un carénage (12) selon l'invention étant disposé sur la périphérie de la rangée d'aubes mobiles.
EP09745441.7A 2008-05-13 2009-04-30 Rotor avex aubes mobiles carenées d'une turbomachine Not-in-force EP2294286B1 (fr)

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DE102008023326A DE102008023326A1 (de) 2008-05-13 2008-05-13 Deckband für Laufschaufeln einer Strömungsmaschine und Strömungsmaschine
PCT/DE2009/000630 WO2009138057A2 (fr) 2008-05-13 2009-04-30 Carénage pour aubes mobiles d'une turbomachine, et turbomachine correspondante

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EP2294286A2 true EP2294286A2 (fr) 2011-03-16
EP2294286B1 EP2294286B1 (fr) 2019-02-27

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DE (1) DE102008023326A1 (fr)
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WO (1) WO2009138057A2 (fr)

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