EP2718545A1 - Steam turbine comprising a thrust balance piston - Google Patents
Steam turbine comprising a thrust balance pistonInfo
- Publication number
- EP2718545A1 EP2718545A1 EP12743152.6A EP12743152A EP2718545A1 EP 2718545 A1 EP2718545 A1 EP 2718545A1 EP 12743152 A EP12743152 A EP 12743152A EP 2718545 A1 EP2718545 A1 EP 2718545A1
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- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- steam turbine
- steam
- pressure chamber
- housing
- balance piston
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- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
- F01K—STEAM ENGINE PLANTS; STEAM ACCUMULATORS; ENGINE PLANTS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ENGINES USING SPECIAL WORKING FLUIDS OR CYCLES
- F01K3/00—Plants characterised by the use of steam or heat accumulators, or intermediate steam heaters, therein
- F01K3/02—Use of accumulators and specific engine types; Control thereof
- F01K3/04—Use of accumulators and specific engine types; Control thereof the engine being of multiple-inlet-pressure type
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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
- F01D3/00—Machines or engines with axial-thrust balancing effected by working-fluid
- F01D3/04—Machines or engines with axial-thrust balancing effected by working-fluid axial thrust being compensated by thrust-balancing dummy piston or the like
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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
- F05D2220/00—Application
- F05D2220/30—Application in turbines
- F05D2220/31—Application in turbines in steam turbines
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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
- F05D2260/00—Function
- F05D2260/20—Heat transfer, e.g. cooling
Definitions
- 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, completely different tempera ture and pressure conditions is subject to the steam in a steam turbine.
- steam turbines have e.g.
- the working medium with the highest temperature, which flows into a partial turbine has the highest pressure.
- An open cooling system which is open to the flow channel, can be realized in gas turbines without external supply of cooling medium.
- an external supply for cooling medium should be provided. The prior art relating to gas turbines can not therefore be used for the assessment of the present application subject.
- a steam turbine typically comprises a rotor-mounted rotatably mounted rotor disposed within a housing. With flow the interior of the flow channel formed by the housing jacket ⁇ with heated and pressurized steam over the rotor blades by the steam is set in rotation.
- the blades of the rotor are also referred to as blades.
- usually stationary guide vanes are suspended on the inner housing, which along an axial extension of the body in the interstices of the
- a vane is usually held at a first location along an inner side of the steam turbine casing. In this case, it is usually part of a stator blade row, which comprises a number of guide vanes, which are arranged along an inner circumference on the inside of the steam turbine housing. Each vane has its blade radially inward.
- a row of vanes at said first location along the axial extent is also referred to as a vane grille or crown.
- a number of Leit ⁇ blade rows are connected in series. Accordingly, at a second location along the axial extent behind the first location, a further second blade is held along the inside of the steam turbine housing.
- a pair of a vane row and a blade row is also referred to as a vane stage.
- the housing jacket of such a steam turbine can be formed from a number of housing segments.
- Under the housing shell of the steam turbine is in particular the statio ⁇ nary housing member of a steam turbine or a turbine part to understand that along the longitudinal direction of the steam turbine has an interior space in the form of a flow channel, which is provided for flow through the working medium in the form of vapor.
- this may be an inner casing and / or a guide vane carrier which does not have an inner casing or a vane carrier.
- the seal is designed as a piston ring, which leads to a fast and cost-effective production of the steam turbine according to the invention.
- the steam turbine comprises a valve for supplying steam into the flow channel, wherein cooling channels are formed in the valve connection, which are fluidically connected to the first pressure chamber.
- cooling channels are fluidically connected to the third pressure chamber.
- the cooling channels which are arranged so that they flow around ⁇ temperature-loaded components, are therefore forced flows with cooler steam. The result is that a significant increase in the cooling effect for components of the valve connection is possible. This cooling effect is achieved in that the third pressure chamber is directly connected to the thrust balance piston antechamber.
- the cooling channels are arranged between a valve diffuser and the outer housing.
- FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a device according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view in section through the inflow of the steam turbine according to the invention.
- the steam turbine 1 shows a cross section through a steam turbine 1 is shown.
- the steam turbine 1 has an outer housing 2 and an inner housing 3.
- the inner housing 3 and the outer housing 2 have a live steam supply channel, which is described in more detail in FIG.
- the rotor is rotationally symmetrical about a rotation axis 6.
- the rotor 5 comprises a plurality of rotor blades 7.
- the inner casing 3 has a plurality of stator blades 8.
- a flow channel 9 is formed between the inner housing 3 and the rotor 5, a flow channel 9 is formed.
- the Strö ⁇ flow duct 9 comprises a plurality of blade stages which in each case of a series of blades 7 and a number of guide vanes 8 are formed.
- Fresh steam flows into an inflow opening 10 via the live steam supply duct and flows from there in a flow direction 11 through the flow duct 9, which flows in the direction of flow
- the live steam expands and cools down. Thermal energy is converted into rotational energy.
- the rotor 5 is set in a rotational movement and can drive in ⁇ example, a generator for generating electrical energy.
- a more or less large thrust of the rotor 5 is formed in the flow direction 11.
- the Schubaus ⁇ same piston 4 is formed such that a Schubaus damagess- piston chamber 12 is formed and acted upon by a defined pressure.
- the thrust balance piston antechamber 12 is here seen before the thrust balance piston 4 in the flow direction 11.
- Live steam feed is symbolically represented by the arrow 13a.
- the steam in this case has usually ⁇ temperature values, for example up to 625 ° C and a pressure of up to 350 bar.
- the live steam flows in the flow direction 11 through the flow channel 9. After a vane stage, the steam flows into the thrust balance vane 12 via a connection comprising a feed duct 14, a first pressure chamber 15 and a supply duct 16.
- the steam flows via an introduction channel 14, which acts as a communicating tube between a first pressure chamber 15 and the flow channel 9 for a blade. stage is formed in the first pressure chamber 15 which is formed between the inner housing 3 and the outer housing 2. In this first pressure chamber 15 there is a pressure of pi. The vapor located in the first pressure chamber 15 between the inner housing 3 and the outer housing 2 now has lower temperature and pressure values.
- This steam flows through a supply channel 16, which is formed as a communicating tube between the first pressure chamber 15 and the thrust balance piston antechamber 12.
- the thrust balance piston antechamber 12 is disposed in an axial direction 17 between the thrust balance piston 4 and the inner housing 3.
- the Schubaus GmbHskolbenvorraum 12 may also be referred to as a second pressure chamber. In this second pressure chamber there is a pressure p2.
- a smaller part flows as a leak vapor into a leak sealing space 18.
- This leak sealing space 18 is formed between the inner housing 3 and the rotor 5.
- the leakage steam flows in this case substantially in an opposite direction 19.
- the opposite direction 19 is in this case opposite to the flow ⁇ direction 11 aligned.
- the leakage steam flows through a cross-return passage 20, which is formed as a communicating tube between the sealing chamber 18, which is formed between the rotor 5 and the housing 3 and arranged after a blade ⁇ inflow Zuströmraum 26 in the flow channel 9.
- the cross-return passage 20 is substantially perpendicular from the sealing chamber 18 to the first pressure chamber 15, substantially parallel after a deflection 21 and substantially perpendicular to the flow direction 11 after a second deflection 22, but without connecting the sealing chamber 18 to the first pressure chamber 15.
- the inner housing 3 and the outer housing 2 with an unspecified Koch- load introduction 23 are formed.
- external steam flows through a separate inflow.
- the Hinments- channel 14 with the flow channel 9 for a return ⁇ blade stage 24 and the cross-return passage 20 is connected to the flow channel 9 for a cross-return blade ⁇ stage 25.
- the cross-return vane stage 25 is arranged here in the flow direction 11 of the flow channel 9 with respect to expansion of the steam after the return vane stage 24.
- the return blade stage is the fourth blade stage 24 and the cross-return blade stage 25, the fifth blade stage ⁇ .
- a seal 27 is arranged in the region of the thrust balance piston 4.
- This seal 27 is expediently designed, for example, as a piston ring and arranged in a groove 28 in the inner housing 3. The seal 27 thereby separates the first
- Pressure chamber 15 of a third pressure chamber 29 In the third pressure chamber 29, there is a pressure p. 3
- the pressure p 3 can be approximately equal to the pressure pi.
- the third pressure chamber 29 is limited by a further seal 30.
- the further seal 30 is disposed between the inner casing 3 and the housing 2 exclusivelyge ⁇ and disconnects the third pressure chamber 29 of the fourth pressure space 31, in which the pressure p 4 prevails.
- the third pressure chamber 29 is connected via a direct connection 32 with the thrust balance piston antechamber 12.
- the pressure p2 prevails in the thrust balance piston antechamber, where: P2 ⁇ p 3 .
- the connection 32 represents a fluidic connection and makes it possible for steam to flow in the third
- Pressure chamber 29 is located, can flow into the thrust balance piston antechamber 12.
- the located in the fourth pressure chamber 31 Steam flows in the inner housing end region 33 onto a thrust balance piston surface 34 of the thrust balance piston 4.
- the inflow 35 comprises a valve diffuser 36. From the valve diffuser 36, live steam flows into the inflow opening 10 and from there, as described for FIG. 1, through the flow channel 9 Steam that has flowed in the first pressure chamber 15 can in part flow into a ring cooling channel 37, which is formed between the valve diffuser 36 and the outer housing 2. In a reversal point 38, the steam flows via a further cooling channel 39 in the outer housing 2 to the third pressure chamber 29. From the third pressure chamber 29, the steam flows via the connection 32 into the thrust balance piston chamber antechamber 12. Since the pressure is pi>P3> P4, arises thereby a targeted forced flow through this component area, which advantageously cools the valve connection 40. Thus, effective cooling of the valve connection 40 is possible without using external cooling steam.
- the valve diffuser 36 is in this case sealingly to the inner casing 3 assigns ⁇ .
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EP12743152.6A EP2718545B1 (en) | 2011-08-04 | 2012-08-01 | Steamturbine comprising a dummy piston |
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EP11176574A EP2554789A1 (en) | 2011-08-04 | 2011-08-04 | Steamturbine comprising a dummy piston |
PCT/EP2012/065065 WO2013017634A1 (en) | 2011-08-04 | 2012-08-01 | Steam turbine comprising a thrust balance piston |
EP12743152.6A EP2718545B1 (en) | 2011-08-04 | 2012-08-01 | Steamturbine comprising a dummy piston |
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EP2718545A1 true EP2718545A1 (en) | 2014-04-16 |
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US (1) | US20140199161A1 (en) |
EP (2) | EP2554789A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP5756886B2 (en) |
CN (1) | CN103717838B (en) |
IN (1) | IN2014DN00164A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2013017634A1 (en) |
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