EP2752554A1 - Schaufel für eine Turbomaschine - Google Patents

Schaufel für eine Turbomaschine Download PDF

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EP2752554A1
EP2752554A1 EP13150152.0A EP13150152A EP2752554A1 EP 2752554 A1 EP2752554 A1 EP 2752554A1 EP 13150152 A EP13150152 A EP 13150152A EP 2752554 A1 EP2752554 A1 EP 2752554A1
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cooling
blade
airfoil
cooling fluid
leading edge
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Janos Szijarto
Esa Utriainen
Per Almroth
Magnus Hasselqvist
Lieke Wang
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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
    • F01D5/18—Hollow blades, i.e. blades with cooling or heating channels or cavities; Heating, heat-insulating or cooling means on blades
    • F01D5/187—Convection cooling
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
    • B22C9/00—Moulds or cores; Moulding processes
    • B22C9/02—Sand moulds or like moulds for shaped castings
    • B22C9/04—Use of lost patterns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B22—CASTING; POWDER METALLURGY
    • B22C—FOUNDRY MOULDING
    • B22C9/00—Moulds or cores; Moulding processes
    • B22C9/10—Cores; Manufacture or installation of cores
    • 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
    • F01D5/18—Hollow blades, i.e. blades with cooling or heating channels or cavities; Heating, heat-insulating or cooling means on blades
    • F01D5/186—Film cooling
    • 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
    • F05D2230/00—Manufacture
    • F05D2230/20—Manufacture essentially without removing material
    • F05D2230/21—Manufacture essentially without removing material by casting
    • F05D2230/211—Manufacture essentially without removing material by casting by precision casting, e.g. microfusing or investment casting

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  • the present invention relates to a blade for a turbomachine and more particularly to a cooling arrangement for an airfoil of a blade of a turbomachine.
  • the blade typically includes an airfoil portion and a root portion separated by a platform.
  • the airfoil portion of the blade is cooled by directing a cooling fluid to flow through radial passages formed in the airfoil portion of the blades.
  • a number of small axial passages are formed inside the blade airfoils that connect with one or more of the radial passages so that cooling air is directed over the surfaces of the airfoils, such as the leading and trailing edges or the suction and pressure surfaces. After the cooling air exits the blade it enters and mixes with the hot gas flowing through the turbine section.
  • cooling of the blade is achieved by supplying the cooling fluid from the compressor to the cooling channels in the blades.
  • the cooling channels often include multiple flow paths that are designed to maintain all aspects of the turbine blade at a relatively uniform temperature.
  • the object is achieved by providing a blade for a turbomachine according to claim 1.
  • a blade for a turbomachine includes an airfoil portion and a root portion, the airfoil portion including a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the airfoil portion, characterized in that the airfoil portion comprises a cooling arrangement, having an inlet system for introducing cooling fluid into the airfoil portion for cooling the airfoil portion, at least one first cooling passage for conducting cooling fluid in a direction from the trailing edge to the leading edge on the suction side, wherein the first cooling passage is fluidly connected to the inlet system and at least one second cooling passage for conducting cooling fluid in a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge on the pressure side, wherein the second cooling passage is fluidly connected to the inlet system.
  • the cooling efficiency is increased since the pressure side and the suction side surfaces of the airfoil are respectively and independently cooled by the cooling fluid flowing in different and opposite directions.
  • the airfoil portion extends in a direction radial to an axis of rotation of a rotor of the turbomachine.
  • a separating cavity between the inlet system and the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage enables directing portions of the cooling fluid to the passages respectively, thereby enabling cooling of both the suction side and the pressure side surfaces of the airfoil.
  • design of the separating cavity may also enable directing a first portion of the fluid in the first cooling passage and a second portion of the fluid in the second cooling passage depending on the amount of cooling required for the suction side and the pressure side.
  • the inlet system includes a first inlet and a second inlet fluidly connected to the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage respectively.
  • a plurality of impingement holes is present in the airfoil for cooling the leading edge portion of the blade. Cooling fluid flowing along the first cooling passage is directed towards the leading edge, which is exposed to high temperatures, hence impingement holes provide impingement cooling at the leading edge portion, prior to the cooling fluid exiting the blade from an outlet at the leading edge.
  • the cooling passages include a plurality of cavities and/or cooling channels. Presence of cavities and channels enables directing the cooling fluid to all regions/portions of the airfoil.
  • the cavities at the suction side are smaller than the cavities at the pressure side. Such an arrangement enables higher velocity of fluid flowing in the cavities at the suction side resulting in improved cooling.
  • the blade includes a platform separating the airfoil portion and the root portion, and the inlet system is present at the platform. Cooling fluid from the root portion is directed into the airfoil portion via the inlet system located at the platform.
  • the cooling fluid flowing in the first cooling passage is directed out of the airfoil portion through a plurality of film cooling holes present at the leading edge.
  • the film cooling holes enable cooling of the external surface of the blade providing a thin, cool, insulating blanket of cooling fluid thereby lowering the temperature.
  • the cooling fluid flowing in the second cooling passage is discharged out of the airfoil portion through an opening at the trailing edge.
  • the second cooling passage includes a cooling channel that has a first portion on the suction side extending in a direction from the trailing edge to the leading edge and a second portion downstream the first portion, the second portion extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
  • Embodiments of the present invention described below relate to a blade component in a turbomachine.
  • the turbomachine may include a gas turbine, a steam turbine, a turbofan and the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an exemplary blade 1 of a rotor (not shown) of a turbomachine, such as a gas turbine and FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the blade depicting a platform of the blade with an inlet system.
  • the blade 1 includes an airfoil portion 2 and a root portion 3.
  • the airfoil portion 2 projects from the root portion 3 in a radial direction as depicted, wherein the radial direction means a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the rotor.
  • the airfoil portion 2 extends radially along a longitudinal direction of the blade 1.
  • the blade 1 is attached to a body of the rotor (not shown), in such a way that the root portion 3 is attached to the body of the rotor whereas the airfoil portion 2 is located at a radially outermost position.
  • the airfoil portion 2 has an outer wall 10 including a pressure side 6, also called pressure surface, and a suction side 7, also called suction surface.
  • the pressure side 6 and the suction side 7 are joined together along an upstream leading edge 4 and a downstream trailing edge 5, wherein the leading edge 4 and the trailing edge 5 are spaced axially from each other as depicted in FIG. 1 .
  • the outer wall portion on the pressure side may be referred to as the pressure-side wall 11 and the outer wall portion on the suction side may be referred to as the suction-side wall 12.
  • the suction-side and the pressure-side walls 11, 12 collectively delimit an internal region of the airfoil, which is thus, demarcated from an external region located outside the airfoil 2.
  • the respective surfaces of the walls 11, 12 facing the internal region are referred to as inner surfaces.
  • the respective surfaces of the walls 11, 12 facing the external region are referred to as outer surfaces.
  • one or more cooling holes 8 are present on the pressure side 6 and the suction side 7 of the blade as depicted in FIG. 1 .
  • the cooling holes 8 aid in film cooling of the blade 1 as will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2 .
  • a platform 9 is formed at an upper portion of the root portion 3.
  • the airfoil portion 2 is connected to the platform 9 and extends in the radial direction outward from the platform 9.
  • the airfoil portion 2 of the blade 1 includes a cooling arrangement, which includes an intricate maze of internal structures such as cooling passages having cavities, channels and other structures such as ribs and pin fins for enabling enhanced cooling.
  • the cooling arrangement includes an inlet system 28 located at the platform between the root portion 3 and the airfoil portion 2 for introducing the cooling fluid 26 which may be cool air or a coolant into the airfoil portion 2, for cooling the airfoil portion 2.
  • the cooling fluid 26 which may be cool air or a coolant into the airfoil portion 2, for cooling the airfoil portion 2.
  • the inlet system 28 includes one or more inlets, such as a first inlet 29 and a second inlet 30 for directing the cooling fluid into the airfoil portion 2 of the blade 1.
  • the blade 1 may be cast as a single component or may alternatively be assembled from multiple components.
  • the multiple component blade may include a leading edge component, a trailing edge component and a core region component.
  • the components may be cast separately and thereafter joined together by bonding or brazing for example.
  • the blade is manufactured using precision casting technique.
  • the cooling fluid 26 is directed to various portions of the airfoil 2 through an intricate maze of passages.
  • At least one first cooling passage is fluidly connected to the inlet system 28 for conducting the cooling fluid in a direction from the trailing edge 5 to the leading edge 4 on the suction side 7.
  • At least one second cooling passage is fluidly connected to the inlet system 28 for conducting the cooling fluid in a direction from the leading edge 4 to the trailing edge 5 on the pressure side 6.
  • cooling fluid 26 is discharged from the blade at the leading edge 4 through the plurality of film cooling holes 8 present on the leading edge 4, whereas the cooling fluid 26 is discharged from the blade airfoil 2 at the trailing edge 5 through single or multiple opening 13 present at the trailing edge 5.
  • the airfoil 2 includes a plurality of cooling passages, wherein the cooling passages include a plurality of cavities and channels for conducting the cooling fluid 26 therein.
  • the cooling fluid may be present in a cooling-fluid source which may be located external to the blade 1.
  • the cooling-fluid source may be internal to the blade 1 wherein the cooling fluid is stored in the root portion 3 of the blade 1.
  • the inlet system 28 such as the inlet system 28 of FIG. 2 located at the platform 9 directs the cooling fluid 26 inside the airfoil 2 through one or more cooling passages.
  • the inlet system 28 includes one or more inlets 29, 30 for supplying the cooling fluid 26 to the airfoil 2.
  • the cooling fluid 26 is directed into a first cooling passage 20, at the suction side 7.
  • the first cooling passage 20 includes a first trailing cavity 21, a core cavity 22 and a first cavity 24 in fluid communication through one or more cooling channels.
  • the blade 1 may have three regions, namely a leading region, a trailing region and a core region between the leading region and the trailing region.
  • the cavities present at the leading region, core region and the trailing region are referred to as the leading cavity, core cavity and the trailing cavity respectively.
  • the airfoil portion 2 of the blade has a first end 15 and a second end 17 extending in a direction radial to the root portion 3, wherein the second end 17 is at the platform 9, adjacent to the root portion 3 and the first end 15 is distal from the platform 9 and the root portion 3.
  • the first end 15 is also referred to as the tip of the blade 1.
  • first trailing cavity 21 is connected to the core cavity 22 and the core cavity 22 is connected to the first cavity 24 through channels located at the first end 15 and the second end 17 of the blade.
  • the cooling fluid 26 enters the first trailing cavity 21 via the inlet system 28 located at the platform 9 of the blade 1 through the root portion 3. Thereafter, the fluid 26 is directed to the core cavity 22 and subsequently to the first cavity 24.
  • the fluid 26 after getting directed to the first cavity 24 impinges on a leading edge cavity 27 through a plurality of impingement holes 36.
  • the fluid 26 is subsequently discharged from the blade through the film cooling holes 8 present at the leading edge 4 of the blade.
  • the cooling fluid 26 is directed into a second cooling passage 31 which includes a second cavity 32, a second core cavity 34 and a second trailing cavity 35.
  • the fluid 26 is directed into the second cavity 32 located on the pressure side 6, thereafter into the second core cavity 34 present at the core region of the blade through a channel present at a radially first end 15 opposite the root portion 3.
  • the cooling fluid 26 enters the second trailing cavity 35 through a second channel located at the second end 17 of the blade, and subsequently discharged through the opening 13 at the trailing edge 5.
  • the inlet system 28 includes two inlets, a first inlet 29 supplies the cooling fluid 26 to a first cooling passage 40 and a second inlet 30 is fluidly connected to a second cooling passage 50 for supplying the cooling fluid.
  • the first cooling passage 40 includes a cavity 42 located adjacent the suction side 7, a channel 46 directing the fluid 26 from the cavity 42 into the leading edge cavity 44.
  • the second cooling passage 50 includes a core cavity 48, located at the core region wherein the core cavity 48 is fluidly connected to the second inlet 30.
  • the cooling channel 51 includes a first portion 52 and a second portion 54.
  • the first portion 52 is on the suction side 7 extending in a direction from the trailing edge 5 to the leading edge 4 and the second portion 54 which is downstream the first portion 52, the second portion 54 extending in a direction from the leading edge 4 to the trailing edge 5.
  • the second core cavity 56 distributes the cooling into a trailing edge cavity 58 from where the cooling fluid 26 is discharged through the opening 13 at the trailing edge 5 into the hot gas path.
  • FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view depicting yet another embodiment of the blade of FIG. 1 .
  • Cooling fluid 26 is supplied into airfoil portion 2 through the inlet system 28, which in the present embodiment includes one inlet (not shown in FIG. 5 ) from the root portion 3, wherein the inlet is located at the platform 9 of the blade.
  • the cooling fluid 26 enters the core cavity 62 and turns at the tip 15 of the airfoil 2 to enter a second cavity 64.
  • the second cavity 64 is fluidly connected to a separating cavity 66 at the second end 17 of the blade located proximal to the platform 9.
  • the separating cavity 66 directs a first portion of the cooling fluid 26 into a first cooling passage 68 which includes the channel 70 located at the suction side 7 and the leading edge cavity 72 and directs a second portion of the cooling fluid 26 into the second cooling passage 69 which includes the trailing edge cavities 73, 74 and thereafter discharges the fluid 26 through the opening 13 at the trailing edge 5.
  • the cavities and/or channels at the suction side 7 are smaller than the cavities at the pressure side 6.
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