EP3241991A1 - Turbine assembly - 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
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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
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- 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
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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
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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
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- the present invention relates to a turbine assembly such as turbine rotor blades and stator vanes and to impingement structures used in such components for cooling purposes.
- TET gas turbine entry temperature
- modern turbines often operate at extremely high temperatures.
- the effect of temperature on the turbine blades, stator vanes and surrounding components can be detrimental to the efficient operation of the turbine and can, in extreme circumstances, lead to distortion and possible failure of such components.
- cooling systems made up of a series of cavities in the blades and vanes, may be employed. They are designed to reduce the metal temperature of these components.
- Air coming from a compressor at a lower temperature than the one present in a turbine annulus, passes into these ducts and extracts heat flux from the metal and is spent to aid the cooling at a trailing edge or in small holes at a leading edge, pressure side, or suction side, so-called film cooling holes.
- an effective method to cool the leading edge may be the use of impingement cooling in order to have high heat flux.
- the coolant is directed through small holes (in a tube or casted in aerofoil walls), which accelerate the flow and direct it on a surface to be cooled. After hitting the surface and extracting the heat flux thereby the flow is spent in film cooling holes at the leading edge.
- film cooling hole in the vane or blade are disadvantageous, because of the technologic class of the blade or vane, the impingement cooling is less effective due to e.g. created transverse flows along the wall to be cooled.
- the present invention provides a turbine assembly comprising a basically hollow aerofoil having at least a main cavity and a leading edge cavity positioned at a leading edge of the hollow aerofoil, wherein the main cavity and the leading edge cavity extent at least partially in span-wise direction of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the hollow aerofoil comprises at least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity, wherein the at least one central wall comprises at least one main impingement hole, and wherein the leading edge cavity is closed off in respect to an exterior of the hollow aerofoil.
- the hollow aerofoil comprises at least a left side cavity and a right side cavity, wherein each side cavity extent at least partially in span-wise direction of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the left side cavity is connected to the leading edge cavity by at least one shared left partitioning wall and the right side cavity is connected to the leading edge cavity by at least one shared right partitioning wall, wherein the at least one left partitioning wall and the at least one right partitioning wall are positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity in respect to a hypothetical or fictitious connection of a midpoint of the at least one main impingement hole and the leading edge and wherein each of the at least one partitioning walls comprise at least one side impingement hole.
- an effective cooling of the leading edge can be provided. Its use can improve the life of the turbine assembly or aerofoil, like a blade or a vane, in absence of film cooling holes by increasing the cooling efficiency. Further, transverse flows that may occur in the leading edge cavity and are usually drained via film cooling holes to reduce the transverse flows can be supressed or at least their negative effects may be mitigated. Additionally, this construction increases the cooling efficiency for a blade and vane without film cooling because the extensive use of impingement decreases the metal temperature in comparison with aerofoils cooled with other convective cooling, like vortex cooling or turbulated channels. In some gas turbine blades and vanes the pressure margin necessary to guarantee the integrity of the component without ingestion can't be achieved by using film cooling holes.
- a beneficial performance of the gas turbine engine can be provided.
- a freedom of design for possibly used blades and vanes can be expanded.
- the gas turbine efficiency can be increased since cooling medium discharged by film cooling is prevented from mixing with the main flow.
- a blockage of the film cooling holes due to the environmental dust or the typology of fuel can be prevented.
- a drop in pressures due to the jet impinging holes in series to connect each cavity is compensated by the pressure ratio between the root of the blade and the trailing edge.
- a turbine assembly is intended to mean an assembly provided for a turbine engine, like a gas turbine, wherein the assembly possesses at least an aerofoil.
- the turbine assembly has a turbine wheel or a turbine cascade with circumferential arranged aerofoils.
- the aerofoil may have a tip and a fire tree root portion and several aerofoils are connected with one another by a disc.
- the aerofoil may have an outer and an inner platform arranged at opponent ends of the aerofoil(s).
- a span-wise direction of the aerofoil is defined as a direction extending basically perpendicular, preferably perpendicular, to a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the aerofoil.
- a “basically hollow aerofoil” means an aerofoil with a casing, wherein the casing encases at least one cavity.
- a structure like a rip, which divides different cavities in the aerofoil from one another and for example extends in a span-wise direction of the aerofoil, does not hinder the definition of "a basically hollow aerofoil".
- the aerofoil is hollow.
- the basically hollow aerofoil referred as aerofoil in the following description, has two cooling regions, an impingement cooling region at a leading edge of the aerofoil and a state of the art pin-fin/pedestal cooling region at the trailing edge. These regions could be separated from one another through a rip.
- the term “shared” should be understood in that the respective cavities comprise or are restricted at least partially by the same wall.
- the terms “central” and “partitioning wall” should be understood that the respective wall is a wall positioned inside the volume of the aerofoil and is no outer wall of the aerofoil that is in direct contact with an exterior of the aerofoil. That the central or partitioning wall may be formed integrally with the outer wall(s) of the aerofoil e.g. due to the manufacturing of the aerofoil by casting should not hinder this definition of these terms.
- leading edge cavity is closed off in respect to an exterior
- an outer wall of the aerofoil positioned at the leading edge comprises no element, like a hole, an aperture, a gap, a slot or the like, that would allow flow communication between the leading edge cavity and an exterior of the aerofoil.
- the left and the right side cavities are positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity in respect to a fictitious (straight) connection of a midpoint of the at least one main impingement hole and the leading edge" should be understood in that, viewed in direction from the main impingement hole or the central wall to the leading edge, the left side cavity is positioned on the left hand side and the right side cavity at the right hand side of the leading edge cavity or the fictitious connection.
- the side cavities are arranged in such a way in respect to the leading edge cavity so that the fictitious connection represents an axis of mirror symmetry.
- the main cavity, the leading edge cavity and both side cavities build a channel system in flow communication with each other over the respective impingements holes.
- the main cavity is arranged upstream of the leading edge cavity as well as of the side cavities and the leading edge cavity, in turn, is positioned upstream of the side cavities, wherein the terms upstream and downstream refer to a flow direction of an flow of cooling medium and/or airflow through the turbine assembly.
- the at least one main impingement hole and the side impingement holes may have any shape, size or orientation in the respective wall or positioning in the respective wall or towards each other feasible for a person skilled in the art and will be selected according to the cooling needs of the wall to be cooled or further characteristics of the turbine assembly (e.g. temperature or velocity of the cooling medium, pattern of the cooling passage, overall size, position in the engine).
- the respective hole may be positioned centrically or off-centre in the respective wall e.g. for the central wall in reference to a direction from the suction side to the pressure side.
- the respective hole may be arranged inclined or in normal direction in the wall.
- the at least one main impingement hole is embodied in such a way so that a cooling medium is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface of the leading edge basically perpendicular in respect to the span-wise direction.
- a cooling medium is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface of the leading edge basically perpendicular in respect to the span-wise direction.
- the impingement as "basically perpendicular" to an inner surface of the leading edge also lie a divergence of the impingement in respect to the inner surface of about 30°.
- the impingement occurs perpendicular to the inner surface thus with an angle of 90°.
- the cooling medium impinges basically with a direction that is in parallel to the direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
- the hole has (a) surrounding wall(s) with a basically, and preferably a strict, 90° angle in respect to a plane of the central wall extending in span-wise direction.
- the surrounding wall of the main impingement hole has also a basically, and preferably a strict, 90° angle in respect to a plane of the central wall extending perpendicular to the span-wise direction the cooling medium ejects from the main impingement hole perpendicular to the span-wise direction.
- the angle of the surrounding wall(s) may also be inclined in respect to the above mentioned planes of the central wall.
- shape, size, orientation depends on the needed cooling efficiency and the actual properties, like contour, material, size etc., of the aerofoil and will be selected by the person skilled in the art according to its knowledge in the field. All this features stated for the main impingement hole are also conferrable to the side impingement holes.
- the left side cavity is arranged directly at a pressure side of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the right side cavity is arranged directly at a suction side of the hollow aerofoil.
- transverse flow at the leading edge which is the critical region because of the high heat transfer coefficients can be relegated to the pressure and suction sides where the external thermal loads are less important. Since the transverse flow can be avoided at the leading edge the most effective internal cooling system can take effect via the impingement cooling.
- the phrase "arranged directly” should be understood as that the side cavities are arranged at an outer wall of the aerofoil or preferably that the outer wall of the aerofoil is also an outer wall of the respective side cavity.
- the outer wall of the left or right side cavity, respectively may comprise a film cooling hole. But preferably, the side cavities are closed off in respect to the exterior of the hollow aerofoil.
- the side impingement holes have a cross sectional area that is smaller than a cross sectional area of the main impingement hole.
- jets discharged from the side impingement holes have a higher velocity flow that the jet from the main impingement hole. Consequently, the jets impinge effectively in the side cavities or their respective outer wall even if a cross radial flow is present in the side cavities or the lateral channels.
- a reduced size of the side impingement holes compared with the main impingement hole avoids that the flow is directed in majority to the suction side hole instead to the pressure side hole e.g. in blades due to the rotating effect during operation.
- a diameter of a side impingement hole is smaller than a diameter of the main impingement hole.
- a ratio between the cross sectional area or size of the side impingement holes to the main impingement hole may have any value suitable for a person skilled in the art for example 0.1 to 0.9 (side impingement hole) to 1 (main impingement hole).
- the cross sectional area of a side impingement hole is about two times smaller than the cross sectional area of the main impingement hole (0.5/1). This size difference has been shown to be specifically advantageous. In this context the phrase "about two times" should be understood in that the size difference may have a ⁇ 10% deviation from the strict duplication of the size.
- the at least one main impingement hole is positioned basically centrically in the least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity.
- the jet discharged from the main impingement hole can be directed exactly at a leading edge point or in other words at the point of an inner surface of the outer wall that is the foremost point of the leading edge needing the most cooling efficiency.
- “basically centrically” should be understood in that the positioning may have a ⁇ 10% deviation from the strict centric arrangement.
- each of the at least one side impingement holes is positioned basically centrically in the at least one partitioning wall providing effective cooling of the outer walls of the side cavities.
- the hollow aerofoil comprises at least one exit channel for the cooling medium extending along the hollow aerofoil from the leading edge to a trailing edge of the hollow aerofoil.
- the exit channel may extend a whole distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge or only partially along the distance.
- the exit channel may extend basically in parallel to the span-wise direction or angled thereto. Further, it discharges cooling medium via exit holed at the trailing edge of the aerofoil.
- the actual positioning of the exit channel depends on the construction or embodiment of the aerofoil. For example, is the aerofoil embodied as a blade the exit channel is advantageously positioned in a tip of the blade. In case the aerofoil is a vane the exit channel may be positioned in either the outer or inner platform, depending on where the vane is fed with cooling medium.
- the left side cavity and the right side cavity both have at least one exit aperture (left exit aperture and right exit aperture) and wherein the left side cavity and the right side cavity both discharge via the respective at least one exit aperture into the at least one exit channel (the left side cavity via the left exit aperture and the right side cavity via the right exit aperture).
- the cooling medium can be discharged directly.
- the side cavities connected the leading edge cavity with the at least one exit channel. There is no direct flow communication between the leading edge cavity and the exit channel. However, an inner wall of the exit channel may close off or cover and seal the leading edge cavity.
- the at least one exit channel comprises at least one restricting wall being in respect to the exterior of the hollow aerofoil an outer wall of the hollow aerofoil.
- the exit channel and the aerofoil share an outer wall.
- An even more direct discharge from the exit channel can be provided, when the at least one restricting wall of the at least one exit channel has at least one exit hole in its leading edge region.
- This increases the flow area and consequently the mass flow of the cooling medium in the circuit and further provides cooling of a tip of the aerofoil.
- the exit hole has preferably a span-wise orientation, thus discharging the cooling medium e.g. at the tip of the blade.
- the at least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity has a plurality of main impingement holes distributed along a span of the hollow aerofoil.
- the leading edge or the wall at the leading edge can be cooled effectively along the span of the aerofoil with different jets of cooling medium.
- the phrase "along a span" should be understood as the extension of the aerofoil from its root to its tip or from one platform to the opposed platform.
- the main impingement holes may be distributed along a part of the span or preferably along the whole span of the aerofoil.
- the distribution may have any pattern feasible for a person skilled in the art, like in pairs or groups or preferably evenly spaced apart along the span.
- a number of side impingement holes can be any feasible for a person skilled in the art. This may depend on the dimension of the aerofoil or the respective cavities, respectively, or on the arrangement of the cavities towards each another or on the sizes of the impingement holes themselves.
- each main impingement hole of the plurality of main impingement holes has a corresponding side impingement hole in the left partitioning wall and a corresponding side impingement hole in the right partitioning wall.
- each partitioning wall has the same amount of side impingement holes than the central wall has main impingement holes.
- Each side hole can be positioned at any span-wise height in respect to the respective main impingement hole and will be selected by a person skilled in the art according to the cooling needs. This may e.g. be necessary to balance the flow distribution in the leading edge channel, depending on the geometry of the cooling system.
- the impinging action can be realised even more balanced when the side impingement holes are positioned in basically a same span-wise height as the main impingement hole.
- “basically a same span-wise height” should be understood in that the positioning may have a ⁇ 10% deviation from the strict same span-wise height and "a same span-wise height” as being arranged on an axis extending perpendicular to the span-wise direction.
- leading edge cavity is divided in a plurality of sub-cavities along a span of the hollow aerofoil and wherein each sub-cavity comprises at least one main impingement hole and one side impingement hole to each side cavity. Due to this transverse flow can be avoided most efficiently. This is especially effective within blades to suppress the transverse flow due to the rotational effect of the blade during operation.
- the ratio between the number of sub-cavities and the number of impingement holes may be any suitable for a person skilled in the art, however preferred would be a 1:1:1:1 ratio.
- the distribution and size of the sub-cavities may be any feasible for a person skilled in the art.
- the sub-cavities are equally distributed and have basically the same size.
- a turbulating structure may be arranged at any surface of the cavities. That may depend on the actual arrangement, shape, size, contour of the cavities or their respective walls or on the needed cooling and may be selected from the person skilled in the art according to its knowledge in the field. Moreover, such a turbulating structure may be any structure or element feasible for a person skilled in the art, like a recess, a projection, dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- the left side cavity and/or the right side cavity comprise at least one inner surface of at least one wall of the side cavities and wherein at least parts of the inner surface comprise the at least one turbulating structure.
- the phrase "at least parts of the inner surface” should be understood as sectionally or in sections.
- the wall may be any wall feasible for a person skilled in the art, preferably it is the wall at which the jet of cooling medium impinges and thus the outer wall of the side cavity and consequently of the aerofoil.
- An easy to realise turbulating structure can be provided when it is embodied as a dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- the hollow aerofoil is a cast part out of one piece. Due to this impingement cooling can be advantageously used in blades without reducing the mechanical integrity for the blade.
- the aerofoil or the whole turbine assembly, respectively is formed by casting during manufacturing of the turbine assembly.
- the aerofoil is a turbine blade or vane.
- This invention is combining impingement cooling without transverse flow at the leading edge location and optionally turbulated radial cavities or channels with impingement on the suction and pressure portion of the aerofoil leading edge.
- This configuration gives strength at the leading edge by using impingement cooling, which is the most effective internal cooling system if transverse flow is avoided.
- the impingement cooling system is also realised in absence of film cooling holes which usually are used to drain the flow by reducing the transverse flow.
- the present invention is described with reference to an exemplary turbine engine 82 having a single shaft 94 or spool connecting a single, multi-stage compressor section 86 and a single, one or more stage turbine section 90.
- a single shaft 94 or spool connecting a single, multi-stage compressor section 86 and a single, one or more stage turbine section 90 is described with reference to an exemplary turbine engine 82 having a single shaft 94 or spool connecting a single, multi-stage compressor section 86 and a single, one or more stage turbine section 90.
- the present invention is equally applicable to two or three shaft engines and which can be used for industrial, aero or marine applications.
- upstream and downstream refer to the flow direction of the airflow and/or working gas flow through the engine 82 unless otherwise stated. If used, the terms axial, radial and circumferential are made with reference to a rotational axis 92 of the engine 82.
- FIG 1 shows an example of a gas turbine engine 82 in a sectional view.
- the gas turbine engine 82 comprises, in flow series, an inlet 84, a compressor section 86, a combustion section 88 and a turbine section 90, which are generally arranged in flow series and generally in the direction of a longitudinal or rotational axis 92.
- the gas turbine engine 82 further comprises a shaft 94 which is rotatable about the rotational axis 92 and which extends longitudinally through the gas turbine engine 82.
- the shaft 94 drivingly connects the turbine section 90 to the compressor section 86.
- air 96 which is taken in through the air inlet 84 is compressed by the compressor section 86 and delivered to the combustion section or burner section 88.
- the burner section 88 comprises a burner plenum 98, one or more combustion chambers 100 defined by a double wall can 102 and at least one burner 104 fixed to each combustion chamber 100.
- the combustion chambers 100 and the burners 104 are located inside the burner plenum 98.
- the compressed air passing through the compressor section 88 enters a diffuser 106 and is discharged from the diffuser 106 into the burner plenum 98 from where a portion of the air enters the burner 104 and is mixed with a gaseous or liquid fuel.
- the air/fuel mixture is then burned and the combustion gas 108 or working gas from the combustion is channelled via a transition duct 110 to the turbine section 90.
- This exemplary gas turbine engine 82 has a cannular combustor section arrangement 112, which is constituted by an annular array of combustor cans 102 each having the burner 104 and the combustion chamber 100, the transition duct 110 has a generally circular inlet that interfaces with the combustion chamber 100 and an outlet in the form of an annular segment. An annular array of transition duct outlets form an annulus for channelling the combustion gases to the turbine section 90.
- the turbine section 90 comprises a number of blade carrying discs 114 or turbine wheels 116 attached to the shaft 94.
- the turbine section 90 comprises two discs 114 each carry an annular array of turbine assemblies 10, which each comprises an aerofoil 12 embodied as a turbine blade 78.
- the number of blade carrying discs 114 could be different, i.e. only one disc 114 or more than two discs 114.
- turbine cascades 118 are disposed between the turbine blades 78.
- Each turbine cascade 118 carries an annular array of turbine assemblies 10a, which each comprises an aerofoil 12 in the form of guiding vanes 80, which are fixed to a stator 120 of the gas turbine engine 82.
- the combustion gas 108 from the combustion chamber 100 enters the turbine section 90 and drives the turbine blades 78 which in turn rotate the shaft 94.
- the guiding vanes 122 serve to optimise the angle of the combustion or working gas 108 on to the turbine blades 78.
- the turbine section 90 drives the compressor section 86.
- the compressor section 86 comprises an axial series of guide vane stages 124 and rotor blade stages 126.
- the rotor blade stages 126 comprise a rotor disc 114 supporting turbine assemblies 10 with an annular array of aerofoils 12 or turbine blades 78.
- the compressor section 124 also comprises a stationary casing 128 that surrounds the rotor stages 126 in circumferential direction 130 and supports the vane stages 124.
- the guide vane stages 124 include an annular array of radially extending turbine assemblies 10a with aerofoils 12 embodied as vanes 80 that are mounted to the casing 128.
- the vanes 80 are provided to present gas flow at an optimal angle for the blades 78 at a given engine operational point.
- Some of the guide vane stages 124 have variable vanes 80, where the angle of the vanes 80, about their own longitudinal axis, can be adjusted for angle according to air flow characteristics that can occur at different engine operations conditions.
- the casing 128 defines a radially outer surface 132 of a passage 134 of the compressor section 86.
- a radially inner surface 136 of the passage 134 is at least partly defined by a rotor drum 138 of the rotor which is partly defined by the annular array of blades 78.
- FIG 2 shows a cross section through a turbine assembly 10 of the gas turbine engine 82.
- the turbine assembly 10 comprises a basically hollow aerofoil 12, embodied as a turbine blade 78, with two cooling regions, specifically, an impingement cooling region 140 and a fin-pin/pedestal cooling region 142.
- the former is located at a leading edge 18 and the latter at a trailing edge 54 of the aerofoil 12.
- the aerofoil 12 comprises a root portion 146 and a tip 148.
- the aerofoil 12 which is cast during the manufacturing of the turbine assembly 10 as a cast part out of one piece, comprises a casing 150 that forms several internal chambers or passages. Specifically, two feeding channels 152 positioned in a leading edge region 66 of the aerofoil 12, extending through the root portion 146 and feeding cooling medium 44, like air, to a main cavity 14 and to a maze-like or race track passage 154 meandering to the trailing edge 54.
- the main cavity 14 is positioned in the leading edge region 66 and is spanning the aerofoil 12 in span-wise direction 20 basically from the root 146 to the tip 148.
- the aerofoil 12 comprises a leading edge cavity 16 positioned directly at the leading edge 18 that also extends in span-wise direction 20. Moreover, the leading edge cavity 16 is closed off in respect to an exterior 26 of the aerofoil 12; in other words, an outer wall 156 of the leading edge cavity 16 that is also an outer wall 62 of the aerofoil 12 at the leading edge 18 has no openings, like film cooling holes.
- the aerofoil 12 comprises a shared central wall 22 extending in direction 162 pointing from a pressure side 48 to a suction side 50 or vice versa.
- the central wall 22 comprises a plurality of main impingement holes 24 distributed along a span 68 of the aerofoil 12.
- the main impingement holes 24 are evenly distributed in span-wise direction 20 along the central wall 22 and each one is positioned basically centrically in the shared central wall 22 in direction 162 perpendicular to the span-wise direction 20. This can be seen in in FIG 3 that shows a cross section of the turbine assembly 10 along line III-III in FIG 2 .
- the leading edge cavity 16 is divided in a plurality of sub-cavities 70 along the span 68 of the aerofoil 12 (see FIG 2 ). Therefore, partition walls 158 are arranged equally spaced apart along the span 68.
- the main cavity 14 is connected with each sub-cavity 70 via one main impingement hole 24.
- Each main impingement hole 24 is embodied in such a way so that the cooling medium 44 is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface 46 of the leading edge 18 basically perpendicular in respect to the span-wise direction 20. Therefore, a surrounding wall 160 of the main impingement hole 24 has an angle of 90° in respect to extensions of the central wall 22 in span wise direction 20 and in direction 162 perpendicular to the span wise direction 20.
- jets of cooling medium 44 that are discharged from the main impingement holes 24 are directed directly at the inner surface 46 of the outer wall 156 of the leading edge 18 or specifically to a leading edge point 164 which is the point of the inner surface 46 of the outer wall 156 that is the foremost point of the leading edge 18 and thus is needing the most cooling efficiency.
- the aerofoil 12 comprises a left side cavity 28 and a right side cavity 30 that each extent in span-wise direction 20.
- the left side cavity 28 is connected to the leading edge cavity 16 by a shared left partitioning wall 32 and the right side cavity 30 is connected to the leading edge cavity 16 by a shared right partitioning wall 34.
- the left partitioning wall 32 and the right partitioning wall 34 are positioned at opposed sides (left and right) of the leading edge cavity 16 in respect to a fictitious straight connection 36 of a midpoint 38 of each main impingement hole 24 and the leading edge 18 or its respective leading edge point 164.
- the left side cavity 28 is arranged directly at the pressure side 48 of the aerofoil 12 and the right side cavity 30 is arranged directly at the suction side 50 of the aerofoil 12.
- each of the partitioning walls 32, 34 comprise a plurality of left and right side impingement holes 40, 42.
- Each side impingement hole 40, 42 is positioned basically centrically in the respective left or right partitioning wall 32, 34.
- Each side impingement hole 40, 42 is embodied in such a way so that the cooling medium 44 is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface 72 of an outer wall 74 of the side cavities 28, 30, wherein the outer wall 74 is also the outer wall 62 of the aerofoil 12 positioned at the pressure side 48 or the suction side 50, respectively.
- a surrounding wall 160 of the side impingement holes 40, 42 have also a 90° angle in respect to extensions of the respective partitioning wall 32, 34. However, different angles are also possible.
- Each main impingement hole 24 has a corresponding side impingement hole 40 in the left partitioning wall 32 and a corresponding side impingement hole 42 in the right partitioning wall 34. Further, the side impingement holes 40, 42 are positioned in basically a same span-wise height h as the main impingement hole 24.
- each sub-cavity 70 comprises at least one main impingement hole 24 and a left and right side impingement hole 40, 42 connecting the sub-cavity 70 to each side cavity 28, 30.
- the main and side impingement holes 24, 40, 42 are positioned centrically in respect to two (an upper and a lower) partition walls 158. It may be also feasible and even advantageous to position the main and side impingement holes at different heights or at different positions in respect to the respective partition wall. E.g. to position the main impingement hole close to the lower partition wall and the side impingement holes close to the upper partition wall or to position the main impingement hole centrically and the side impingement holes close to the upper partition wall (not shown).
- the cooling medium 44 To allow the cooling medium 44 to exit the aerofoil 12 it comprises an exit channel 52 extending along the aerofoil 12 from the leading edge 18 to the trailing edge 54 and in this exemplary embodiment in the tip 148 of the aerofoil 12.
- the left side cavity 28 and the right side cavity 30 both have at least one exit aperture 56, 58 that both discharge via the respective exit aperture 56, 58 into the exit channel 52.
- the exit channel 52 comprises a restricting wall 60 being in respect to the exterior 26 of the aerofoil 12 an outer wall 62 of the aerofoil 12 and thus being arranged at the tip 148 of the aerofoil 12.
- the restricting wall 60 has exit holes 64 in its leading edge region 66.
- Parts of the inner surface 72 of the wall 74 (outer wall 62) of the left and right side cavities 28, 30 comprise a turbulating structure 76 that is for example embodied as a dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- the side impingement holes 40, 42 have a cross sectional area a and a dimeter d that is smaller than a cross sectional area A and a diameter D of the main impingement hole 24 and specifically the cross sectional area a of a side impingement hole 40, 42 is about two times smaller than the cross sectional area A of the main impingement hole 24 (see also FIG 5 ). Consequently, the velocity of the cooling medium 44 being ejected from the side impingement holes 40, 42 is higher than the velocity of the cooling medium 44 being ejected from the main impingement hole 24. The higher velocity can compensate the transverse flow occurring in the side cavities 28, 30.
- FIG 4 shows schematically and simplified the flow path of the cooling medium 44 traveling the turbine assembly 10 in span-wise direction 20 and in FIG 5 that shows a cross section through the schematically and simplified depicted turbine assembly 10 along line V-V in FIG 4 .
- FIG 6 shows a diagram depicting a heat transfer coefficients (y-axis HTC) of different regions of an aerofoil profile cross section of the turbine assembly 10 (pressure side 48, leading edge 18, suction side 50) (x-axis as S/Smax; a distance (S) from the trailing edge divided by the total distance (Smax) in the aerofoil profile section).
- FIG 7 an alternative embodiment of the turbine assembly is shown.
- Components, features and functions that remain identical are in principle substantially denoted by the same reference characters. To distinguish between the embodiments, however, the letter "a" has been added to the different reference characters of the embodiment in FIG 1 to 6 . The following description is confined substantially to the differences from the embodiment in FIG 1 to 6 , wherein with regard to components, features and functions that remain identical reference may be made to the description of the embodiment in FIG 1 to 6 .
- FIG 7 shows an alternative turbine assembly 10a that is embodied as a vane 80.
- the embodiment from FIG 7 differs in regard to the embodiment according to FIG 1 to 6 in that a leading edge cavity 16a at a leading edge 18 is a single chamber extending in span-wise direction 20 undivided along a span 68 of an aerofoil 12 of the turbine assembly 10a.
- a vane 80 is a stationary element in a turbine engine 82 the main driver for a flow of a cooling medium 44 is the pressure difference between an inlet and an exit of the medium 44. Hence, since there are not centrifugal forces a transverse flow can be neglected.
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A turbine assembly (10, 10a) comprises a hollow aerofoil (12) having at least a main cavity (14) and a leading edge cavity (16, 16a), at least one shared central wall (22) connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity and comprising at least one main impingement hole (24), a left side cavity (28), and a right side cavity (30), wherein each of the left and right side cavities is connected to the leading edge cavity by a left, respectively a right partitioning wall (32,34), both respectively positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity in respect to a fictitious connection (36) of a midpoint (38) of the at least one main impingement hole and the leading edge and wherein each of the at least one partitioning walls comprises at least one side impingement hole (40, 42).
Description
- The present invention relates to a turbine assembly such as turbine rotor blades and stator vanes and to impingement structures used in such components for cooling purposes.
- The performance of a turbine or a specifically of a gas turbine improves mainly by increasing the gas turbine entry temperature (TET). Hence, modern turbines often operate at extremely high temperatures. The effect of temperature on the turbine blades, stator vanes and surrounding components can be detrimental to the efficient operation of the turbine and can, in extreme circumstances, lead to distortion and possible failure of such components. In order to overcome this risk, cooling systems, made up of a series of cavities in the blades and vanes, may be employed. They are designed to reduce the metal temperature of these components. Air, coming from a compressor at a lower temperature than the one present in a turbine annulus, passes into these ducts and extracts heat flux from the metal and is spent to aid the cooling at a trailing edge or in small holes at a leading edge, pressure side, or suction side, so-called film cooling holes.
- Furthermore, an effective method to cool the leading edge may be the use of impingement cooling in order to have high heat flux. Here the coolant is directed through small holes (in a tube or casted in aerofoil walls), which accelerate the flow and direct it on a surface to be cooled. After hitting the surface and extracting the heat flux thereby the flow is spent in film cooling holes at the leading edge. However, in case film cooling hole in the vane or blade are disadvantageous, because of the technologic class of the blade or vane, the impingement cooling is less effective due to e.g. created transverse flows along the wall to be cooled.
- It is a first objective of the present invention to provide an advantageous aerofoil-shaped turbine assembly such as a turbine rotor blade and a stator vane with which the above-mentioned shortcomings can be mitigated, and especially a more aerodynamic efficient aerofoil and gas turbine component is facilitated.
- Accordingly, the present invention provides a turbine assembly comprising a basically hollow aerofoil having at least a main cavity and a leading edge cavity positioned at a leading edge of the hollow aerofoil, wherein the main cavity and the leading edge cavity extent at least partially in span-wise direction of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the hollow aerofoil comprises at least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity, wherein the at least one central wall comprises at least one main impingement hole, and wherein the leading edge cavity is closed off in respect to an exterior of the hollow aerofoil.
- It is provided that the hollow aerofoil comprises at least a left side cavity and a right side cavity, wherein each side cavity extent at least partially in span-wise direction of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the left side cavity is connected to the leading edge cavity by at least one shared left partitioning wall and the right side cavity is connected to the leading edge cavity by at least one shared right partitioning wall, wherein the at least one left partitioning wall and the at least one right partitioning wall are positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity in respect to a hypothetical or fictitious connection of a midpoint of the at least one main impingement hole and the leading edge and wherein each of the at least one partitioning walls comprise at least one side impingement hole.
- Due to the inventive matter an effective cooling of the leading edge can be provided. Its use can improve the life of the turbine assembly or aerofoil, like a blade or a vane, in absence of film cooling holes by increasing the cooling efficiency. Further, transverse flows that may occur in the leading edge cavity and are usually drained via film cooling holes to reduce the transverse flows can be supressed or at least their negative effects may be mitigated. Additionally, this construction increases the cooling efficiency for a blade and vane without film cooling because the extensive use of impingement decreases the metal temperature in comparison with aerofoils cooled with other convective cooling, like vortex cooling or turbulated channels. In some gas turbine blades and vanes the pressure margin necessary to guarantee the integrity of the component without ingestion can't be achieved by using film cooling holes. Hence, by omitting state of the art film cooling holes at the leading edge of the aerofoil in the inventive design a beneficial performance of the gas turbine engine can be provided. Moreover, a freedom of design for possibly used blades and vanes can be expanded. Furthermore, in the absence of film cooling the gas turbine efficiency can be increased since cooling medium discharged by film cooling is prevented from mixing with the main flow. In addition, a blockage of the film cooling holes due to the environmental dust or the typology of fuel can be prevented. By avoiding the use of film cooling a wider range of fuel can be granted and the turbine can work in very harsh environment. Further, a drop in pressures due to the jet impinging holes in series to connect each cavity is compensated by the pressure ratio between the root of the blade and the trailing edge.
- Even if a term like aerofoil, cavity, wall, hole, surface, channel, aperture, sub-cavity, turbulating structure, dimple, turbulator, fin or platform is used in the singular or in a specific numeral form in the claims and the specification the scope of the patent (application) should not be restricted to the singular or the specific numeral form. It should also lie in the scope of the invention to have more than one or a plurality of the above mentioned structure(s).
- A turbine assembly is intended to mean an assembly provided for a turbine engine, like a gas turbine, wherein the assembly possesses at least an aerofoil. Preferably, the turbine assembly has a turbine wheel or a turbine cascade with circumferential arranged aerofoils. In case of an aerofoil (turbine blade) of a turbine wheel the aerofoil may have a tip and a fire tree root portion and several aerofoils are connected with one another by a disc. In case of a turbine cascade the aerofoil (turbine vane) may have an outer and an inner platform arranged at opponent ends of the aerofoil(s). A span-wise direction of the aerofoil is defined as a direction extending basically perpendicular, preferably perpendicular, to a direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the aerofoil.
- In this context a "basically hollow aerofoil" means an aerofoil with a casing, wherein the casing encases at least one cavity. A structure, like a rip, which divides different cavities in the aerofoil from one another and for example extends in a span-wise direction of the aerofoil, does not hinder the definition of "a basically hollow aerofoil". Preferably, the aerofoil is hollow. In particular, the basically hollow aerofoil, referred as aerofoil in the following description, has two cooling regions, an impingement cooling region at a leading edge of the aerofoil and a state of the art pin-fin/pedestal cooling region at the trailing edge. These regions could be separated from one another through a rip.
- In this context the term "shared" should be understood in that the respective cavities comprise or are restricted at least partially by the same wall. Moreover, the terms "central" and "partitioning wall" should be understood that the respective wall is a wall positioned inside the volume of the aerofoil and is no outer wall of the aerofoil that is in direct contact with an exterior of the aerofoil. That the central or partitioning wall may be formed integrally with the outer wall(s) of the aerofoil e.g. due to the manufacturing of the aerofoil by casting should not hinder this definition of these terms.
- The feature that "the leading edge cavity is closed off in respect to an exterior" should be understood that an outer wall of the aerofoil positioned at the leading edge comprises no element, like a hole, an aperture, a gap, a slot or the like, that would allow flow communication between the leading edge cavity and an exterior of the aerofoil. Further, the feature, that the left and the right side cavities "are positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity in respect to a fictitious (straight) connection of a midpoint of the at least one main impingement hole and the leading edge" should be understood in that, viewed in direction from the main impingement hole or the central wall to the leading edge, the left side cavity is positioned on the left hand side and the right side cavity at the right hand side of the leading edge cavity or the fictitious connection. Preferably, the side cavities are arranged in such a way in respect to the leading edge cavity so that the fictitious connection represents an axis of mirror symmetry.
- Thus, the main cavity, the leading edge cavity and both side cavities build a channel system in flow communication with each other over the respective impingements holes. The main cavity is arranged upstream of the leading edge cavity as well as of the side cavities and the leading edge cavity, in turn, is positioned upstream of the side cavities, wherein the terms upstream and downstream refer to a flow direction of an flow of cooling medium and/or airflow through the turbine assembly. By this arrangement there is no direct flow communication between the side cavities.
- The at least one main impingement hole and the side impingement holes may have any shape, size or orientation in the respective wall or positioning in the respective wall or towards each other feasible for a person skilled in the art and will be selected according to the cooling needs of the wall to be cooled or further characteristics of the turbine assembly (e.g. temperature or velocity of the cooling medium, pattern of the cooling passage, overall size, position in the engine). For example, the respective hole may be positioned centrically or off-centre in the respective wall e.g. for the central wall in reference to a direction from the suction side to the pressure side. Moreover, the respective hole may be arranged inclined or in normal direction in the wall.
- Advantageously, the at least one main impingement hole is embodied in such a way so that a cooling medium is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface of the leading edge basically perpendicular in respect to the span-wise direction. Such an arrangement provided to be very effective for cooling the leading edge. In the scope of the impingement as "basically perpendicular" to an inner surface of the leading edge also lie a divergence of the impingement in respect to the inner surface of about 30°. Preferably, the impingement occurs perpendicular to the inner surface thus with an angle of 90°. In other words the cooling medium impinges basically with a direction that is in parallel to the direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge.
- This may be realised by ejecting the cooling medium with a basically 90° angle from the main impingement hole. Therefore, the hole has (a) surrounding wall(s) with a basically, and preferably a strict, 90° angle in respect to a plane of the central wall extending in span-wise direction. In case the surrounding wall of the main impingement hole has also a basically, and preferably a strict, 90° angle in respect to a plane of the central wall extending perpendicular to the span-wise direction the cooling medium ejects from the main impingement hole perpendicular to the span-wise direction. The angle of the surrounding wall(s) may also be inclined in respect to the above mentioned planes of the central wall. The design of the holes (e.g. shape, size, orientation) depends on the needed cooling efficiency and the actual properties, like contour, material, size etc., of the aerofoil and will be selected by the person skilled in the art according to its knowledge in the field. All this features stated for the main impingement hole are also conferrable to the side impingement holes.
- Preferably, the left side cavity is arranged directly at a pressure side of the hollow aerofoil and wherein the right side cavity is arranged directly at a suction side of the hollow aerofoil. Hence, transverse flow at the leading edge, which is the critical region because of the high heat transfer coefficients can be relegated to the pressure and suction sides where the external thermal loads are less important. Since the transverse flow can be avoided at the leading edge the most effective internal cooling system can take effect via the impingement cooling. In this context the phrase "arranged directly" should be understood as that the side cavities are arranged at an outer wall of the aerofoil or preferably that the outer wall of the aerofoil is also an outer wall of the respective side cavity. The outer wall of the left or right side cavity, respectively, may comprise a film cooling hole. But preferably, the side cavities are closed off in respect to the exterior of the hollow aerofoil.
- In a further advantageous embodiment the side impingement holes have a cross sectional area that is smaller than a cross sectional area of the main impingement hole. Hence, jets discharged from the side impingement holes have a higher velocity flow that the jet from the main impingement hole. Consequently, the jets impinge effectively in the side cavities or their respective outer wall even if a cross radial flow is present in the side cavities or the lateral channels. Moreover, a reduced size of the side impingement holes compared with the main impingement hole avoids that the flow is directed in majority to the suction side hole instead to the pressure side hole e.g. in blades due to the rotating effect during operation. Hence, also a diameter of a side impingement hole is smaller than a diameter of the main impingement hole.
- A ratio between the cross sectional area or size of the side impingement holes to the main impingement hole may have any value suitable for a person skilled in the art for example 0.1 to 0.9 (side impingement hole) to 1 (main impingement hole). Advantageously, the cross sectional area of a side impingement hole is about two times smaller than the cross sectional area of the main impingement hole (0.5/1). This size difference has been shown to be specifically advantageous. In this context the phrase "about two times" should be understood in that the size difference may have a ±10% deviation from the strict duplication of the size.
- In an advantageous embodiment the at least one main impingement hole is positioned basically centrically in the least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity. Thus, the jet discharged from the main impingement hole can be directed exactly at a leading edge point or in other words at the point of an inner surface of the outer wall that is the foremost point of the leading edge needing the most cooling efficiency. In this context "basically centrically" should be understood in that the positioning may have a ±10% deviation from the strict centric arrangement.
- Beneficially, also each of the at least one side impingement holes is positioned basically centrically in the at least one partitioning wall providing effective cooling of the outer walls of the side cavities.
- Preferably, the hollow aerofoil comprises at least one exit channel for the cooling medium extending along the hollow aerofoil from the leading edge to a trailing edge of the hollow aerofoil. Thus, the used cooling medium can be discharged effectively from the aerofoil. The exit channel may extend a whole distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge or only partially along the distance. Moreover, the exit channel may extend basically in parallel to the span-wise direction or angled thereto. Further, it discharges cooling medium via exit holed at the trailing edge of the aerofoil. The actual positioning of the exit channel depends on the construction or embodiment of the aerofoil. For example, is the aerofoil embodied as a blade the exit channel is advantageously positioned in a tip of the blade. In case the aerofoil is a vane the exit channel may be positioned in either the outer or inner platform, depending on where the vane is fed with cooling medium.
- According to a further realisation of the invention the left side cavity and the right side cavity both have at least one exit aperture (left exit aperture and right exit aperture) and wherein the left side cavity and the right side cavity both discharge via the respective at least one exit aperture into the at least one exit channel (the left side cavity via the left exit aperture and the right side cavity via the right exit aperture). As a result, the cooling medium can be discharged directly. Hence, the side cavities connected the leading edge cavity with the at least one exit channel. There is no direct flow communication between the leading edge cavity and the exit channel. However, an inner wall of the exit channel may close off or cover and seal the leading edge cavity.
- The at least one exit channel comprises at least one restricting wall being in respect to the exterior of the hollow aerofoil an outer wall of the hollow aerofoil. In other words the exit channel and the aerofoil share an outer wall. An even more direct discharge from the exit channel can be provided, when the at least one restricting wall of the at least one exit channel has at least one exit hole in its leading edge region. Moreover, this increases the flow area and consequently the mass flow of the cooling medium in the circuit and further provides cooling of a tip of the aerofoil. The exit hole has preferably a span-wise orientation, thus discharging the cooling medium e.g. at the tip of the blade.
- In a preferred embodiment of the invention the at least one shared central wall connecting the main cavity and the leading edge cavity has a plurality of main impingement holes distributed along a span of the hollow aerofoil. Thus, the leading edge or the wall at the leading edge can be cooled effectively along the span of the aerofoil with different jets of cooling medium. In this context the phrase "along a span" should be understood as the extension of the aerofoil from its root to its tip or from one platform to the opposed platform. Moreover, the main impingement holes may be distributed along a part of the span or preferably along the whole span of the aerofoil. Furthermore, the distribution may have any pattern feasible for a person skilled in the art, like in pairs or groups or preferably evenly spaced apart along the span.
- A number of side impingement holes can be any feasible for a person skilled in the art. This may depend on the dimension of the aerofoil or the respective cavities, respectively, or on the arrangement of the cavities towards each another or on the sizes of the impingement holes themselves.
- Beneficially, each main impingement hole of the plurality of main impingement holes has a corresponding side impingement hole in the left partitioning wall and a corresponding side impingement hole in the right partitioning wall. In other words, each partitioning wall has the same amount of side impingement holes than the central wall has main impingement holes. Thus, the discharge of the cooling medium from the leading edge cavity to the side cavities can be realised homogeneously and directly.
- Each side hole can be positioned at any span-wise height in respect to the respective main impingement hole and will be selected by a person skilled in the art according to the cooling needs. This may e.g. be necessary to balance the flow distribution in the leading edge channel, depending on the geometry of the cooling system.
- The impinging action can be realised even more balanced when the side impingement holes are positioned in basically a same span-wise height as the main impingement hole. In this context "basically a same span-wise height" should be understood in that the positioning may have a ±10% deviation from the strict same span-wise height and "a same span-wise height" as being arranged on an axis extending perpendicular to the span-wise direction.
- According to a further embodiment of the invention the leading edge cavity is divided in a plurality of sub-cavities along a span of the hollow aerofoil and wherein each sub-cavity comprises at least one main impingement hole and one side impingement hole to each side cavity. Due to this transverse flow can be avoided most efficiently. This is especially effective within blades to suppress the transverse flow due to the rotational effect of the blade during operation.
- The ratio between the number of sub-cavities and the number of impingement holes (main/left side/right side) may be any suitable for a person skilled in the art, however preferred would be a 1:1:1:1 ratio. Moreover, the distribution and size of the sub-cavities may be any feasible for a person skilled in the art. Preferably, the sub-cavities are equally distributed and have basically the same size.
- Furthermore, a turbulating structure may be arranged at any surface of the cavities. That may depend on the actual arrangement, shape, size, contour of the cavities or their respective walls or on the needed cooling and may be selected from the person skilled in the art according to its knowledge in the field. Moreover, such a turbulating structure may be any structure or element feasible for a person skilled in the art, like a recess, a projection, dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- According to a further aspect of the invention the left side cavity and/or the right side cavity comprise at least one inner surface of at least one wall of the side cavities and wherein at least parts of the inner surface comprise the at least one turbulating structure. Hence, the reduction of cooling efficiency of the impingement cooling due to the transverse flow in the side cavities can be effectively compensated. The phrase "at least parts of the inner surface" should be understood as sectionally or in sections. The wall may be any wall feasible for a person skilled in the art, preferably it is the wall at which the jet of cooling medium impinges and thus the outer wall of the side cavity and consequently of the aerofoil. An easy to realise turbulating structure can be provided when it is embodied as a dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- In a further realisation of the invention it is provided that the hollow aerofoil is a cast part out of one piece. Due to this impingement cooling can be advantageously used in blades without reducing the mechanical integrity for the blade. Thus, the aerofoil or the whole turbine assembly, respectively, is formed by casting during manufacturing of the turbine assembly.
- In a further advantageous embodiment the aerofoil is a turbine blade or vane. Hence, an advantageous and effective cooling for these widely used components can be provided. This invention is combining impingement cooling without transverse flow at the leading edge location and optionally turbulated radial cavities or channels with impingement on the suction and pressure portion of the aerofoil leading edge. This configuration gives strength at the leading edge by using impingement cooling, which is the most effective internal cooling system if transverse flow is avoided. Moreover, the impingement cooling system is also realised in absence of film cooling holes which usually are used to drain the flow by reducing the transverse flow.
- The above described and mentioned attributes, characteristics, features and advantages of this invention and the manner of attaining them will become more apparent and the invention itself will be better understood by reference to the following description of embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
- The present invention will be described with reference to drawings in which:
- FIG 1:
- shows a schematically and sectional view of a gas turbine engine comprising several inventive turbine assemblies,
- FIG 2:
- shows a cross section through a turbine assembly of
FIG 1 , - FIG 3:
- shows a cross section through the turbine assembly along line III-III in
FIG 2 , - FIG 4:
- shows schematically and simplified the flow path of a cooling medium traveling the turbine assembly from
FIG 2 in span-wise direction, - FIG 5
- shows a cross section through the schematically and simplified depicted turbine assembly along line V-V in
FIG 4 , - FIG 6:
- shows a diagram depicting a heat transfer coefficients of different regions of the turbine assembly of
FIG 2 and - FIG 7:
- shows an alternative turbine assembly embodied as a vane.
- The present invention is described with reference to an
exemplary turbine engine 82 having asingle shaft 94 or spool connecting a single,multi-stage compressor section 86 and a single, one or morestage turbine section 90. However, it should be appreciated that the present invention is equally applicable to two or three shaft engines and which can be used for industrial, aero or marine applications. - The terms upstream and downstream refer to the flow direction of the airflow and/or working gas flow through the
engine 82 unless otherwise stated. If used, the terms axial, radial and circumferential are made with reference to arotational axis 92 of theengine 82. -
FIG 1 shows an example of agas turbine engine 82 in a sectional view. Thegas turbine engine 82 comprises, in flow series, aninlet 84, acompressor section 86, acombustion section 88 and aturbine section 90, which are generally arranged in flow series and generally in the direction of a longitudinal orrotational axis 92. Thegas turbine engine 82 further comprises ashaft 94 which is rotatable about therotational axis 92 and which extends longitudinally through thegas turbine engine 82. Theshaft 94 drivingly connects theturbine section 90 to thecompressor section 86. - In operation of the
gas turbine engine 82,air 96, which is taken in through theair inlet 84 is compressed by thecompressor section 86 and delivered to the combustion section orburner section 88. Theburner section 88 comprises aburner plenum 98, one ormore combustion chambers 100 defined by a double wall can 102 and at least oneburner 104 fixed to eachcombustion chamber 100. Thecombustion chambers 100 and theburners 104 are located inside theburner plenum 98. The compressed air passing through thecompressor section 88 enters adiffuser 106 and is discharged from thediffuser 106 into theburner plenum 98 from where a portion of the air enters theburner 104 and is mixed with a gaseous or liquid fuel. The air/fuel mixture is then burned and thecombustion gas 108 or working gas from the combustion is channelled via atransition duct 110 to theturbine section 90. - This exemplary
gas turbine engine 82 has a cannularcombustor section arrangement 112, which is constituted by an annular array ofcombustor cans 102 each having theburner 104 and thecombustion chamber 100, thetransition duct 110 has a generally circular inlet that interfaces with thecombustion chamber 100 and an outlet in the form of an annular segment. An annular array of transition duct outlets form an annulus for channelling the combustion gases to theturbine section 90. - The
turbine section 90 comprises a number ofblade carrying discs 114 orturbine wheels 116 attached to theshaft 94. In the present example, theturbine section 90 comprises twodiscs 114 each carry an annular array ofturbine assemblies 10, which each comprises anaerofoil 12 embodied as aturbine blade 78. However, the number ofblade carrying discs 114 could be different, i.e. only onedisc 114 or more than twodiscs 114. In addition, turbine cascades 118 are disposed between theturbine blades 78. Eachturbine cascade 118 carries an annular array ofturbine assemblies 10a, which each comprises anaerofoil 12 in the form of guidingvanes 80, which are fixed to astator 120 of thegas turbine engine 82. Between the exit of thecombustion chamber 100 and the leadingturbine blades 78 inlet guiding vanes or nozzle guide vanes 122 are provided and turn the flow of workinggas 108 onto theturbine blades 78. - The
combustion gas 108 from thecombustion chamber 100 enters theturbine section 90 and drives theturbine blades 78 which in turn rotate theshaft 94. The guiding vanes 122 serve to optimise the angle of the combustion or workinggas 108 on to theturbine blades 78. Theturbine section 90 drives thecompressor section 86. Thecompressor section 86 comprises an axial series of guide vane stages 124 and rotor blade stages 126. The rotor blade stages 126 comprise arotor disc 114 supportingturbine assemblies 10 with an annular array ofaerofoils 12 orturbine blades 78. - The compressor section 124 also comprises a
stationary casing 128 that surrounds the rotor stages 126 incircumferential direction 130 and supports the vane stages 124. The guide vane stages 124 include an annular array of radially extendingturbine assemblies 10a withaerofoils 12 embodied asvanes 80 that are mounted to thecasing 128. Thevanes 80 are provided to present gas flow at an optimal angle for theblades 78 at a given engine operational point. Some of the guide vane stages 124 havevariable vanes 80, where the angle of thevanes 80, about their own longitudinal axis, can be adjusted for angle according to air flow characteristics that can occur at different engine operations conditions. - The
casing 128 defines a radiallyouter surface 132 of apassage 134 of thecompressor section 86. A radiallyinner surface 136 of thepassage 134 is at least partly defined by arotor drum 138 of the rotor which is partly defined by the annular array ofblades 78. -
FIG 2 shows a cross section through aturbine assembly 10 of thegas turbine engine 82. Theturbine assembly 10 comprises a basicallyhollow aerofoil 12, embodied as aturbine blade 78, with two cooling regions, specifically, animpingement cooling region 140 and a fin-pin/pedestal cooling region 142. The former is located at aleading edge 18 and the latter at a trailingedge 54 of theaerofoil 12. At opposed ends 144, 144' theaerofoil 12 comprises aroot portion 146 and atip 148. - The
aerofoil 12, which is cast during the manufacturing of theturbine assembly 10 as a cast part out of one piece, comprises acasing 150 that forms several internal chambers or passages. Specifically, two feedingchannels 152 positioned in aleading edge region 66 of theaerofoil 12, extending through theroot portion 146 and feeding coolingmedium 44, like air, to amain cavity 14 and to a maze-like orrace track passage 154 meandering to the trailingedge 54. Themain cavity 14 is positioned in theleading edge region 66 and is spanning theaerofoil 12 inspan-wise direction 20 basically from theroot 146 to thetip 148. - Furthermore, the
aerofoil 12 comprises aleading edge cavity 16 positioned directly at theleading edge 18 that also extends inspan-wise direction 20. Moreover, theleading edge cavity 16 is closed off in respect to anexterior 26 of theaerofoil 12; in other words, an outer wall 156 of theleading edge cavity 16 that is also an outer wall 62 of theaerofoil 12 at theleading edge 18 has no openings, like film cooling holes. For connecting themain cavity 14 and theleading edge cavity 16 with one another theaerofoil 12 comprises a sharedcentral wall 22 extending indirection 162 pointing from apressure side 48 to asuction side 50 or vice versa. - To provide sufficient and effective cooling of the leading
edge 18 or its outer wall 156 thecentral wall 22 comprises a plurality of main impingement holes 24 distributed along aspan 68 of theaerofoil 12. The main impingement holes 24 are evenly distributed inspan-wise direction 20 along thecentral wall 22 and each one is positioned basically centrically in the sharedcentral wall 22 indirection 162 perpendicular to thespan-wise direction 20. This can be seen in inFIG 3 that shows a cross section of theturbine assembly 10 along line III-III inFIG 2 . - To suppress transverse flow especially enhanced by the rotation of the
blade 78 during operation theleading edge cavity 16 is divided in a plurality ofsub-cavities 70 along thespan 68 of the aerofoil 12 (seeFIG 2 ). Therefore,partition walls 158 are arranged equally spaced apart along thespan 68. Themain cavity 14 is connected with each sub-cavity 70 via onemain impingement hole 24. - Each
main impingement hole 24 is embodied in such a way so that the coolingmedium 44 is ejected in such a way so that it impinges aninner surface 46 of the leadingedge 18 basically perpendicular in respect to thespan-wise direction 20. Therefore, a surroundingwall 160 of themain impingement hole 24 has an angle of 90° in respect to extensions of thecentral wall 22 in spanwise direction 20 and indirection 162 perpendicular to the spanwise direction 20. - Due to the central positioning in the
central wall 22 and the 90° angle of the surroundingwall 160 of themain impingement hole 24 jets of cooling medium 44 that are discharged from the main impingement holes 24 are directed directly at theinner surface 46 of the outer wall 156 of the leadingedge 18 or specifically to aleading edge point 164 which is the point of theinner surface 46 of the outer wall 156 that is the foremost point of the leadingedge 18 and thus is needing the most cooling efficiency. - Further, the
aerofoil 12 comprises aleft side cavity 28 and aright side cavity 30 that each extent inspan-wise direction 20. Theleft side cavity 28 is connected to theleading edge cavity 16 by a sharedleft partitioning wall 32 and theright side cavity 30 is connected to theleading edge cavity 16 by a sharedright partitioning wall 34. Moreover, theleft partitioning wall 32 and theright partitioning wall 34 are positioned at opposed sides (left and right) of theleading edge cavity 16 in respect to a fictitiousstraight connection 36 of amidpoint 38 of eachmain impingement hole 24 and the leadingedge 18 or its respectiveleading edge point 164. Specifically, theleft side cavity 28 is arranged directly at thepressure side 48 of theaerofoil 12 and theright side cavity 30 is arranged directly at thesuction side 50 of theaerofoil 12. - For discharge of the cooling medium 44 from the
leading edge cavity 16 each of thepartitioning walls side impingement hole right partitioning wall side impingement hole medium 44 is ejected in such a way so that it impinges aninner surface 72 of an outer wall 74 of theside cavities aerofoil 12 positioned at thepressure side 48 or thesuction side 50, respectively. Preferably, a surroundingwall 160 of the side impingement holes 40, 42 have also a 90° angle in respect to extensions of therespective partitioning wall - Each
main impingement hole 24 has a correspondingside impingement hole 40 in theleft partitioning wall 32 and a correspondingside impingement hole 42 in theright partitioning wall 34. Further, the side impingement holes 40, 42 are positioned in basically a same span-wise height h as themain impingement hole 24. Thus, each sub-cavity 70 comprises at least onemain impingement hole 24 and a left and rightside impingement hole side cavity - In this exemplary embodiment the main and side impingement holes 24, 40, 42 are positioned centrically in respect to two (an upper and a lower)
partition walls 158. It may be also feasible and even advantageous to position the main and side impingement holes at different heights or at different positions in respect to the respective partition wall. E.g. to position the main impingement hole close to the lower partition wall and the side impingement holes close to the upper partition wall or to position the main impingement hole centrically and the side impingement holes close to the upper partition wall (not shown). - To allow the cooling
medium 44 to exit theaerofoil 12 it comprises anexit channel 52 extending along theaerofoil 12 from the leadingedge 18 to the trailingedge 54 and in this exemplary embodiment in thetip 148 of theaerofoil 12. To communicate with theexit channel 52 theleft side cavity 28 and theright side cavity 30 both have at least oneexit aperture respective exit aperture exit channel 52. - Moreover, the
exit channel 52 comprises a restricting wall 60 being in respect to theexterior 26 of theaerofoil 12 an outer wall 62 of theaerofoil 12 and thus being arranged at thetip 148 of theaerofoil 12. For providing an additional discharge of the coolingmedium 44 the restricting wall 60 has exit holes 64 in its leadingedge region 66. - Parts of the
inner surface 72 of the wall 74 (outer wall 62) of the left andright side cavities turbulating structure 76 that is for example embodied as a dimple, a turbulator or a fin. - Moreover, the side impingement holes 40, 42 have a cross sectional area a and a dimeter d that is smaller than a cross sectional area A and a diameter D of the
main impingement hole 24 and specifically the cross sectional area a of aside impingement hole FIG 5 ). Consequently, the velocity of the coolingmedium 44 being ejected from the side impingement holes 40, 42 is higher than the velocity of the coolingmedium 44 being ejected from themain impingement hole 24. The higher velocity can compensate the transverse flow occurring in theside cavities - The differences in area a, A and diameter d, D of the main and side impingement holes 24, 40, 42 is depicted in
FIG 4 that shows schematically and simplified the flow path of the coolingmedium 44 traveling theturbine assembly 10 inspan-wise direction 20 and inFIG 5 that shows a cross section through the schematically and simplified depictedturbine assembly 10 along line V-V inFIG 4 . - The flow path of the cooling medium 44 from the
main cavity 14 via the main impingement holes 24, theleading edge cavity 16, the side impingement holes 40, 42, theside cavities exit channel 52 towards the trailingedge 54 can be seen inFIG 4 and5 (for better presentability the flow is not shown for all impingement holes 24, 40, 42). - As can be seen in
FIG 4 and5 transverse flow occurs in theside cavities suction side leading edge 18. This can be seen inFIG 6 that shows a diagram depicting a heat transfer coefficients (y-axis HTC) of different regions of an aerofoil profile cross section of the turbine assembly 10 (pressure side 48, leadingedge 18, suction side 50) (x-axis as S/Smax; a distance (S) from the trailing edge divided by the total distance (Smax) in the aerofoil profile section). - In
FIG 7 an alternative embodiment of the turbine assembly is shown. Components, features and functions that remain identical are in principle substantially denoted by the same reference characters. To distinguish between the embodiments, however, the letter "a" has been added to the different reference characters of the embodiment inFIG 1 to 6 . The following description is confined substantially to the differences from the embodiment inFIG 1 to 6 , wherein with regard to components, features and functions that remain identical reference may be made to the description of the embodiment inFIG 1 to 6 . -
FIG 7 shows analternative turbine assembly 10a that is embodied as avane 80. The embodiment fromFIG 7 differs in regard to the embodiment according toFIG 1 to 6 in that aleading edge cavity 16a at aleading edge 18 is a single chamber extending inspan-wise direction 20 undivided along aspan 68 of anaerofoil 12 of theturbine assembly 10a. Since avane 80 is a stationary element in aturbine engine 82 the main driver for a flow of a coolingmedium 44 is the pressure difference between an inlet and an exit of the medium 44. Hence, since there are not centrifugal forces a transverse flow can be neglected. In fact the flow coming from the main impingement holes 24 is leaving theleading edge cavity 16a through the side impingement holes 40, 42 closest to eachmain impingement hole 24. This is due to the principle of the minimum distance for the coolingmedium 44 to move from the region at high pressure (main cavity 14) to the region at lower pressure (side cavities 28, 30). - It should be noted that the term "comprising" does not exclude other elements or steps and "a" or "an" does not exclude a plurality. Also elements described in association with different embodiments may be combined. It should also be noted that reference signs in the claims should not be construed as limiting the scope of the claims.
- Although the invention is illustrated and described in detail by the preferred embodiments, the invention is not limited by the examples disclosed, and other variations can be derived therefrom by a person skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
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- A turbine assembly (10, 10a) comprising a basically hollow aerofoil (12) having at least a main cavity (14) and a leading edge cavity (16, 16a) positioned at a leading edge (18) of the hollow aerofoil (12), wherein the main cavity (14) and the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) extent at least partially in span-wise direction (20) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein the hollow aerofoil (12) comprises at least one shared central wall (22) connecting the main cavity (14) and the leading edge cavity (16, 16a), wherein the at least one central wall (22) comprises at least one main impingement hole (24), and wherein the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) is closed off in respect to an exterior (26) of the hollow aerofoil (12), characterized in that the hollow aerofoil (12) comprises at least a left side cavity (28) and a right side cavity (30), wherein each side cavity (28, 30) extent at least partially in span-wise direction (20) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein the left side cavity (28) is connected to the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) by at least one shared left partitioning wall (32) and the right side cavity (30) is connected to the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) by at least one shared right partitioning wall (34), wherein the at least one left partitioning wall (32) and the at least one right partitioning wall (34) are positioned at opposed sides of the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) in respect to a hypothetical connection (36) of a midpoint (38) of the at least one main impingement hole (24) and the leading edge (18) and wherein each of the at least one partitioning walls (32, 34) comprise at least one side impingement hole (40, 42).
- A turbine assembly according to claim 1, wherein the at least one main impingement hole (24) is embodied in such a way so that a cooling medium (44) is ejected in such a way so that it impinges an inner surface (46) of the leading edge (18) basically perpendicular in respect to the span-wise direction (20).
- A turbine assembly according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the left side cavity (28) is arranged directly at a pressure side (48) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein the right side cavity (30) is arranged directly at a suction side (50) of the hollow aerofoil (12).
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the side impingement holes (40, 42) have a cross sectional area (a) that is smaller than a cross sectional area (A) of the main impingement hole (24), specifically, wherein the cross sectional area (a) of a side impingement hole (40, 42) is about two times smaller than the cross sectional area (A) of the main impingement hole (24).
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the at least one main impingement hole (24) is positioned basically centrically in the least one shared central wall (22) connecting the main cavity (14) and the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) and/or wherein each of the at least one side impingement holes (40, 42) is positioned basically centrically in the at least one partitioning wall (32, 34).
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the hollow aerofoil (12) comprises at least one exit channel (52) extending along the hollow aerofoil (12) from the leading edge (18) to a trailing edge (54) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein the left side cavity (28) and the right side cavity (30) both have at least one exit aperture (56, 58) and wherein the left side cavity (28) and the right side cavity (30) both discharge via the respective at least one exit aperture (56, 58) into the at least one exit channel (52).
- A turbine assembly according to claim 6, wherein the at least one exit channel (52) comprises at least one restricting wall (60) being in respect to the exterior (26) of the hollow aerofoil (12) an outer wall (62) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein the at least one restricting wall (60) has at least one exit hole (64) in its leading edge region (66).
- A turbine assembly according to according to any preceding claim, wherein the at least one shared central wall (22) connecting the main cavity (14) and the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) has a plurality of main impingement holes (24) distributed along a span (68) of the hollow aerofoil (12).
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the at least one shared central wall (22) connecting the main cavity (14) and the leading edge cavity (16, 16a) has a plurality of main impingement holes (24) and wherein each main impingement hole (24) of the plurality of main impingement holes (24) has a corresponding side impingement hole (40) in the left partitioning wall (32) and a corresponding side impingement hole (42) in the right partitioning wall (34), wherein the side impingement holes (40, 42) are positioned in basically a same span-wise height (h) as the main impingement hole (24).
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the leading edge cavity (16) is divided in a plurality of sub-cavities (70) along a span (68) of the hollow aerofoil (12) and wherein each sub-cavity (70) comprises at least one main impingement hole (24) and one side impingement hole (40, 42) to each side cavity (28, 30).
- A turbine assembly according to according to any preceding claim, wherein the left side cavity (28) and/or the right side cavity (30) comprise at least one inner surface (72) of at least one wall (74) of the side cavities (28, 30) and wherein at least parts of the inner surface (72) comprise at least one turbulating structure (76), especially, the at least one turbulating structure is embodied as a dimple, a turbulator or a fin.
- A turbine assembly according to according to any preceding claim, wherein the hollow aerofoil (12) is a cast part out of one piece.
- A turbine assembly according to any preceding claim, wherein the hollow aerofoil (12) is a turbine blade (78) or vane (80).
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