US3565548A - Transonic buckets for axial flow turbines - Google Patents

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US3565548A
US3565548A US793831*A US3565548DA US3565548A US 3565548 A US3565548 A US 3565548A US 3565548D A US3565548D A US 3565548DA US 3565548 A US3565548 A US 3565548A
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Jackson E Fowler
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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
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  • This invention relates to axial flow steam turbine bucket design for high speed, long buckets wherein the fluid flow conditions at the radially outer portions, especially of the last stage buckets, exceeds the speed of sound.
  • Such buckets are known as transonic buckets because the steam enters at a speed less than that of sound and emerges at supersonic speeds.
  • one object of the present invention is to provide an improved transonic bucket profile which gives improved efficiency in the transition from subsonic to supersonic flow between buckets.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved transonic bucket profile which is of more uniform thickness throughout so as to add strength without sacrifice in aerodynamic design.
  • the single figure of the drawing is a developed view of two adjacent blade cross sections taken near the outer tips of the buckets and looking radially inward.
  • the invention is practiced by arranging adjacent blades so that the blade sections near the outer periphery overlap about A of the total chord length and shaping the blade profiles a convergent-divergent nozzle over the overlapped one-quarter.
  • Each blade profile is characterized by two locations of increased blade thickness, one near the nose and one near the tail section. Over the midsection of the blade profile, the pressure side and suction side are substantially fiat and diverge from one another toward the tail section.
  • each bucket profile such as 2 is divided for the purpose of definition herein into a nose section 3 extending about A of the chord length, a mid-section 4 extending about /2 of the chord length, and a tail section 5 extending the remaining of the chord length.
  • the nose section 3 of one blade overlaps and is roughly coextensive with the tail section 5 of an adjacent bucket.
  • the blades travel in the direction indicated by the arrow.
  • the upper side 6 is the pressure side of the blades while the lower side 7 is the suction side.
  • the point of greatest blade thick ness is indicated at a and is located back from the leading edge 8 by distance I.
  • the contour of the blade profile on both pressure and suction side over the distance I is quasielliptical and has an l/d ratio satisfying the condition:
  • the blade narrows toward a neck 11 at the start of the mid-section 4 of the blade.
  • the suction side in this narrowing cross section is gently concave as indicated at 12.
  • the pressure side and suction side are substantially fiat. It is to be particularly noted also that the flat pressure and suction sides diverge from the relatively narrow neck 11 at the beginning of mid-section 4 to a relatively thick throat portion indicated at its thickest point as t. Throat portion t is located approximately /4 of the chord length along the blade and is so designated because it lies opposite the thickest nose section d to form therewith the throat of a. convergent-divergent nozzle between blades 1, 2.
  • the nose thickness d will be slightly greater than t and in other cases the throat thickness 1 will be slightly greater than a. In either event, however, the two are approximately the same, relative to other parts of the blade.
  • the tail section 5 of the blade profile comprises a relatively flat suction side which is a continuation of the aforementioned flat suction side over the mid-section of the blade.
  • the blade curvature is reversed after passing through the throat portion t and caused to curve gently toward the trailing edge 9 to provide a slightly concave surface on the pressure side.
  • the radius of curvature over this portion, designated 10, should be at least 20 times that of the radius of curvature at the throat section I.
  • the thickest nose portion d of blade 2 is disposed opposite the thickest throat portion 1 of blade 1 and the two together form a convergent-divergent nozzle of transonic flow conditions indicated at I between the dashed lines.
  • Adjacent zone I is a zone II of supersonic flow and zone III of supersonic flow at essentially constant velocity.
  • the radius of curvature of the concave suction side 12 of blade and the radius of curvature of the concave pressure side 10 of blade 1 are both calculated, preferably using the method of characteristics, which is well know to those skilled in the art, to provide optimum flow conditions.
  • One advantage of the foregoing design in having a nose section and a tail section which are substantially the same thickness, is to provide a more symmetrical bucket of greater strength and to allow enough material for shielding against erosion on leading edge at the outer tips. Also, by employing flat profiles over approximately half of the pressure side and approximately 4 of the suction side, simplifications as to blade shaping are introduced.
  • each of said bucket outer portions being shaped to define a blade profile having a rounded nose section, a mid-section and a tail section extending over approximately the first quarter, the middle half and the last quarter of the chord length respectively,
  • said nose section increasing and then decreasing in thickness to provide a first reference point of maximum thickness therein
  • mid-section having substantially fiat sides increasing in thickness throughout its length to provide a second reference point of maximum thickness between the mid-section and tail section
  • said first and second reference points being of approximately the same blade thickness.
  • each of said bucket outer portions being shaped to define a blade profile having a rounded nose section extending over approximately one-quarter of the chord length, a mid-section extending over approximately onehalf of the chord length, and a tail section extending the remaining one-quarter of the chord length,
  • said nose section disposed in overlapping and coextensive relationship with the tail section of an adjacent blade profile
  • said nose section gradually increasing in thickness commencing at the leading edge thereof and then decreasing in thickness
  • mid-section defining substantially flat surfaces on the pressure and suction sides of the profile and also diverging slightly toward the tail section
  • said tail section having a substantially fiat suction side which is a continuation of said mid-section suction side and having a surface on the pressure side which gently converges from a maximum throat thickness to the bucket trailing edge.
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