Classifications

• • 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
  • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
  • F01D25/24—Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
• • 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
  • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
  • F01D25/24—Casings; Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings
  • F01D25/246—Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings
• • 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
  • F01D9/00—Stators
  • F01D9/02—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles
  • F01D9/04—Nozzles; Nozzle boxes; Stator blades; Guide conduits, e.g. individual nozzles forming ring or sector
• • 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
  • F05D2240/00—Components
  • F05D2240/10—Stators
  • F05D2240/11—Shroud seal segments

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a protection device for a turbine stator.
• a gas turbine is a rotating thermal machine which converts the enthalpy of a gas into useful work, using gases coming from a combustion and which supplies me ⁇ chanical power on a rotating shaft.
• the turbine therefore normally comprises a compres- sor or turbo-compressor, inside which the air taken from the outside is brought under pressure.
• Various injectors feed the fuel which is mixed with the air to form a air-fuel ignition mixture.
• the axial compressor is entrained by a so-called turbine, or turbo-expander, which supplies mechanical en ⁇ ergy to a user transforming the enthalpy of the gases combusted in the combustion chamber.
• the expansion jump is subdivided into two partial jumps, each of which takes place inside a turbine.
• the high-pressure turbine downstream of the combustion cham ⁇ ber, entrains the compression.
• the low-pressure turbine which collects the gases coming from the high-pressure turbine, is then connected to a user.
• the gas has low-pressure and low-temperature characteristics, whereas, as it passes through the compressor, the gas is compressed and its temperature increases.
• the heat necessary for the temperature increase of the gas is supplied by the combustion of gas fuel intro ⁇ quizd into the heating chamber, by means of injectors.
• the triggering of the combustion, when the machine is activated, is obtained by means of sparking plugs.
• the high- pressure and high-temperature gas reaches the turbine, through specific ducts, where it gives up part of the en ⁇ ergy accumulated in the compressor and heating chamber (combustor) and then flows outside by means of the dis ⁇ charge channels.
• a stator equipped with a series of stator blades in which a rotor, also equipped with a series of blades (rotor) , is housed and is capable of rotating, said stator being rotated as a result of the gas .
• the protection device of the stator also known as "shroud", together with the platform of stator blades, defines the main gas flow.
• the function of the shroud is to protect the outer cases, which are normally made of low-quality materials and therefore have a low resistance to corrosion, from oxidation and deterioration.
• the shroud generally consists of a whole ring, or is suitably divided into a series of sectors, each of which is cooled with a stream of air coming from a compressor.
• the cooling can be effected with various techniques which essentially depend on the combustion temperature and temperature decrease to be obtained.
• the type of protection device to which the present invention relates comprises a series of sectors, assem- bled to form a ring, each of which has a cavity situated on the outer surface of each sector.
• a sheet is fixed, pref ⁇ erably by means of brazing, on each cavity of each sec ⁇ tor, said sheet equipped with a series of pass-through holes through which fresh air coming from a compressor is drawn for the cooling of the shroud itself, in particular by the impact of said air on the bottom surface of said cavity and its subsequent discharge from a series of out ⁇ let holes situated in each sector, not shown in the fig ⁇ ures.
• Shrouds are therefore normally produced using super- alloys coated with suitable materials for limiting the temperatures thereon.
• a first disadvantage is that this causes deforma ⁇ tions at the operating temperatures which limit deforma- tions but do not allow the clearances to be reduced to the minimum for the danger of possible friction between the shroud and blades with which the rotor is equipped.
• An objective of the present invention is to provide a protection device for a turbine stator which allows a reduction in the clearances and at the same time main- tains a high useful life.
• a further objective is to provide a protection de ⁇ vice for a turbine stator which has a high rigidity main ⁇ taining low stress on the protection device itself.
• Another objective is to provide a protection device for a turbine stator which increases the performances of the turbine itself.
• Yet another objective is to provide a protection de ⁇ vice for a turbine stator which is simple and economical .
• figure 1 is a raised longitudinal sectional view of a sector of a preferred embodiment of a protection device of a gas turbine rotor according to the present inven ⁇ tion;
• figure 2 is a raised sectional radial view of the sector of figure 1;
• figure 3 is a raised sectional side view according to the line III-III of figure 2.
• each sector 12 comprising a first side surface 13 which has at least one cavity 14 having a bottom 15, each sector 12 comprises at least one stiffening rib 16 posi ⁇ tioned inside said at least one cavity 14 and having a variable section in a longitudinal direction to modulate the rigidity of each sector 12.
• each bottom 15 of said at least one cavity 14 is also convex to modulate the rigidity of each sector 12.
• Said bottom 15 is preferably convex in a circumfer- ential and/or axial direction, so as to obtain a variable section of the shroud.
• Said convex bottom 15 preferably has an apex which, in an axial section, has an axial curvature radius 70 which, adimensionalised with respect to the radius of the rotor, i.e. divided by the radius of the rotor, has a value preferably ranging from 0.221 to 0.299.
• Said adimensionalised axial curvature radius 70 is preferably 0.260.
• said apex preferably has a cir ⁇ cumferential curvature radius 60 which, adimensionalised with respect to the radius of the rotor, i.e. divided by the radius of the rotor, has a value preferably ranging from 0.365 to 0.494.
• Said adimensionalised circumferential curvature ra ⁇ dius 60 is preferably 0.429.
• Said apex in an axial section preferably has a dis- tance 80 from one end of said at least one cavity 14, said distance 80 adimensionalised with respect to an ax ⁇ ial length of said at least one cavity 14, has a value ranging from 0.142 to 0.192.
• Said adimensionalised distance 80 is preferably 0.167.
• said rib 16 along an axial direction is preferably tilted by an angle 50 preferably ranging from 3.162° to 4.278°.
• Said angle 50 is preferably 3.12°.
• a resistant axial section of the rib 16 varies linearly along the axis of the turbine 70, so as to balance the thermal gradient along the axis 70 of the turbine.
• Said rib 16 has a maximum axial height 90 which, adimensionalised with respect to the axial length of the at least one cavity 14, i.e. divided by said axial length, has a value preferably ranging from 0.133 to 0.180.
• Said adimensionalised maximum axial height 90 is preferably 0.156.
• Each sector 12 also comprises a sheet 20 equipped with a series of pass-through holes 21 for the introduc ⁇ tion of air for the cooling of the sector 12 itself.
• Said sheet is fixed to the corresponding sector 12, or is preferably integral therewith, so as to cover the at least one cavity 14.
• a protection device for a turbine stator achieves the objectives specified above.
• the protection device for a turbine stator of the present invention thus conceived can undergo numerous modifications and variants, all included in the same in ⁇ ventive concept.

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