EP1126136A2 - Aube de turbine avec carenage d'extremité refroidie - Google Patents

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EP1126136A2
EP1126136A2 EP00810966A EP00810966A EP1126136A2 EP 1126136 A2 EP1126136 A2 EP 1126136A2 EP 00810966 A EP00810966 A EP 00810966A EP 00810966 A EP00810966 A EP 00810966A EP 1126136 A2 EP1126136 A2 EP 1126136A2
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turbine blade
cooling
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shroud element
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Ibrahim Dr. El-Nashar
Hartmut Haehnle
Rudolf Kellerer
Beat Von Arx
Bernhard Prof.Dr. Weigand
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01DNON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D5/00Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
    • F01D5/12Blades
    • F01D5/14Form or construction
    • F01D5/18Hollow blades, i.e. blades with cooling or heating channels or cavities; Heating, heat-insulating or cooling means on blades
    • F01D5/187Convection cooling
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01DNON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D5/00Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
    • F01D5/12Blades
    • F01D5/22Blade-to-blade connections, e.g. for damping vibrations
    • F01D5/225Blade-to-blade connections, e.g. for damping vibrations by shrouding
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05DINDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2240/00Components
    • F05D2240/80Platforms for stationary or moving blades
    • F05D2240/81Cooled platforms
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05DINDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2250/00Geometry
    • F05D2250/10Two-dimensional
    • F05D2250/14Two-dimensional elliptical
    • F05D2250/141Two-dimensional elliptical circular

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  • the present invention relates to the field of gas turbines. It affects an air-cooled turbine blade according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such a turbine blade is e.g. from US-A-5,482,435 or US-A-5,785,496.
  • the known cooling holes take up comparatively little space within the shroud element on. Because a certain minimum thickness is required to drill the holes in the shroud element of the shroud element is required, and this or an even larger one Thickness of the shroud element also in the area outside the holes is maintained, there is an unfavorably small ratio of the flow Shroud volume to shroud volume not flowed through. As a consequence, that the cooling of the shroud element is not optimal, and that the shroud element comparatively due to the large proportion of solid material is heavy and therefore high during operation due to the centrifugal forces is exposed to mechanical loads.
  • the object is achieved by the entirety of the features of claim 1.
  • the essence of the invention is that the cavities carrying the cooling fluid inside the Shroud element in coordination with the shroud element in shape and dimension To be designed so that the volume through which the cooling fluid flows occupies a high proportion of the total volume of the shroud element.
  • the weight of the shroud element be significantly reduced.
  • a first preferred embodiment of the turbine blade according to the invention is characterized in that the cavities include cooling holes, that the cooling holes are tunnel-shaped, the thickness of the Cover band element outside the cooling holes is reduced, and that the Cooling holes essentially parallel to the direction of movement of the blade tip run from the inside out and in front of the outer edge of the Open the cover band element upwards into the outside space.
  • the tunnel-shaped The formation of the cooling bores not only reduces the proportion of solid material in the Shroud element, but also mechanically stiffens the shroud element. The cooling air escaping upwards can also escape unhindered if the shroud elements of all blades of a turbine stage are lined up an annular shroud.
  • cooling holes open laterally into the recesses.
  • a part of Cooling holes can also be designed as a diffuser.
  • a second preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized in that that the cavities are designed as slits, which extend across the width of the shroud element extend that the slots substantially parallel to Direction of movement of the blade tip from the inside to the outside and each in front of the outer edge of the shroud element upwards into the outside space open into the cover band element from the top are embedded, and that the slots open laterally into the recesses.
  • the wide slots result in good cooling with a significant reduction in material.
  • Cooling is particularly effective if, according to a preferred further development this embodiment in the slots means for improving the heat transfer are provided between the cooling air and the shroud element.
  • the slots can be used as a means of improving heat transfer distributed arrangement of pins include, which flows around the cooling fluid turbulent and so the heat transfer between cooling fluid and shroud material continue to improve.
  • a third preferred embodiment of the turbine blade according to the invention is characterized in that the cavities are in the direction of movement of the blade tip extending cooling holes include that the cooling holes are crossed by a plurality of cross holes, and that the cross holes are blocked off from the outside by closed ends are.
  • This configuration of the intersecting cooling holes is of geometry comparable to the previously mentioned wide slots with distributed pin arrangement.
  • the solid material is used with greatly improved heat transfer of the shroud element significantly reduced and thus weight saved.
  • the intersecting cooling holes can be compared with conventional means insert easily into the shroud element. In terms of cooling technology in particular Favorable cooling holes can be achieved if the cooling holes and the cross holes are made using the so-called "STEM drilling" process are.
  • Fig. 1 is a first preferred embodiment in plan view from above the turbine blade according to the invention.
  • the turbine blade 10 comprises the actual blade profile (extending perpendicular to the plane of the drawing) 23 and a shroud element arranged transversely thereto at the tip of the blade 11, which together with the shroud elements of the other (not shown) Buckets a continuous, ring-shaped, mechanically stabilizing Cover band results.
  • the blade profile 23 is partially hollow inside and of one or several cooling air ducts 18 (indicated by dashed lines in FIG. 1), direct the cooling air from the blade root to the tip of the blade (see e.g. Fig. 2 of US-A-5,482,435).
  • the cover band element 11 has on its upper side (22 in Fig. 2) two ribs running parallel in the direction of movement of the blade tip 12 and 13, which together with the opposite housing wall 20 of the gas turbine form a cavity 21 connected to the surroundings by gaps (FIG. 2).
  • Cooling holes 16 'and 17, 17' Inside the shroud element 11 run between and essentially parallel to the ribs 12, 13 a plurality of cooling bores 16, 16 'and 17, 17' (in Fig. 1 and 2 shown in dashed lines) starting from the center outwards.
  • the Cooling holes can be of a uniform shape, but can also be different be designed. 1 and 2 are the Cooling holes 16, 17 as holes with a largely constant diameter designed, while the cooling bores 16 ', 17' as diffusers with themselves in the direction of flow expanding cross-section are formed.
  • the cooling bores 16, 16 'and 17, 17' are on the input side with the cooling air duct 18 in connection and are supplied by this with cooling air (or another Cooling fluid).
  • the cooling bores extend 16, 17 not all the way to the side end or edge of the shroud element 11, but each open from the side into an elongated, from the Indentation 14 or 15 recessed into the cover band element 11 from the top side. This ensures that the cooling air always passes through the cooling holes, even if two (adjacent) shroud elements in mechanical Are in contact.
  • each of the cooling bores 16, 16 'and 17, 17' taken for themselves can be connected to a separate depression. Still is it is also conceivable, the cooling holes 16, 16 'and 17, 17' slightly oblique and from one To allow parallelism to run differently when it comes to optimization cooling over the entire surface of the shroud element 11 is necessary is.
  • FIG. 3 and 4 An alternative form of weight reduction is in the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 3 and 4 reproduced.
  • 11 inside the shroud element instead a plurality of cooling holes on both sides of the blade profile Wide slot 25 or 26 is provided, each of which is from the central cooling air duct 18 extends to the lateral recesses 14 and 15 and opens there.
  • the Slots 25, 26 lead to a considerable because of their continuous width Weight reduction and ensure a uniform over the entire width Distributed cooling Throttling points 19 and 19 'can also be used here for limitation of the cooling air mass flow may be provided, the throttling points in each case on the input side (throttling points 19) and / or the output side (throttling points 19 ') of the slots 25, 26 are positioned.
  • Cooling through the slots 25, 26 can be further increased in their effect if as a means of improvement the heat transfer in the slots a distributed arrangement (one "array") is provided by pins 27.
  • Pins 7 increase the turbulence of the Cooling air flow and represent additional areas for heat transfer. In addition, they have a mechanical stabilizing effect when they are in the slots range from wall to wall.
  • the number and arrangement of the pins in the "array" can be changed in the Be changed as part of an optimization of the cooling effect.
  • Cooling holes 16, 17 (drilling axis 29) and these intersecting cross holes 28 (drilling axis 30) produces the effect in terms of weight loss and cooling comparable to the pin-occupied slots of FIGS. 3 and 4 is.
  • Cooling bores 16, 17 and cross bores 28 with internal roughness such as To provide turbulators or fins. This leads to a significantly more efficient one Cooling because the shape of the cooling hole can be optimized.
  • the cooling holes 16, 17 and cross holes 28 are to the side by after drilling closed ends 31 and 32 blocked off.
  • the cooling bores 16, 17 have again preferably throttling points 19 and open into laterally arranged depressions 14, 15 open at the top

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