# US 11,306,618 B2 · Shroud attaching structure, shroud assembly, and shroud element in gas turbine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,618 B2 - Document ID: US11306618B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/012,096 - Filed: 2020-09-04 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-03-07 - Assignees: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Yoshiaki Kusumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306618B2 ## CPC - F01D 25/005: {Selecting particular materials} - F01D 25/246: {Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings} - F01D 9/04: forming ring or sector - F01D 11/08: for sealing space between rotor blade tips and stator (specially-shaped blade tips therefor F01D5/20) - F01D 11/16: by self-adjusting means (F01D11/12 takes precedence) - F01D 11/18: using stator or rotor components with predetermined thermal response, e.g. selective insulation, thermal inertia, differential expansion - F01D 11/22: by mechanically actuating the stator or rotor components, e.g. moving shroud sections relative to the rotor - F01D 11/24: by selectively cooling-heating stator or rotor components - F01D 25/12: Cooling - F01D 25/24: Casings (modified for heating or cooling F01D25/14); Casing parts, e.g. diaphragms, casing fastenings (casings for rotary machines or engines in general F16M {; special arrangements in stators dealing with breaking-off of part of rotor F01D21/045}) - F01D 11/005: {Sealing means between non relatively rotating elements} - F05D 2220/323: for aircraft propulsion, e.g. jet engines - F05D 2240/11: Shroud seal segments - F05D 2240/55: Seals - F05D 2240/59: Lamellar seals - F05D 2260/30: Retaining components in desired mutual position - F05D 2300/6033: Ceramic matrix composites [CMC] - Y02T 50/60: Efficient propulsion technologies, e.g. for aircraft - F01D: NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES (machines or engines for liquids F03; non-positive displacement pumps F04D) - F05D: INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS - Y02T: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION ## Abstract A shroud attaching structure of a gas turbine includes: a support provided around an axis of the gas turbine and inside a casing of the gas turbine in a radial direction; and a shroud assembly attached to the support so as to cover an inner peripheral surface of the support, the shroud assembly being formed by laminating a large number of plate-shaped shroud elements containing a ceramic matrix composite. The shroud elements are lined up in a circumferential direction of the support. The adjacent shroud elements are arranged so as to be slidable on each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A shroud attaching structure of a gas turbine, the shroud attaching structure comprising: a support provided around an axis of the gas turbine and inside a casing of the gas turbine in a radial direction; and a shroud assembly attached to the support so as to cover an inner peripheral surface of the support, the shroud assembly is formed by a large number of laminated shroud pieces containing a ceramic matrix composite, wherein each of the shroud pieces is entirely plate-shaped so that each of the shroud pieces is flat and straight, wherein the shroud pieces are lined up in a circumferential direction of the support such that a thickness direction of each of the shroud pieces corresponds to the circumferential direction, and wherein the adjacent shroud pieces are arranged so as to be slidable on each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, wherein the shroud pieces are laminated in the circumferential direction such that thickness directions of the shroud pieces are inclined relative to an axial direction viewed from the radial direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 2, wherein the shroud pieces are attached to the support so as to be tiltable in a direction inclined relative to at least one of the axial direction and the radial direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 3, wherein the support includes an end surface that supports downstream portions of the shroud pieces from a downstream side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching, structure according to claim 1, wherein each of the shroud pieces includes: a plate-shaped main body structure arranged inside the support in the radial direction; and at least one engaging structure provided at a side of the main body structure, the side of the main body is opposed to the support, and the at least one engaging structure is engaged with at least one engaged structure of the support. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 5, wherein: the at least one engaged structure comprises a pair of engaged structures located away from each other in the axial direction; the at least one engaging structure comprises a pair of engaging structures located away from each other in the axial direction; and a distance between the pair of engaging structures is longer than a distance between the pair of engaged structures. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 6, wherein: one of the pair of engaging structures includes an axial positioning end surface facing a downstream side of the gas turbine; and one of the pair of engaged structures includes an axial positioning end surface facing an upstream side of the gas turbine. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 7, wherein each of the pair of engaging structures include: a root structure projecting from the main body structure outward in the radial direction; and a claw projecting from a tip end side of the root structure in t axial direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, further comprising a preloader to apply a preload to the shroud assembly in an axial direction, wherein the preloader applies the preload to the shroud assembly in a direction toward axial positioning surfaces of the shroud pieces, the direction is a direction that inclinations of the shroud pieces relative to the axial direction increase. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 9, wherein the preloader includes a contact structure including positioning grooves lined up in the circumferential direction, the positioning grooves positioning axial-direction end structures of the shroud pieces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, wherein the support includes support blocks which are lined up in the circumferential direction so as to be displaceable in the radial direction of the support. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 11, wherein circumferential-direction end surfaces of the support blocks are inclined relative to the radial direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 5, wherein: the main body structure and the at least one engaging structure are formed on a same plane; and each of the shroud pieces is a thin plate formed such that a thickness of the shroud piece in the circumferential direction is smaller than a size of the main body structure in the radial direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 13, wherein a groove extending from an outside to an inside in the radial direction is formed on a main surface of the main body structure, and the main surface faces in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, further comprising a ring-shaped cover arranged concentrically with the shroud assembly in an annular cooling gas space formed between the support and the shroud assembly, wherein the cover includes a through hole. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, further comprising a positioning structure to determine a relative positional relation among the shroud pieces in the circumferential direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The shroud attaching structure according to claim 1, wherein the shroud pieces change in thickness in the radial direction. ### Claim 18 A shroud assembly attached to a support provided inside a casing of a gas turbine in a radial direction, the shroud assembly comprising shroud pieces containing a ceramic matrix composite, wherein wherein each of the shroud pieces is entirely plate-shaped so that each of the shroud pieces is flat and straight, the plate-shaped shroud pieces are laminated so as to be lined up in a circumferential direction of the support such that a thickness direction of each of the shroud pieces corresponds to the circumferential direction, and the adjacent shroud pieces are arranged so as to be slidable on each other. ### Claim 19 Shroud pieces of a gas turbine, the shroud pieces included in a shroud assembly attached to a support provided inside a casing of the gas turbine engine in a radial direction, adjacent shroud pieces are arranged so as to be slidable on each other, the shroud pieces contain a ceramic matrix composite, each of the shroud pieces comprising: a plate-shaped main body structure arranged inside the support in the radial direction; and at least one engaging structure provided at a side of the main body structure, the side of the main body is opposed to the support, and the at least one engaging structure is engaged with an engaged structure of the support, wherein the shroud pieces are entirely plate-shaped bodies that are each flat and straight, and which form the shroud assembly by being laminated so as to be lined up in a circumferential direction of the support such that a thickness direction of each of the shroud pieces corresponds to the circumferential direction.