# US 5,342,169 A · Axial flow turbine

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- Number: US 5,342,169 A
- Document ID: US5342169A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/042,528
- Filed: 1993-04-05
- Granted: 1994-08-30
- Earliest claimed: 1992-04-25
- Assignees: Asea Brown Boveri AG
- Inventors: Ferdinand Muller
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5342169A

## CPC

- F01D 17/162: {for axial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially perpendicular to the rotor centre line (F01D17/167 takes precedence)}
- F05D 2230/61: using limited numbers of standard modules which can be adapted by machining
- Y10S 415/912: Interchangeable parts to vary pumping capacity or size of pump
- 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
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

In an axial flow turbine with a row of individually adjustable guide vanes (8) and a row of rotor blades (5), the guide vanes can be rotated by an adjusting shaft (9) supported in a casing (4) and passing through a vane carrier (3). The tips of the rotor blades seal against a cover (7). In order to match the duct contour to different heights of blading (5, 8), only the vane carrier (3) and the cover (7) are designed to be exchangeable, with otherwise unaltered machine geometry.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An axial flow turbine comprising:
at least one row of individually adjustable guide vanes and at least one row of rotor blades, each guide vane including a vane blade mounted by a collar on a rotatable adjusting shaft, the shaft being supported in a casing:
an exchangeable vane carrier having an aperture through which the collar is positioned to support the vane blade in a flow duct; and,
an exchangeable cover, against which tips of the rotor blades seal, wherein, to change the flow duct for a different mass flow, in addition to changing the height of the rotor blades and the vane blades, the collar is changed so that a total length of the vane blade, collar and shaft remains constant, and, only the vane carrier and the cover are exchanged, with otherwise unaltered machine geometry, to match the duct contour to the changed heights of blading.