Gas turbine cooling structure

A gas turbine comprising:

• a ring segment forming a casing in which a high temperature combustion main stream gas passes;
• an impingement cooling plate surrounding an outer periphery of said ring segment so as to form a ring segment cavity between the outer periphery of said ring segment and an inner periphery of said impingement cooling plate;
• a pressure partition plate extending in the circumferential direction between said ring segment and said impingement plate, said partition plate dividing said ring segment cavity in the axial direction into plural cavities each of which is adjusted to a different pressure thereby forming a cooling structure for said ring segment;
• a box provided on an inside periphery of a static vane disposed between a movable vane and an adjacent movable vane, the movable vanes being operated by the main stream gas in the casing,
• said box forming a static vane inside diameter side cavity, wherein sealing air that is introduced into said static vane inside diameter side cavity is fed to another cavity formed in a gap between the movable vane and the static vane so as to maintain a pressure in the gap at a higher pressure than a pressure in a gas path,
• wherein said another cavity includes an upstream cavity having a wall face formed by a movable disc disposed in front of the static vane, and a downstream cavity having a wall face formed by another movable disc disposed in back of the static vane where a pressure is lower than in said upstream cavity, and
• wherein the sealing air is supplied from said static vane inside diameter side cavity to said upstream cavity and said downstream cavity so that the pressures in said upstream cavity and said downstream cavity are raised to a higher level relative to the pressure in the gas path thereby preventing an invasion of the combustion gas into the movable discs.

A gas turbine comprising:

• a ring segment forming a casing through which passes a high temperature combustion main stream gas;
• an impingement cooling plate surrounding an outer periphery of said ring segment to form a ring segment cavity between said ring segment and said impingement plate;
• a box provided on an inside periphery of a static vane disposed between a movable vane and an adjacent movable vane, wherein said box defines a static vane inside diameter side cavity, and said movable vanes are operated by the main stream gas,
• wherein sealing air introduced into said static vane inside diameter side cavity is fed to another cavity formed in a gap between the movable vane and the static vane so that a pressure therein is kept at a higher level than a pressure in a gas path,
• wherein said another cavity includes an upstream cavity having a wall face formed by a movable disc disposed in front of the static vane, and a downstream cavity having a wall face formed by another movable disc disposed in back of the static vane where a pressure is lower than in said upstream cavity, and
• wherein the sealing air is supplied from said static vane inside diameter side cavity to said upstream cavity and said downstream cavity so that the pressures in said upstream cavity and said downstream cavity are raised to a higher level relative to the pressure in the gas path thereby preventing an invasion of the combustion gas into the movable discs;
• a holding ring supported on an inner peripheral surface of said box so as to be movable, in a radial direction, relative to said box;
• and
• a sealing piece mounted on an inner peripheral surface of said holding ring, wherein said sealing piece regulates a clearance communicating between the upstream cavity and the downstream cavity.