Gas turbine compressor
AssigneeAnsaldo Energia S.p.A.
InventorGianluigi Bertino
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Abstract
A gas turbine compressor presents a first fixed stage having a plurality of first adjustable vanes and a further fixed stage, which has an inner ring extending about a first axis; an outer ring arranged about the inner ring and coaxial with the inner ring; and a plurality of second adjustable vanes, each of which extends along a second axis in an essentially radial direction with respect to the first axis between the inner ring and the outer ring; and it is adjustable about the corresponding second axis independently from the first adjustable vanes.
Claims19
A gas turbine compressor comprises a first fixed stage (5) comprising a plurality of first adjustable vanes (11) and further fixed stage (7), which comprises an inner ring (12) extending about a first axis (A1);
- an outer ring (13) arranged about the inner ring (12) and coaxial with the inner ring (12);
- and a plurality of second adjustable vanes (14), each of which extends along a second axis (A2) in an essentially radial direction with respect to the first axis (A1) and between the inner ring (12) and the outer ring (13);
- wherein each of the second vanes (14) is adjustable about the corresponding second axis (A2) independently from the first adjustable vanes (11).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.