US 8,573,943 B2Granted

Gas turbine having sealing plates on the turbine disc

AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsBjörn Bilstein, Peter Schröder

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Abstract

A turbine rotor having a plurality of rotor blades assembled into rotor blade rows and arranged on a turbine disk is provided. The respective turbine disc on the side surfaces thereof includes a plurality of sealing plates having edges that are arranged radially towards the inside, enables a simplified design and assembly, while maintaining maximum operational reliability and maximum efficiency of a turbine equipped therewith. Therefore, between the edge of the respective sealing plate and a side wall of the turbine disc groove, a closure member is provided, wherein the edge extends over the entire azimuthal length of the sealing plate and the closure members abut each other in the azimuthal direction for sealing purposes. The closure members may be inserted into the turbine disc groove via a recess interrupting the respective edge and extending substantially azimuthally on the side facing the turbine axis.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A turbine rotor, comprising:

a plurality of rotor blades which are combined in each case to form rotor blade rows and are arranged on in each case one turbine disk, the turbine disk, comprising:
a plurality of sealing plates, on side faces of the turbine disk, in a shape of circularly annular sections which are inserted into an azimuthally extending turbine disk groove,
wherein the respective sealing plate includes, on a side which faces a turbine axle, an azimuthally extending edge which is spaced apart from an inner edge of the respective sealing plate, and
a closure piece arranged between the edge of the respective sealing plate and a side wall of the turbine disk groove,
wherein the edge extends over the entire azimuthal length of the sealing plate and the closure pieces bear against one another in an azimuthal direction for sealing purposes, and
wherein the respective sealing plate comprises a recess which extends substantially azimuthally on the side which faces the turbine axle, interrupts the respective edge and is designed geometrically in such a way that the closure pieces are inserted into the turbine disk groove through the recess.

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