US 9,316,105 B2Granted

Turbine blade

AssigneeALSTOM Technology Ltd

InventorsAlexander Anatolievich Khanin, Andrei Vladimirovich Pipopulo

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Abstract

A blade for a rotor of a turbine includes an airfoil, a shroud and a platform. The platform includes a top plate, a shank and a fixing part. An upstream wall projects in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extends from the top plate toward the fixing part, the upstream wall at least partially covering an upstream side of the shank. A downstream wall projects in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extends from the top plate toward the fixing part, the downstream wall at least partially covering a downstream side of the shank. A recess is disposed in at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall. The recess has an open side facing in a same direction as a respective one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall, in which the recess is disposed, is projecting.

Claims14

Dependent claims

A blade for a rotor of a turbine comprising:

an airfoil;
a shroud disposed at an outer end of the airfoil;
and
a platform disposed at an inner end of the airfoil, the platform including a top plate disposed adjacent to the airfoil, a shank disposed below the top plate and a fixing part disposed below the shank, the shank and the fixing part each extending in a radial direction of the blade, the shank including a front side and a back side opposite the front side and facing in a circumferential direction of the blade, as well as a downstream side and an upstream side opposite the downstream side and facing in an axial direction of the blade;
an upstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the upstream wall at least partially covering the upstream side of the shank;
a downstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the downstream wall at least partially covering the downstream side of the shank;
at least one recess disposed in a region of the shank in at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and at least partially penetrating the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall in the axial direction, the at least one recess having an open side facing in a same direction as a respective one of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall, in which the at least one recess is disposed, is projecting;
wherein the front side of the shank has a concave shape and the back side of the shank has a convex shape such that a circle tangenting the concave-shaped front side and the convex-shaped back side has a diameter C, wherein the at least one of the recesses has a width B in the radial direction at a corresponding outer end and a length A along the axial direction, the length A corresponding to a thickness of a corresponding section of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and wherein the at least one recess has a depth D in the circumferential direction that increases or decreases along the axial direction and a depth difference E corresponding to a difference between a maximum depth Dmax and a minimum depth Dmin such that at least one of:
the length A of the recess is less than (1.5×C);
the width B of the recess is less than (0.7×C);
and
the depth difference E is less than (0.45×C);
and
wherein the airfoil has a length in the radial direction of between 100 mm and 772 mm.

11 more elements

A rotor for a turbine configured to rotate between 0 revolutions per minute and 3780 revolutions per minute and having at least one blade comprising:

an airfoil;
a shroud disposed at an outer end of the airfoil;
and
a platform disposed at an inner end of the airfoil, the platform including a top plate disposed adjacent to the airfoil, a shank disposed below the top plate and a fixing part disposed below the shank, the shank and the fixing part each extending in a radial direction of the blade, the shank including a front side and a back side opposite the front side and facing in a circumferential direction of the blade, as well as a downstream side and an upstream side opposite the downstream side and facing in an axial direction of the blade;
an upstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the upstream wall at least partially covering the upstream side of the shank;
a downstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the downstream wall at least partially covering the downstream side of the shank;
and
at least one recess disposed in a region of the shank in at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and at least partially penetrating the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall in the axial direction, the at least one recess having an open side facing in a same direction as a respective one of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall, in which the at least one recess is disposed, is projecting;
and
wherein the front side of the shank has a concave shape and the back side of the shank has a convex shape such that a circle tangenting the concave-shaped front side and the convex-shaped back side has a diameter C, wherein the at least one of the recesses has a width B in the radial direction at a corresponding outer end and a length A along the axial direction, the length A corresponding to a thickness of a corresponding section of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and wherein the at least one recess has a depth D in the circumferential direction that increases or decreases along the axial direction and a depth difference E corresponding to a difference between a maximum depth Dmax and a minimum depth Dmin such that at least one of:
the length A of the recess is less than (1.5×C);
the width B of the recess is less than (0.7×C);
and
the depth difference E is less than (0.45×C);
and
wherein the airfoil has a length in the radial direction of between 100 mm and 772 mm.

13 more elements

A turbine having a rotor and at least one blade comprising:

an airfoil;
a shroud disposed at an outer end of the airfoil;
and
a platform disposed at an inner end of the airfoil, the platform including a top plate disposed adjacent to the airfoil, a shank disposed below the top plate and a fixing part disposed below the shank, the shank and the fixing part each extending in a radial direction of the blade, the shank including a front side and a back side opposite the front side and facing in a circumferential direction of the blade, as well as a downstream side and an upstream side opposite the downstream side and facing in an axial direction of the blade;
an upstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the upstream wall at least partially covering the upstream side of the shank;
a downstream wall projecting in the circumferential direction away from the shank and extending from the top plate toward the fixing part, the downstream wall at least partially covering the downstream side of the shank;
and
at least one recess disposed in a region of the shank in at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and at least partially penetrating the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall in the axial direction, the at least one recess having an open side facing in a same direction as a respective one of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall, in which the at least one recess is disposed, is projecting;
and
wherein the front side of the shank has a concave shape and the back side of the shank has a convex shape such that a circle tangenting the concave-shaped front side and the convex-shaped back side has a diameter C, wherein the at least one of the recesses has a width B in the radial direction at a corresponding outer end and a length A along the axial direction, the length A corresponding to a thickness of a corresponding section of the at least one of the upstream wall and the downstream wall and wherein the at least one recess has a depth D in the circumferential direction that increases or decreases along the axial direction and a depth difference E corresponding to a difference between a maximum depth Dmax and a minimum depth Dmin such that at least one of:
the length A of the recess is less than (1.5×C);
the width B of the recess is less than (0.7×C);
and
the depth difference E is less than (0.45×C);
and
wherein the airfoil has a length in the radial direction of between 100 mm and 772 mm.

13 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/535,428Filed 28 Jun 2012
Priority: RU 20111271561 Jul 2011
Published: US 2013/0011264 A110 Jan 2013
Granted: 19 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

F01D 5/3007
Fixing blades to rotors; Blade roots ; Blade spacers: of axial insertion type
F01D 5/26
Blades: antivibration means not restricted to blade form or construction or to blade-to-blade connections or to the use of particular materials
F05D 2260/96
Function: preventing, counteracting or reducing vibration or noise
F01D
Non-positive displacement machines or engines