The present invention relates to a rotor of a turbine-type machine, in particular a gas turbine rotor.
Rotors of turbine-type machines such as gas turbine rotors have a rotor base body and multiple rotor blades rotating with the rotor base body. These rotor blades may be an integral part of the rotor base body or they may be anchored via blade bases in one or more grooves in the rotor base body. Rotors having integral blading are referred to by the terms blisk or bling depending on whether they have a disk-shaped rotor base body or a ring-shaped rotor base body. In the case of rotors in which the rotor blades are anchored in a groove via blade bases, a distinction is made between rotors in which the blade bases of the rotor blades are secured either in so-called axial grooves of the rotor base body or in a circumferential groove of the same. The present invention here relates to a rotor of a turbine-type machine, in particular a gas turbine rotor, in which the rotor blades are mounted via their blade bases in a groove in the rotor base body running in the circumferential direction, i.e., a circumferential groove.
In rotors in which the rotor blades are attached with their blade bases in so-called circumferential grooves, the circumferential grooves have at least two filling openings distributed over the circumference so that the blade bases of the rotor blades can be inserted into the proper circumferential groove. The filling openings are formed according to the state of the art by constrictions in the area of two opposing profiled groove wall legs of the circumferential groove, whereby during operation, the blade bases are in contact with the two profiled groove wall legs. Notch points formed by the filling openings on sections of the groove wall legs are exposed to a relatively high level of stress during operation of the rotor. This reduces the lifetime of the rotor. In addition, owing to the above design principle of rotor blades guided in circumferential grooves according to the state of the art, the blade bases of the rotor blades have only approximately half the width in comparison with blade platforms of rotor blades as seen in the circumferential direction because of the above design principle of rotor blades guided in circumferential grooves. This also limits the forces that can be absorbed by the blade bases during operation of the rotor.
Against this background, the problem on which the present invention is based is creating a novel rotor of a turbine-type machine.
According to this invention, the groove has a profiled groove wall leg on only one side, the blade base(s) of the rotor blades, the blade segments, or the blade ring coming in contact with corresponding profile supporting flank(s) against this profile groove wall leg.
In the sense of the present invention, a rotor of a turbine-type machine is provided in which the rotor blades and/or rotor blade segments and/or rotor blade ring are/is anchored in a circumferential groove, whereby the circumferential groove has a profiled groove wall leg with the blade base(s) being in contact with the groove wall leg with a corresponding profile supporting flank(s) on only one side. This makes it possible to eliminate filling openings which in the state of the art are exposed to a relatively high stress level during operation of the rotor on sections of the grooved wall leg. In this way the rotor can be exposed to higher loads on the whole. In addition, the inventive design principle permits a method of anchoring rotor blade segments having a plurality of blade bases, or a rotor blade ring having a ring base, in a circumferential groove on a rotor in a manner that is optimized in terms of both stress and weight. In the case of rotor blades having outer cover bands, a so-called Z latching may be omitted, thus greatly simplifying the assembly of the rotor. The inventive design principle of a rotor allows inexpensive manufacture and easy assembly of rotors, thus yielding cost advantages in comparison with the state of the art.
The ring base of the rotor blade ring or the blade bases of the rotor blades or the rotor blade segments preferably have at least one projection on at least two different diameters, whereby the projections secure the base(s) in the groove in their axial position on the one hand and in a form-fitting manner to prevent tilting on the other hand. At least one securing element cooperates with projections on the base(s), whereby the securing element or each securing element secures the blade ring, rotor blades or the rotor blade segments in a form-fitting manner in its circumferential position in the groove.
Preferred refinements of this invention are derived from the following description. Exemplary embodiments of this invention are illustrated in greater detail with reference to the drawings without being limited to them.
a to 3i illustrate the inventive gas turbine rotor of
a and 6b illustrate the rotor blade segment of the inventive gas turbine rotor of
a and 7b illustrate a rotor disk and a rotor blade segment of an inventive gas turbine rotor according to a second exemplary embodiment of this invention, each shown in a perspective side view;
a and 8b illustrate a rotor disk and a rotor blade segment of an inventive gas turbine rotor according to a third exemplary embodiment of this invention, each shown in a perspective side view; and
Before describing the present invention in greater detail below with reference to
As
In the sense of the present invention, the circumferential groove 24 on the rotor base body 21 has a profiled groove wall leg on only one side by which the blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 are in contact with supporting flanks 28 having corresponding profiles. The blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 are thus equipped with profiled supporting flanks 28 on only one side; in the example shown here they have a pine tree shape. On the side opposite the profiled groove wall leg 27, the rotor base body 21 has a circumferential rib 29 which has a much smaller radius than a rib 30 of the profiled groove wall leg 27 which is on the outside radially.
The blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 are secured in a form-fitting manner in the circumferential groove 24 in the rotor base body 21 by means of projections 31 and 32, whereby the projections 31 and 32 each overlap and are engaged behind one of the two ribs 29 and/or 30. The two projections 31 and 32 on the blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 are positioned at two different diameters, whereby the projection 32 is situated on a larger diameter than the projection 31. The projection 31 may thus be referred to as a projection that is on the inside radially and the projection 32 may be referred to as a projection of a blade base 23 that is on the outside radially. The projection 31 on the inside radially overlaps with the rib 29 of the rotor base body 21 in the installed state (see
For assembly and/or threading the blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 into the circumferential groove 24 in the rotor base body 21, the rotor base body 21 has at least one threading opening; in the exemplary embodiment shown in
To secure the rotor blade segments 22 which are mounted in the circumferential groove 24 on the rotor base body 21 to also prevent them from being displaced in the circumferential direction, the inventive gas turbine rotor 20 also has a securing element 35.
The procedure in assembly of the inventive gas turbine rotor 20, which consists of a plurality of rotor blade segments 22 according to
At this point it should be mentioned that the threading openings 33 and 34 are preferably uniformly distributed over the circumference of the rotor base body 21. Thus the rotor base body 21 may have two or four filling openings 33 positioned on the inside radially and two or four filling openings 34 positioned on the outside radially, the latter being diametrically opposed to the former.
The threading openings 33 and 34 are each integrated into sections of the rotor base body 21 namely into the ribs 29 and 30 thereof, which are exposed to a relatively low level of stress during operation of the gas turbine rotor. The ribs 29 and 30 into which the threading openings 33 and 34 are integrated are thus under only very little load during operation of the gas turbine rotor. This makes it possible for the blade bases 23 to have a width in the circumferential direction which corresponds approximately to a width of the platforms 26 of the rotor blade segments 22. In this way it is possible for the first time to store and/or mount rotor blade segments in circumferential grooves on a gas turbine rotor in a manner that is optimal in terms of both stress and weight.
The threading openings 33 and 34 may either remain open in the installed state of the gas turbine rotor or they may be closed by additional securing elements. It is thus possible to introduce a securing element (not shown here) which ensures an additional circumferential securing effect for the rotor blade segments in the rotor base body, providing this securing element in the threading opening or in each threading opening 33 of the ring 29 which is on the inside radially after completely filling the circumferential groove 24 (see
b show an exemplary embodiment of an inventive gas turbine rotor 20 in which the rotor base body 21 had threading openings 33 and 34 on two different diameters to thread the blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 and/or the projections 31 and 32 of the blade bases 23 positioned at different diameter into the circumferential groove 24. In the sense of the present invention, the rotor base body may also have threading openings for the projections on the blade bases at only one diameter.
a thus shows a rotor base body 21 having a circumferential groove 24, whereby only the rib 30 of the profiled groove wall leg 27 that is on the outside radially, has at least one threading opening 34 for the projection 32 of the blade base 23 of the rotor blade segment 22 that is on the outside radially (see
Alternatively, as shown in
Thus,
As in the previous embodiments, the circumferential groove 24 on the rotor base body 21 has a profiled groove wall leg on only one side by which the ring base 43 of the rotor blade ring 42 is in contact with a supporting flank 48 having a corresponding profile. The ring base 43 of the rotor blade ring 42 is also thus equipped with a profiled supporting flank 48 on only one side; which in the example shown here is a pine tree shape. As previously described, on the side opposite the profiled groove wall leg 27, the rotor base body 21 has the circumferential rib 29 which has a much smaller radius than the rib 30 of the profiled groove wall leg 27 which is on the outside radially. As also discussed previously,
In the same way that the blade bases 23 of the rotor blade segments 22 were secured in a form-fitting manner in the circumferential groove 24 in the rotor base body 21 by means of projections 31 and 32, whereby the projections 31 and 32 each overlap and are engaged behind one of the two ribs 29 and/or 30, ring base 43 of rotor blade ring 42 also includes these projections and these projections engage in the same manner as projections 31 and 32 of the previous embodiment. These two projections on the ring base 43 of the rotor blade ring 42 are also positioned at two different diameters, whereby the projection which corresponds to projection 32 is situated on a larger diameter than the projection which corresponds to projection 31. Thus, the projections on the ring base secure the ring base 43 of the rotor blade ring 42 in its axial position in the circumferential groove 24 on the one hand while also preventing it from tilting. The ring base may include any number of projections on the two diameters, and accordingly, the rotor base body would include a corresponding number of threading openings.
As can be understood, the ring base 43 is installed in the rotor base body 21 in a manner similar to the way that the rotor blade segments 22 were installed, whereby the projections are inserted into the threading openings 33 and 34 of the rotor base body 21 in the axial direction. Thus, the bladed ring 42 is installed like the blades or blade segments by first moving it axially into the groove 24 of the rotor base body 21, then turning it circumferentially around the rotor axis over a defined angle within the groove for securing it against axial movement and tilting and finally locking it against circumferential movement by form-fitting means, e.g., by securing element 35.
Further with this embodiment, as per the prior discussion, the rotor base body may be configured in alternative embodiments. For example, the threading openings 33 and 34 may be uniformly distributed over the circumference of the rotor base body 21. Alternatively, the rotor base body may be configured similar to the embodiments of
The inventive principle of a gas turbine rotor is especially advantageous in mounting rotor blade segments in a circumferential groove on a rotor base body of the gas turbine rotor. However, it is also possible in the matter according to this invention to mount individual blades or an integrally bladed, circumferentially closed rotor blade ring in a circumferential groove on a gas turbine rotor. In the circumferential direction, a width of the blade base of the rotor blades or the rotor blade segments, or the ring base of the rotor blade ring, corresponds approximately to a width of a platform(s) of the same. In the case, e.g., of rotor blades and/or rotor blade segments having outer cover bands, the Z latching known from the state of the art can be omitted, which results in a simplified assembly for a gas turbine rotor.
The foregoing disclosure has been set forth merely to illustrate the invention and is not intended to be limiting. Since modifications of the disclosed embodiments incorporating the spirit and substance of the invention may occur to persons skilled in the art, the invention should be construed to include everything within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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10 2005 003 511 | Jan 2005 | DE | national |
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 11/339,219, filed Jan. 25, 2006.
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