The present invention relates to an impeller and a rotating machine having a rotary shaft to which the impeller is fixed.
Priority is claimed on Japanese Patent Application No. 2012-028763, filed Feb. 13, 2012, the content of which is incorporated herein by reference.
In a turbo freezing machine, a small gas turbine, or the like, a rotating machine such as a centrifugal compressor or the like is used. The rotating machine has an impeller having a disk section fixed to a rotary shaft and at which a plurality of blades are installed. As the impeller is rotated, pressure energy and velocity energy are applied to a gas.
In the impeller, when the rotary shaft is rapidly rotated, a tensile stress in the vicinity of an inner circumferential surface of a mounting hole of the impeller may increase and cause damage to the impeller. In order to prevent damage to the impeller, in Patent Literature 1, a technology for reducing the tensile stress is disclosed. The impeller of Patent Literature 1 has the mounting hole passing through a central section of the impeller. The rotary shaft is inserted into the mounting hole by fitting using a slight clearance fit or an interference fit throughout the entire inner circumferential surface. Then, a stress reduction recess configured to reduce the tensile stress is formed at the inner circumferential surface of the mounting hole.
Since a magnitude of the hoop stress in the vicinity of the corner of the disk section 30 is increased as a rotational speed is increased, for example, when the rotational speed is unintentionally increased, strength of the disk section 30 may become insufficient. In order to prevent the insufficient strength, for example, a method of fixing the tube section 32 to an outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 5 throughout the entire inner circumferential surface of the tube section 32 is considered. Further, a method of fixing the tube section 32 to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 5 at a plurality of points like Patent Literature 1 is also considered. However, when the impeller 610 is removed from the rotary shaft 5, or the like, an increase in temperature throughout a wide range of the disk section 30 is needed, and ease of assembly and maintenance deteriorate.
In consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, the present invention provides an impeller and a rotating machine provided with the same that are capable of easy attachment and detachment with respect to a rotary shaft and prevention of local concentration of stress upon rotation.
In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the following configurations are employed.
An impeller according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a tube section having a substantially tube shape, into which a rotary shaft rotated around an axis is inserted, and provided with a grip section installed at one side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft and fixed to the rotary shaft; a disk main body section formed closer to the other side in the axial direction than the grip section and extending from the tube section toward the outside in the radial direction of the rotary shaft; a disk section including the tube section and the disk main body section; and a blade section protruding from the disk main body section to the one side in the axial direction, wherein the disk section includes a hoop stress suppression section extending from the tube section to be closer to the other side in the axial direction than the disk main body section.
In this way, by only fixing the grip section of the one side in the axial direction, easy attachment and detachment with respect to the rotary shaft can be performed. Meanwhile, in the other side in the axial direction not fixed to the rotary shaft, as stiffness of deformation in the radial direction by the centrifugal force is increased by the hoop stress suppression section extending to the other side in the axial direction, the impeller can be suppressed from being deformed to float in the radial direction at the other side in the axial direction. Accordingly, an increase in hoop stress generated by deformation in the radial direction can be suppressed.
In the impeller, the tube section may include a first axial direction stress displacement groove and a second axial direction stress displacement groove formed on an inner circumferential surface of the tube section or the hoop stress suppression section at both sides in the axial direction of a position at which a hoop stress is concentrated, and configured to displace a position at which an axial direction stress applied to the disk section is concentrated toward the outside in the radial direction from the position at which the hoop stress is concentrated.
As a result, the point at which the axial direction stress is concentrated can be displaced to the outside in the radial direction farther than the first axial direction stress displacement groove and the second axial direction stress displacement groove. Accordingly, since the point at which the axial direction stress is concentrated and the point at which the hoop stress is concentrated can be separated in the radial direction, stress concentration in the disk section can be reduced.
In the impeller, the disk section may include the hoop stress suppression section as a separate member.
As a result, since a material having a higher Young's modulus than the disk section can be employed as a material of the hoop stress suppression section, it is more difficult to be deformed the hoop stress suppression section.
In the impeller, a rib may be provided throughout the other surface in the axial direction of the disk main body section and the hoop stress suppression section.
According to the above-mentioned configuration, stiffness of a rear surface of the disk section can be improved while suppressing an increase in weight of a rear surface of the disk main body section.
A rotating machine according to a second aspect of the present invention includes the impeller described above.
According to the above-mentioned configuration, maintenance of the impeller can be improved. Further, since damage to the impeller upon rotation can be prevented, reliability can be improved.
According to the present invention, easy attachment and detachment with respect to the rotary shaft and prevention of local concentration of a stress upon rotation become possible.
A rotating machine and an impeller according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in
The impeller 10 gradually compresses a gas G supplied from a flow path 104 of an upstream side formed at the casing 105 using centrifugal force by rotation of the rotary shaft 5 to cause the gas G to flow to the flow path 104 of a downstream side.
A suction port 105c configured to introduce the gas G from the outside is formed at the casing 105 at a front side (a left side of
When the rotary shaft 5 is rotated by the configuration of the centrifugal compressor 100, the gas G from the suction port 105c is introduced into the flow path 104, and the gas G is gradually compressed by the impeller 10 and then discharged from the discharge port 105d. Further, while
As shown in
The disk section 30 includes a tube section 32 fitted onto the rotary shaft 5 and having a substantially cylindrical shape. The tube section 32 includes a grip section 33 installed at a front side, which is one side in the axis O direction, and fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 5, and a non-grip section 34 installed at a rear side, which becomes closer to the other side in the axis O direction than the grip section 33, having a slightly larger diameter than the outer diameter of the rotary shaft 5, and configured to form a gap between the non-grip section 34 and the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 5. The grip section 33 has a smaller diameter than the rotary shaft 5 in the state not fixed to the rotary shaft 5, and is fixed to the rotary shaft 5 by shrinkage fitting.
Further, the disk section 30 includes a disk main body section 35 having a substantially circular plate shape, disposed closer to the other side in the axis O direction than the grip section 33, and extending outward from the non-grip section 34 of the tube section 32 in a radial direction.
The disk main body section 35 becomes thicker as it goes inward in the radial direction. In addition, the disk section 30 includes the front surface 31, and a curved surface 31a having a concave shape and smoothly connected to an outer circumferential surface 32a of the tube section 32.
The pluralities of blade sections 40 are disposed in the circumferential direction of the disk main body section 35 at equal intervals. These blade sections 40 have a substantially constant plate thickness, and are formed into slightly tapered shape toward the outside in the radial direction when seen in a side view. In addition, these blade sections 40 are formed to protrude from the front surface 31 of the disk section 30 toward a front side in the axis O direction. Further, the above-mentioned flow path 104 is formed by the front surface 31, the curved surface 31a, the outer circumferential surface 32a, surfaces 40a of the blade section 40 opposite to each other in the circumferential direction, and wall surfaces of the casing 105 opposite to the front surface 31 and the curved surface 31a, at a disposition point of the impeller 10.
The above-mentioned disk section 30 includes a hoop stress suppression section 50 disposed closer to a rear side opposite to the front side in the axis O direction than the disk main body section 35. The hoop stress suppression section 50 is formed to extend from the tube section 32 to the rear side in the axis O direction. Here, in
The hoop stress suppression section 50 has a thickness gradually reduced toward the rear side in the axis O direction to a position at which the thickness becomes a predetermined thickness T1 in the radial direction, from the outside in the radial direction of the disk section 30 toward the inside in the radial direction. Accordingly, the hoop stress suppression section 50 has a rear surface 51 in the axis O direction having a curved surface with a concave shape. Here, a length L1 in the axis O direction or the thickness T1 in the radial direction of the hoop stress suppression section 50 may be set to a minimum value of the length L1 or the thickness T1 based on a maximum value of a revolution number of the rotary shaft 5 (a maximum value of the applied hoop stress) and necessary strength of the impeller 10 from a viewpoint of reduction in weight. Further, as the value of the thickness T1 is increased, the maximum value of the hoop stress applied to the impeller 10 is reduced.
As shown in
This is because, as stiffness of the tube section 32 in the radial direction due to a centrifugal force is increased by the hoop stress suppression section 50, the impeller 10 can be suppressed from being deformed to float in the radial direction at the other side in the axis O direction, and thus an increase in hoop stress caused by deformation in the radial direction of the impeller 10 can be suppressed.
In addition, in the impeller 10, the dimension of a member in the radial direction of an inclined section 52 between the grip section 33 and the disk main body section 35 may be set to an appropriate dimension of a member in which a sufficient stiffness is obtained in the axis O direction. As a result, even at the front side opposite to the hoop stress suppression section 50 in the axis O direction in which the grip section 33 is installed, deformation in the radial direction of the tube section 32 can be suppressed, and it is possible to contribute to reduction in hoop stress.
Accordingly, according to the impeller of the above-mentioned first embodiment, the maximum value of the hoop stress applied to the tube section 32 can be reduced. As a result, the point fixed to the rotary shaft 5 can be easily attached and detached with respect to the rotary shaft 5 by only fixing the grip section 33 of the front side in the axis O direction, and local concentration of the stress upon rotation can be prevented.
Next, an impeller 210 according to a second embodiment of the present invention and the impeller 210 will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, the impeller 210 of the second embodiment is distinguished from the impeller 10 of the above-mentioned first embodiment in that a function of separating a hoop stress and an axial direction stress is further provided. For this reason, the same portions as in the above-mentioned first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.
First, based on
As shown in
Further, even in the impeller 10, upon rotation of the rotary shaft 5, since the inner diameter section 32b is to be displaced outward in a centrifugal direction (the radial direction), the inner diameter section 32b is curved to float outward from the rotary shaft 5 in the radial direction (shown by a broken line in
Then, stress concentration occurs due to overlapping of the stress in the axis O direction and the hoop stress.
Further, in
As shown in
The disk main body section 35 has a substantially circular plate shape extending from the non-grip section 34 toward the outside in the radial direction. The disk main body section 35 has a thickness increased as it goes toward the inside in the radial direction. In addition, the disk section 30 includes the front surface 31, and the curved surface 31a having a concave shape and configured to be smoothly connected to the outer circumferential surface 32a of the tube section 32. The blade section 40 is configured to be similar to the above-mentioned first embodiment, and is formed to protrude from the front surface 31.
The above-mentioned disk section 30 includes the hoop stress suppression section 50 disposed closer to the rear side in the axis O direction than the disk main body section 35. The hoop stress suppression section 50 is formed to extend such that the tube section 32 extends toward the rear side in the axis O direction.
In addition, the tube section 32 and the hoop stress suppression section 50 include a first groove (a first axial direction stress displacement groove) 61 and a second groove (a second axial direction stress displacement groove) 62 formed at inner circumferential surfaces 32c and 50a and having an annular shape about the axis O. That is, the first groove 61 is disposed closer to the rear side in the axis O direction than the line C-C. Further the second groove 62 is spaced a predetermined interval from the first groove 61 and disposed closer to the front side in the axis O direction than the line C-C.
In general, the centrifugal force upon rotation has a maximum value on or around the line C-C. For this reason, as shown in
The stress applied to the impeller 210 is obtained by overlapping the hoop stress and the axial direction stress. As shown in
As a result, the stress concentration in the disk section 30 can be reduced, and especially, deformation upon high speed rotation of the impeller 210 can be suppressed. In
Further,
In addition, in the embodiment, while the case in which portions of the first groove 61 and the second groove 62 have round grooves having an arc-shaped cross-section has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, a square groove or the like may be used.
In addition, while the case in which the first groove 61 and the second groove 62 have symmetrical shapes with respect to a reference surface perpendicular to the axis O direction has been shown, the present invention is not limited thereto. As a first modified example, for example, as shown in
Further, the embodiment shows the case in which the first groove 61 is disposed closer to the rear side in the axis O direction than the line C-C, and the second groove 62 is spaced a predetermined interval from the first groove 61 and disposed closer to the front side in the axis O direction than the line C-C. In general, this is because the hoop stress is concentrated on the line C-C or therearound. This is because the line C-C is disposed at the rearmost side in the axis O direction of the disk main body section 35 and the centrifugal force is in proportion to a radius. However, the concentrated point of the hoop stress may be generated at a point other than the line C-C according to the shape of the impeller and weight distribution in the impeller. In this case, regardless of the position of the line C-C, the first groove 61 may be disposed closer to the rear side than the concentrated point of the hoop stress, the second groove 62 may be spaced the predetermined interval from the first groove 61 and disposed closer to the front side in the axis O direction than the concentrated point of the hoop stress, and in the inner circumferential surface continuing to at least the tube section 32 and the hoop stress suppression section 50, the first groove 61 may be disposed in the axis O direction at one side in the axis O direction of the concentrated point of the hoop stress and the second groove 62 may be formed at the other side in the axis O direction.
Further, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-mentioned embodiment, and design changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.
For example, as a second modified example of the above-mentioned second embodiment, like an impeller 310 shown in
By forming as a second modified example, since a material having a high Young's modulus can be used as a material of the hoop stress suppression section 350, the hoop stress suppression section 350 cannot be easily deformed in comparison with the disk section 30. Further, while
In addition, for example, like an impeller 410 shown in
In addition, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, while the case in which the grip section 33 (one side portion) is disposed at the front side in the axis O direction of the tube section 32 has been described, for example, like an impeller 510 shown in
Then, even in the case of the fourth modified example, the first groove 61 and the second groove 62 are formed. As shown in
Here, even in the case of the impeller 510 shown in
In addition, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, while the example in which the first groove 61 is formed on the rear side in the axis O direction than the line C-C, and the second groove 62 formed on the front side in the axis O direction than the line C-C has been shown, the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention can also be similarly applied to the case in which a plurality of grooves are formed in at least one of the front side and the rear side in the axis O direction. In this case, similar to the second embodiment, the concentrated point of the hoop stress and the concentrated point of the axial direction stress upon rotation can be separated, the local stress concentration can be suppressed, and thus the weight can be further reduced.
In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, while the example in which fixing of the disk section 30 to the rotary shaft 5 is performed by the shrinkage fitting has been described, the present invention is not limited thereto. The grip section may be formed at at least one side in the axis O direction to be fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 5. In addition, a fixing method using thermal deformation including also shrinkage fitting or freeze fitting is appropriate for the present invention due to easy attachment and detachment by heating or cooling.
In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, while the open type impeller having only the disk section 30 and the blade section 40 has been exemplarily described, the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention can also be applied to a closed type impeller further having a portion of a cover with respect to the disk section 30 and the blade section 40.
Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, while an example of the centrifugal compressor 100 serving as a rotating machine has been described, the present invention is not limited to the centrifugal compressor 100, and for example, the impeller of the present invention can also be applied to various industrial compressors, turbo freezing machines, and small gas turbines.
According to the impeller, local concentration of the stress upon rotation can be prevented while enabling easy attachment and detachment with respect to the rotary shaft.
100 centrifugal compressor (rotating machine)
5 rotary shaft
30 disk section
31 front surface
32 tube section
32
c inner circumferential surface
33, 433 grip section (one side section)
35 disk main body section
39 rear surface
40 blade section
50 hoop stress suppression section
50
a inner circumferential surface
61 first groove (first axial direction stress displacement groove)
62 second groove (second axial direction stress displacement groove)
O axis
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2012-028763 | Feb 2012 | JP | national |
Number | Date | Country | |
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Parent | 14369814 | Jun 2014 | US |
Child | 14671081 | US |