1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a turbine rotor.
2. Description of Related Art
Energy conservation and environmental conservation, and in particular reduction in CO2 has begun to attract growing interest, and it is desired in the field of a steam turbine power generation plant to increase the capacity and enhance the thermal efficiency. Enhancement in thermal efficiency is achieved by increasing the temperature and pressure of steam, and further increase in temperature is planed in future. The first stage blade of a high pressure turbine is the first element to be exposed to steam among rotating elements, and it is necessary to secure durability to high-temperature and high-pressure steam, and in particular to secure strength reliability, among others.
In a conventional material including iron as a main component, if the main steam temperature exceeds 650° C., the high-temperature strength, in particular creep strength, abruptly reduces. The countermeasures against high-temperature steam have been taken by cooling of a rotating body and the like so far. JP-A-2004-239262 and JP-A-2002-508044 each describe a method of cooling a rotor by providing a cooling hole extending from the inside of a shaft of a rotor shaft to an intermediate portion between discs, and by passing a cooling medium in the cooling hole. JP-A-7-145707 and JP-A-7-42508 each describe a cooling method in which a cooling hole is provided in a bottom of a rotor disc. JP-A-2004-169652 describes production of a rotor from an Ni-base super alloy with high heat resistance.
In order to cool the inside of a rotor shaft in the axial direction, a cooling hole which penetrates through the rotor shaft is needed. Since the axial length of the rotor shaft measures several meters, much effort and cost are required for providing the cooling hole. Further, when the cooling hole is provided in the inside and the bottom of the rotor disc, the temperature of the bottom portion of the rotor disc drops, but the temperature of the central portion and the outer circumferential portion of the rotor disc hardly drops.
Further, although the tolerable temperature of a Ni-base alloy is high, it is the material from which production of large steel ingots is difficult. Therefore, it is difficult to produce a turbine rotor entire from the Ni-base alloy. Further, the Ni-base alloy has the problem that the cost is high.
Thus, an object of the invention of the present application is to provide a turbine rotor with a high tolerable temperature and easy to produce.
The features of the present invention that solves the above described problem lie in a turbine rotor constituted by a rotor shaft, an inner rotor disc integrated with the rotor shaft, and an outer rotor disc which is welded to the inner rotor disc via a weld metal part and has a structure for fixing a turbine blade thereon.
When the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base super alloy material, the inner rotor disc is desirably made from a high chrome steel material such as 12Cr steel, or a low alloy steel material such as CrMoV steel. Alternatively, when the outer rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material including 12Cr steel, the inner rotor disc is desirably made from low alloy steel including CrMoV steel.
Further, the outer rotor disc preferably has a cooling hole which extends in the axial direction to penetrate the outer rotor disc over the thickness of the outer rotor disc. The sectional shape of the cooling hole provided in the outer rotor disc is desirably circular or elliptical. Further, the size of the cooling hole on an inner circumferential side is desirably smaller than that on an outer circumferential side. Further, the cooling holes are desirably distributed more densely on the outer side as compared with those on the inner side. Further, the cooling holes are desired not to be arranged in a straight line extending in the radial direction with respect to another cooling hole.
As described above, the turbine rotor with a high tolerable temperature and capable of being easily manufactured can be provided. Further, the turbine rotor can cope with enhancement in steam temperature, and therefore contributes to enhancement in efficiency of a steam turbine power plant.
Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of the embodiments of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
A rotor disc is divided into an outer rotor disc and an inner rotor disc, and the outer rotor disc and the inner rotor disc are integrated by welding via a weld metal part. Through-holes extending in an axial direction are provided in the outer rotor disc. As a result, the through-holes become cooling holes. As a result that the through-holes are provided outside the weld metal part, the periphery of the through-hole portions is cooled, and even when the outer circumferential side of the outer rotor disc is at a high temperature, the temperatures of the weld metal part, the inner rotor disc and a rotor shaft are not increased. Accordingly, a material with lower durability against a high temperature can be applied to the inner rotor disc and the rotor shaft as compared to the outer rotor disc which is directly in contact with high-temperature steam.
For example, in the case of using an outer rotor disc of an Ni-base alloy, Fe-base heat resistant steel (a high chrome steel material such as 12Cr steel, a low alloy steel material such as CrMoV steel) can be used for the inner rotor disc and the rotor shaft. By this structure, a Ni-base alloy from which production of a large steel ingot is difficult can be easily applied to a turbine rotor. Further, as another example, the outer rotor disc may be made from a high chrome steel material including 12Cr steel, and the inner rotor disc may be made from a low alloy steel material including CrMoV steel.
As a result, it becomes possible to cope with high-temperature steam, and the efficiency of the steam turbine plant can be enhanced. Further, as compared with the case of providing a cooling structure in the rotor shaft, working becomes easy, and time, efforts and cost are not so required. Further, when the steam temperature of the steam turbine plant is considered, the use amount of the high-level material with high heat resistance can be reduced. Therefore, the turbine rotor can be produced at low cost while being equipped with a high tolerable temperature, and the cost of the plant can be reduced. Further, the turbine rotor can be used at a high temperature, and therefore, contributes to enhancement in efficiency of the plant.
At least, the above described structure needs to be adopted in a rotor disc at the highest temperature side (steam inlet side) of the turbine rotor. At the rear stage side, the rotor disc with a sufficiently low steam temperature can be made integral without being divided into the inner side and the outer side, and an expensive material with high heat resistance can be omitted.
Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out a turbine rotor of the present invention will be described in detail according to concrete embodiments.
A first embodiment will be described by using
In the present embodiment, because the outer rotor disc 35 requires high temperature strength, an Ni-base alloy material is used therefor. The inner rotor disc 36 does not require such high temperature strength as the outer side, and therefore, less expensive 12Cr steel (high chrome steel) is used therefor. In the present embodiment, the inner rotor disc is formed by 12Cr steel integrally with the rotor shaft 37. The weld metal 38 can be selected in accordance with the temperature to which the weld metal 38 is exposed. When the exposure temperature is close to that of the outer rotor disc 35, a weld material of an Ni-base alloy is used, whereas a weld material of high chrome steel is used when the exposure temperature is close to that of the inner rotor disc 36.
Other than the tungsten/inert gas (TIG) welding machine shown in
Further, in
Further, in (2) of
Thus, according to the present embodiment, while the use amount of an Ni-base alloy with high heat resistance is reduced, adaptation to high temperature of steam can be realized, and therefore, reduction in cost and enhancement in efficiency of the plant are made compatible. In the present embodiment, the two rotor discs on the inner side and the outer side are used, but the rotor disc may be divided into three or more parts including inner, outer and middle parts.
By using
In (2) of
In (1) of
In the present embodiment, the cooling holes are concentrically provided about the axis of the rotor shaft, but the cooling holes do not have to be provided concentrically. The same thing applies to the embodiments which will be described later. However, the turbine rotor is a body of rotation, and therefore, is desirably made centrosymmetrical.
Thus, according to the present embodiment, the turbine rotor can cope with a higher temperature of steam, and therefore, the turbine rotor can contribute to enhancement in efficiency of the plant. Further, the use amount of the high-level material with high heat resistance can be reduced, and cost of the plant can be reduced.
Concerning a third embodiment, the shape and arrangement of openings of cooling holes will be described by using
In order to avoid stress concentration, the shape of the cooling hole 39 should not be a rectangle and a triangle with a sharp angle, but does not have to be necessarily circular. More specifically, the shape of the cooling hole 39 may be an ellipse. For example, the shape of the ellipse may be the one extending in the circumferential direction shown in
A fourth embodiment will be described by using
The size of the cooling hole 39 can be changed in accordance with the temperature distribution of the rotor disc.
A fifth embodiment will be described by using
The example of
A sixth embodiment will be described by using
The densities of the cooling holes 39 on the outer side and the inner side with respect to an interior angle are the same in the example of
A seventh embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, an example in which the material of the rotor disc material is changed will be described. The other components are the same as those in embodiment 1, and the description will be omitted.
In embodiment 1, an Ni-base alloy material is adopted as the material of the outer rotor disc 35, and high chrome steel is adopted as the material of the inner rotor disc 36. As the tolerable temperatures of the materials, the tolerable temperature of Ni-base alloys is the highest, and the tolerable temperatures of high chrome steel and low alloy steel are lower in this sequence.
Further, in the actual machine, since each member is exposed to a high temperature, it is also necessary to consider thermal expansion, in addition to high-temperature strength. The thermal expansion coefficient of the Ni-base alloy material is the largest, and the thermal expansion coefficients of a low alloy steel material and a high chrome steel material are lower in this sequence. When a dissimilar weld material is used at a high temperature, it is preferable that the difference in thermal expansions is smaller. This is because a crack is likely to occur in the weld after welding or during operation due to the difference of the thermal expansions. For this reason, when an Ni-base alloy is adopted as the material of the outer rotor disc 35, it is desired that the low alloy steel is adopted as the material of the inner rotor disc.
By properly selecting the materials of the rotor discs like this, reliability of the weld is more enhanced.
An eighth embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, an example in which the material of the rotor disc material is changed will be described. The other components are the same as those in embodiment 1, and the description will be omitted.
In embodiment 1, an Ni-base alloy material is adopted as the material of the outer rotor disc 35, and high chrome steel is adopted as the material of the inner rotor disc 36. However, when the steam temperature is low, the Ni-base alloy material does not always have to be adopted as the outer rotor disc 35. The tolerable temperature of the material of the Ni-base alloy is the highest, and the tolerable temperatures of high chrome steel and low alloy steel are lower in this sequence. Depending on the steam temperature, a high chrome steel material with a tolerable temperature lower than that of Ni-base alloys is desirably adopted.
The present embodiment is the example in which a high chrome steel material is applied to the outer rotor disc, and a low alloy steel material with a lower tolerable temperature is adopted for the inner rotor disc 36. The high chrome steel material is less expensive, and makes production of a large steel ingot easy. As a result, the rotor disc can be provided more easily.
It should be further understood by those skilled in the art that although the foregoing description has been made on embodiments of the invention, the invention is not limited thereto and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.
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