摘要:
A shroud support includes an annular casing and an annular hanger spaced radially inwardly therefrom. The hanger includes a circumferentially extending flow duct therein and a base for radially supporting a shroud positionable radially over a plurality of circumferentially spaced turbine blades. The hanger is cooled by channeling a cooling fluid circumferentially inside the hanger flow duct for providing more uniform circumferential blade tip clearance and for better matching the thermal movement between the shroud and blade tips.
摘要:
A device for automatically controlling the rate of flow of turbine ventilation air in a turbo-machine comprises two superimposed ceramic rings which are split and are each fixed at a single point to a metal support so that differential expansion of the support and the two rings in response to the operating conditions of the turbo-machine causes the registry of peripherally disposed slots in the ceramic rings to vary and thereby control the rate of ventilation air flow therethrough in accordance with the turbo-machine operating conditions.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for optimizing the radial clearance of rotor and stator vanes with their opposed structure for axial flow compressors of gas turbine power plants in which rotor disks are vented and thermally controlled by compressed air taken from the main flow path in the compressor via openings in the inner surface of the main flow path at one or more of the compressor stages. The removed air is supplied to annular spaces formed between rotor and/or seal support disks.
摘要:
A system is provided inside a turbomachine for controlling operational clearance between a turbine rotor and a surrounding turbine shroud. The system comprises a plurality of control rings, integrated into the turbine casing, that are thermally expanded and contracted to control radial positioning of the turbine shroud. Compressor air is directed through internal passages in the rings to cause the expansion and contraction. The system utilizes the pressure and temperature of compressor air, in combination with size, location, and structure of the control rings to match thermal growth of the control rings and turbine shroud to thermal growth of the turbine rotors, thereby controlling clearance.
摘要:
Thermal matching of compounds in a gas turbine engine is achieved by providing the component with the highest rate of thermal expansion with an insulating sheet which is dimpled to contact the surface of the component at discrete spots leaving air spaces in between. The sheet is attached to the component by spot welding at a pre-determined number of areas to provide the necessary heat conducting paths between the insulation and the component to enable the expansion of the component to be matched with that of another component. Seal clearances can be reduced by matching the expansions of seal carrying components in this way.
摘要:
A shroud closely surronding a high thermal inertia rotor is provided with a support structure having low thermal inertia characteristics. The support structure is selectively exposed to different temperature mediums during transient operation by way of a thermal actuated valve so as to cause a rapid growth thereof during periods of engine acceleration and a slow shrinkage thereof during periods of deceleration of the engine. In this manner the clearance relationship between the shroud and enclosed rotor is maintained at a minimum during periods of steady-state and transitional operation to thereby increase the efficiency of the combination.
摘要:
A stator shroud ring assembly in which a turbine of a gas turbine engine is positioned with an annular gap of predetermined radial distance between the stator shroud ring and the periphery of the turbine rotor, the stator shroud ring assembly including a stator shroud ring constructed from at least one arcuate portion made of one material and at least one arcuate portion made of another material, the co-efficients of linear expansion of the materials employed and the total arcuate length employed of each material being such that the circumferential length of whole shroud ring will change with temperature by an amount corresponding to a predetermined effective co-efficient of linear expansion substantially equal to that of the rotor material.
摘要:
This invention shows a shroud construction located around the tips of the blades on a rotating body in an engine to provide a minimum clearance between the blade tips and the shroud during all conditions of operation-acceleration, steady state and deceleration. This shroud construction is connected to the end of two annular flanges which extend inwardly from an inner engine case towards the rotating member. The shroud member faces the blade tips and is arranged to have a flow of cooling fluid pass therethrough. Cooling vanes extend from the inner engine case into a duct through which fan air passes. Compressor air passes through the shroud construction.
摘要:
In order to maintain a substantially constant clearance between static and rotating sealing elements of a gas turbine engine, one of the elements is connected to a thermally expansible control tube which is fed with hot gas from the engine in direct proportion to the size of the sealing clearance e.g. by using fluid which has leaked through the seal. The control tube is additionally fed with cold air and vented to a low pressure via a restrictor. When the seal clearance is set to the desired value the pressures of hot and cold fluid are such that there is no flow along the control tube. Enlargement of the clearance gives an increase in pressure to the hot fluid which flows along the tube heating the tube and the resulting expansion reduces the sealing clearance. Reduction in sealing clearance reduces the pressure of the hot fluid so that the colder fluid flows along the tube and the resulting contraction enlarges the sealing clearance.