EP1752611B1 - Turbine pour une centrale thermique avec dispositif de fixation - Google Patents

Turbine pour une centrale thermique avec dispositif de fixation Download PDF

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EP1752611B1
EP1752611B1 EP20050017643 EP05017643A EP1752611B1 EP 1752611 B1 EP1752611 B1 EP 1752611B1 EP 20050017643 EP20050017643 EP 20050017643 EP 05017643 A EP05017643 A EP 05017643A EP 1752611 B1 EP1752611 B1 EP 1752611B1
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Derek Hopkinson
Christoph Dr. Richter
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D5/00—Blades; Blade-carrying members; Heating, heat-insulating, cooling or antivibration means on the blades or the members
    • F01D5/30—Fixing blades to rotors; Blade roots ; Blade spacers
    • F01D5/32—Locking, e.g. by final locking blades or keys
    • F01D5/323—Locking of axial insertion type blades by means of a key or the like parallel to the axis of the rotor
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2250/00—Geometry
    • F05D2250/40—Movement of components
    • F05D2250/41—Movement of components with one degree of freedom
    • F05D2250/411—Movement of components with one degree of freedom in rotation

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  • the invention relates to a turbine for a thermal power plant comprising a rotor, at least one blade having a blade root engaged to the rotor via a groove/bar-connection and a locking device being arranged between the blade root and the rotor for blocking a relative movement in at least one direction between the blade root and the rotor.
  • Turbines currently known in the state of the art comprise axially assembled blades.
  • low pressure steam turbine blades comprise blade feet, which are secured in axial and radial direction in order to keep the blade in the rotor groove and to prevent it from rocking motion.
  • rocking motion would eventually damage the surfaces of the blade feet and/or rotor grooves leading to early retirement of the parts involved.
  • US 3986779 discloses a locking device for releasably fastening parts to rotors of fluid flow machines.
  • a caulking piece is inserted in respective rotor grooves for radial locking.
  • Axial locking is achieved by inserting locking strips in tangential rotor grooves.
  • a turbine for a thermal power plant according to the above type which is characterized in that the locking device comprises a rotatable cam-disc according to claim 1..
  • the cam-disc of the locking device By rotating the cam-disc of the locking device from a position, in which the blade root and the rotor abut to the cam-disc at locations away from the lobe to a position, in which the lobe contacts the blade root or the rotor, the blade root and the rotor are pushed apart.
  • the resulting locking of the respective blade root to the rotor can therefore be achieved in a simple assembly operation, namely by merely rotating the cam-disc. This results in a cost efficient assembly process.
  • the locking device can be manufactured of only one single part, which further reduces the cost of the device.
  • the locking of the respective blade root to the rotor can easily be resolved by rotating the cam-disc back into its original position.
  • the blade root can therefore be easily disassembled according to the inventive solution.
  • a new turbine blade can subsequently be installed using the same locking device by rotating the same into its locking position.
  • no grooves in highly loaded zones of the rotor and the blade have to be provided. This increases the durability of the rotor and the respective blades and therefore of the overall turbine.
  • the cam-disc is arranged to create a radial force between the rotor and the blade root in the area of the groove/bar-connection by rotating the cam-disc.
  • the cam-disc is arranged such that its rotational axis is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
  • the rotational axis of the cam-disk is arranged with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotor at an angle in the range from 0° to 40°, preferably in the range from 20° to 30°. This allows a locking of the respective turbine blade in at least a radial direction.
  • the locking device further comprises a preferably bendable cam-shaft connected to the cam-disc and arranged in parallel or substantially in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor, in particular at an angle in the range from 0° to 40°, preferably in the range from 20° to 30° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
  • the cam-shaft allows the rotatable cam-disc to be easily operated from the outside of the turbine.
  • the locking device is therefore accessible from one side, preferably from the outlet side of the turbine.
  • the cam-shaft has a turn-key insert, preferably an Inbuskey insert. This way, the locking device can be operated using standard tools.
  • the operation of the inventive turbine is designed service friendly due to the cam-shaft.
  • the cam-shaft further improves the positional stability of the cam-disc, as due to the cam-shaft being arranged between the blade root and the rotor the cam-disc attached thereto is stabilized in a position in which its face sides are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
  • an "elastic" force can be created between the blade root and the rotor by turning the cam-disc to a position in which the cam-shaft is bent due to the interaction of the lobe on the cam-disc with the blade root.
  • the "elastic" force created therewith keeps a sufficient value over a wide range of rotor operation. This also allows an intentional radial motion of the blade relative to the rotor.
  • the blade root and/or the rotor each have a respective disc recess adapted to accommodate a respective portion of the cam-disc when oriented with its rotation axis being parallel or substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rotor, in particular at an angle in the range from 0° to 40°, preferably in the range from 20° to 30° with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rotor. That means, the cam-disc extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rotor.
  • the respective disc recesses in the blade root and the rotor allow for axial locking of the turbine blade to the rotor.
  • the cam-disc In order to move the turbine blade relative to the rotor in longitudinal direction, the cam-disc would have to be sheared off the cam-shaft. Hence, a positive fit is achieved.
  • only one locking device is required for blocking both radial and axial movement of a respective blade root relative to the rotor.
  • the rotor has a shaft recess adjoining the disc recess in the rotor and extending along a portion of the cam-shaft, the radial depth of the shaft recess being smaller than the radial depth of the disc recess in the rotor.
  • a correspondingly configured shaft recess allows for the cam-shaft to be bent when rotating the cam-disc to a locked position.
  • the cam-disc comprises at least two lobes, one of which preferably has a larger peak radius than the other one.
  • the respective minimum radii of the angular ranges between the at least two lobes have at least two different values. That allows the cam-disc to be arranged in a first rotational position, in which the angular range between the at least two lobes having the smaller value faces towards the blade root. In this rotation position the blade root can be engaged with the rotor by sliding the same along the rotor in a longitudinal direction of the rotor, such that the bar and the groove of the groove/bar connection slide into each other. In this sliding operation the blade root can slide over the cam-disc.
  • the cam-disc can be rotated to an orientation, in which the angular range between the at least two lobes having the larger radius faces towards the blade root and therewith protrudes into the disc recess of the blade root.
  • the cam-disc can be oriented in a so-called equilibrium range, which means the cam-disc is in a stable locking position between the at least two lobes.
  • An undesired unlocking of the blade root by a rotation of the cam-disc induced by vibration movement during the operation of the turbine is prevented by the at least two lobes delimiting the possible movement of the cam-disc with respect to the blade root to the angular range between the two lobes.
  • the at least one lobe contains a blocking lobe, which has a peak radius being adapted, such that the respective portion of the cam-disc exceeds the depth of the disc recess in the blade root and/or the rotor in a way that it blocks and/or resists a full revolution of the cam-disc.
  • the peak radius of the blocking lobe can be made larger than the peak radius of the safeguard lobe, but can also be made equal to that radius. This feature improves the locking reliability of the blade root to the rotor, as it helps prevent an undesired unlocking of the connection.
  • the connection between the blade root and the rotor can only easily be unlocked by rotating the cam-disc reversely to the rotation direction employed for locking the connection.
  • Rotating the cam-disc in the same direction is not or not easily possible due to the presence of the locking lobe. This effect also increases the user friendliness of the locking device, as the operator is prevented by the blocking lobe of rotating the cam-disc too far during the locking operation.
  • the at least one lobe contains a safeguard lobe, which has a peak radius being adapted, such that the respective portion of the cam-disc exceeds the depth of the recess in the blade root in a way that the cam-disc can only be rotated beyond by simultaneously bending the cam-shaft. That means, in order to unlock the groove/bar-connection the cam-disc has to be rotated against a "resistance" generated by the safeguard lobe, which can only be overcome by causing the cam-shaft to bend. This feature further prevents an unintentional unlocking of the groove/bar-connection caused for example by vibrations generated during the operation of the turbine.
  • the groove/bar-connection comprises an undercut groove and a correspondingly bulged bar, preferably a groove and a bar each having a fir-tree profile.
  • the groove and the bar can have a dove tail profile. This way the engagement between the blade root and the rotor is particularly robust. A radial force generated by the locking device, pushing the rotor and the blade root apart causes the engagement between the undercut groove and the correspondingly bulged bar to be locked.
  • Fig. 1 depicts a sectional view of a connection portion between a turbine rotor 10 of a thermal power plant having a rotor axis 11 and a blade root 12 of a turbine blade.
  • the blade root 12 can have a straight bottom, as shown in Fig. 1 , or a curved bottom.
  • the turbine blade is a substantially axially assembled blade that means for assembly the blade root 12 is slid in a linear or curved path oriented at a small angle towards the direction of the rotor axis 11, which is the horizontal direction in Fig. 1 , into a rotor groove 13 shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the rotor groove 13 has a fir-tree profile and is adapted to the profile of the correspondingly shaped blade root 12.
  • the rotor groove 13 and the blade root 12 can have a dove tail profile.
  • the blade root 12 and the rotor groove 13 engage in a radial direction of the turbine rotor 10, which corresponds to the vertical direction in Fig. 1 and 2 . That means, the engagement between the blade root 12 and the rotor groove 13 prevents the blade root 12 from slipping out of the rotor groove 13 in a radial direction.
  • the locking device 14 comprises a cam-shaft 18 arranged parallel to the rotor axis 11 and a cam-disc 16 arranged at one end of the cam-shaft 18.
  • the cam-disc 16 protrudes both into a disc recess 22 of the rotor 10 and a disc recess 24 of the blade root 12.
  • Adjoining the disc recess 22 of the rotor 10 a shaft recess 20 of smaller radial depth in comparison to the disc recess 22 is provided in the rotor 10. As illustrated in Figs.
  • the shaft recess 20 allows a bending of the cam-shaft 18 if a radial force F is applied to the cam-disc 16 arranged at the front end of the cam-shaft 18.
  • Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the locking device 14.
  • the profile of the cam-disc 16 in the plane of the face of the cam-disc 16 is shown in detail in Figs. 4a and 4b.
  • Fig. 4a shows the profile of the cam-disc 16 in Cartesian and polar coordinates
  • Fig. 4b shows this profile in polar coordinates.
  • the radius r is plotted developed against the angle ⁇ .
  • the locking device 14 is arranged in a rotation position, as shown in Fig. 2 , in which the portion with the minimum radius 32 faces radially outwards with respect to the rotor axis 11.
  • the blade root 12 can be slid in and out of rotor groove 13 without interference with the cam-disc 16, that means the blade root 12 can slide over the cam-disc 16.
  • the cam-disc 16 is rotated via a turn-key insert 34 at the opposite face of the cam-shaft 18 and/or at the face of the cam disc 16 (not shown in the figures).
  • the turn-key insert 34 can be operated via an Inbuskey or a similar tool.
  • By rotating the cam-disc 16 its outer perimeter is extended into the disc recess 24 of the blade root 12.
  • the safeguard lobe 26 hits against the bottom portion of the disc recess 24. This creates a force acting on the blade root 12 and reacting on the cam-disc 16.
  • the cam-shaft 18 bends as shown in Fig 5b .
  • the locking device 14 In order to unlock the blade root 12 the locking device 14 has to be rotated reversely to the rotation direction employed for locking the blade root 12. That means, using an Inbuskey the locking device 14 is rotated via the safeguard lobe 26 back to a position with the minimum radius 32 facing towards the disc recess 24 of the blade root 12.

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Claims (8)

  1. Turbine pour une centrale électrique thermique, comprenant un rotor (10), au moins une aube ayant un talon (12) assemblée au rotor (10) par un assemblage (12, 13) à rainure et languette et un dispositif (14) de verrouillage, disposé entre le talon (12) et le rotor (10), pour empêcher un mouvement relatif dans au moins une direction entre le talon (12) et le rotor (10),
    dans laquelle le dispositif (14) de verrouillage comprend un disque (16) à came, pouvant tourner et ayant au moins un lobe (26, 28), le talon (12) et/ou le rotor ayant chacun un évidement (22, 24) respectif de disque conçu pour loger une partie respective du disque (16) à came lorsque son axe de rotation est sensiblement parallèle à l'axe longitudinal du rotor (10), caractérisée en ce que le disque (16) à came comprend au moins deux lobes (26, 28), l'un d'entre eux ayant de préférence un rayon de crête plus grand que l'autre, et au moins un lobe (26, 28) comporte un lobe (28) de blocage, qui a un rayon de crête conçu de façon à ce que la partie respective du disque à came excède la profondeur de l'évidement (24) de disque dans le talon (12) et/ou le rotor (10) de façon à ce qu'elle se bloque et/ou résiste à une révolution complète du disque (16) à came.
  2. Turbine suivant la revendication 1,
    dans laquelle le disque (16) à came est disposé pour créer une force radiale entre le rotor (10) et le talon (12) dans la zone de l'assemblage (12, 13) à rainure et languette en faisant tourner le disque (16) à came.
  3. Turbine suivant la revendication 1 ou 2,
    dans laquelle le dispositif de verrouillage comprend en outre un arbre (18) à came, pouvant de préférence être courbé, relié au disque (16) à came et disposé de manière sensiblement parallèle à l'axe longitudinal du rotor (10), en faisant en particulier un angle de l'ordre de 0° à 40°, de préférence de l'ordre de 20° à 30° avec l'axe longitudinal du rotor (10).
  4. Turbine suivant la revendication 1,
    dans laquelle le rotor (10) a un évidement (20) d'arbre voisin de l'évidement (22) de disque dans le rotor (10) et s'étendant le long d'une partie de l'arbre (18) à came, la profondeur radiale de l'évidement (20) d'arbre étant plus petite que la profondeur radiale de l'évidement (22) de disque dans le rotor (10).
  5. Turbine suivant la revendication 1,
    dans laquelle les rayons minimum respectifs des plages angulaires entrent les au moins deux lobes (26, 28) ont au moins deux valeurs différentes.
  6. Turbine suivant la revendication 1 ou 5,
    dans laquelle l'un des rayons minimum est conçu de façon à ce que la partie respective du disque (16) à came ne fasse pas saillie dans l'évidement (24) du disque du talon (12) dans une position en rotation du dispositif de verrouillage, dans laquelle la partie respective fait face à l'évidement (24) du disque.
  7. Turbine suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    dans laquelle le au moins un lobe (26, 28) contient un lobe (26) de sauvegarde, qui a un rayon de crête conçu de façon à ce que la partie respective du disque (16) à came dépasse la profondeur de l'évidement (24) du disque dans le talon (12) de façon à ce que le disque (16) à came puisse tourner au-delà seulement en courbant simultanément l'arbre (18) à came.
  8. Turbine suivant l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes,
    dans laquelle l'assemblage (12, 13) à rainure/languette comprend une rainure (13) en contre dépouille et une languette (12) renflée correspondante, de préférence une rainure (13) et une languette (12) ayant chacune un profil en forme de conifère.
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