Composite turbine bucket assembly

Liotta, Gary Charles; Garcia-Crespo, Andres

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Title: Composite turbine bucket assembly

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A composite turbine blade assembly includes a ceramic blade including an airfoil portion, a shank portion and an attachment portion; and a transition assembly adapted to attach the ceramic blade to a turbine disk or rotor, the transition assembly including first and second transition components clamped together, trapping said ceramic airfoil therebetween. Interior surfaces of the first and second transition portions are formed to mate with the shank portion and the attachment portion of the ceramic blade, and exterior surfaces of said first and second transition components are formed to include an attachment feature enabling the transition assembly to be attached to the turbine rotor or disk.

Inventors:: Liotta, Gary Charles; Garcia-Crespo, Andres

Issue Date:: Tue May 20 00:00:00 EDT 2014

Research Org.:: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1132514

Patent Number(s):: 8727730

Application Number:: 12/754,689

Assignee:: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
F01D5/147 - {Construction, i.e. structural features, e.g. of weight-saving hollow blades
F01D5/282 - {Selecting composite materials, e.g. blades with reinforcing filaments}
F01D5/3007 - {of axial insertion type}
F01D5/3084 - {the blades being made of ceramics}

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 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
F05D2230/51 - in a modular way, e.g. using several identical or complementary parts or features
F05D2300/6033 - Ceramic matrix composites [CMC]

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DOE Contract Number:: FC26-05NT42643

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2010 Apr 06

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 42 ENGINEERING

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  abstractNote = {A composite turbine blade assembly includes a ceramic blade including an airfoil portion, a shank portion and an attachment portion; and a transition assembly adapted to attach the ceramic blade to a turbine disk or rotor, the transition assembly including first and second transition components clamped together, trapping said ceramic airfoil therebetween. Interior surfaces of the first and second transition portions are formed to mate with the shank portion and the attachment portion of the ceramic blade, and exterior surfaces of said first and second transition components are formed to include an attachment feature enabling the transition assembly to be attached to the turbine rotor or disk.},

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Turbine rotor with pin mounted ceramic turbine blades patent, April 1978

Turbine rotor with ceramic blades patent, June 1978

Blade attachment structure for gas turbine rotor patent, June 1978

Ceramic rotor blade assembly for a gas turbine engine patent, September 1978

Multiple-piece ceramic turbine blade patent, March 1979

Gas turbine bladed disk assembly patent, June 1986

Segmented composite inner shrouds patent, November 1991

Platform assembly for attaching rotor blades to a rotor disk patent, June 1993

Ceramic blade attachment system patent, December 1994

Ceramic blade attachment system patent, April 1995

Ceramic blade attachment system patent, April 1995

Ceramic blade attachment system patent, July 1995

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Ceramic blade attachment system patent, December 1996

Blade, turbine disc and hybrid type gas turbine blade patent, April 1998

Circular stage of vanes connected at internal ends thereof by a connecting ring patent, October 2000

Single crystal turbine components made using a moving zone transient liquid phase bonded sandwich construction patent, February 2001

Gas turbine flowpath structure patent, August 2006

Integral turbine blade and platform patent, July 2011

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Platform for a swing root turbomachinery blade
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Turbine rotor with pin mounted ceramic turbine blades
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Turbine rotor with ceramic blades
patent, June 1978

Blade attachment structure for gas turbine rotor
patent, June 1978

Ceramic rotor blade assembly for a gas turbine engine
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Multiple-piece ceramic turbine blade
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Gas turbine bladed disk assembly
patent, June 1986

Segmented composite inner shrouds
patent, November 1991

Platform assembly for attaching rotor blades to a rotor disk
patent, June 1993

Ceramic blade attachment system
patent, December 1994

Ceramic blade attachment system
patent, April 1995

Ceramic blade attachment system
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Ceramic blade attachment system
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Pin and roller attachment system for ceramic blades
patent, July 1995

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Blade, turbine disc and hybrid type gas turbine blade
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Circular stage of vanes connected at internal ends thereof by a connecting ring
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