Cooling scheme for turbine hot parts
Abstract
A closed-loop cooling scheme for cooling stationary combustion turbine components, such as vanes, ring segments and transitions, is provided. The cooling scheme comprises: (1) an annular coolant inlet chamber, situated between the cylinder and blade ring of a turbine, for housing coolant before being distributed to the turbine components; (2) an annular coolant exhaust chamber, situated between the cylinder and the blade ring and proximate the annular coolant inlet chamber, for collecting coolant exhaust from the turbine components; (3) a coolant inlet conduit for supplying the coolant to said coolant inlet chamber; (4) a coolant exhaust conduit for directing coolant from said coolant exhaust chamber; and (5) a piping arrangement for distributing the coolant to and directing coolant exhaust from the turbine components. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the cooling scheme further comprises static seals for sealing the blade ring to the cylinder and flexible joints for attaching the blade ring to the turbine components.
- Inventors:
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- Winter Park, FL
- Orlando, FL
- Oviedo, FL
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 873168
- Patent Number(s):
- 6105363
- Assignee:
- Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (Orlando, FL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL F01D - NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES F02C - GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-95MC32267
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- cooling; scheme; turbine; hot; closed-loop; stationary; combustion; components; vanes; segments; transitions; provided; comprises; annular; coolant; inlet; chamber; situated; cylinder; blade; housing; distributed; exhaust; proximate; collecting; conduit; supplying; directing; piping; arrangement; distributing; preferred; embodiments; static; seals; sealing; flexible; joints; attaching; inlet chamber; exhaust chamber; turbine hot; combustion turbine; preferred embodiments; preferred embodiment; turbine components; coolant inlet; inlet conduit; closed-loop cooling; turbine component; cooling station; directing coolant; cooling scheme; loop cooling; /60/415/
Citation Formats
Hultgren, Kent Goran, Owen, Brian Charles, Dowman, Steven Wayne, Nordlund, Raymond Scott, and Smith, Ricky Lee. Cooling scheme for turbine hot parts. United States: N. p., 2000.
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@article{osti_873168,
title = {Cooling scheme for turbine hot parts},
author = {Hultgren, Kent Goran and Owen, Brian Charles and Dowman, Steven Wayne and Nordlund, Raymond Scott and Smith, Ricky Lee},
abstractNote = {A closed-loop cooling scheme for cooling stationary combustion turbine components, such as vanes, ring segments and transitions, is provided. The cooling scheme comprises: (1) an annular coolant inlet chamber, situated between the cylinder and blade ring of a turbine, for housing coolant before being distributed to the turbine components; (2) an annular coolant exhaust chamber, situated between the cylinder and the blade ring and proximate the annular coolant inlet chamber, for collecting coolant exhaust from the turbine components; (3) a coolant inlet conduit for supplying the coolant to said coolant inlet chamber; (4) a coolant exhaust conduit for directing coolant from said coolant exhaust chamber; and (5) a piping arrangement for distributing the coolant to and directing coolant exhaust from the turbine components. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the cooling scheme further comprises static seals for sealing the blade ring to the cylinder and flexible joints for attaching the blade ring to the turbine components.},
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