Patents by Inventor Chongfei DUAN
Chongfei DUAN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11898461Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISH HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
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Patent number: 11852032Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
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Patent number: 11773753Abstract: This turbine stator vane extends in the radial direction which intersects the flow direction of steam, and includes a pressure surface facing the upstream side in the flow direction, and a suction surface facing the downstream side in the flow direction. A plurality of grooves are formed in at least the pressure surface, the grooves extending outward in the radial direction toward the downstream side. At the periphery of the grooves in the pressure surface, formed is a hydrophilic uneven region having greater hydrophilic properties than the pressure surface. The downstream-side ends of the plurality of grooves are connected to slits for capturing a liquified component of the steam.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Mizumi, Soichiro Tabata, Chongfei Duan, Koji Ishibashi
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Patent number: 11753940Abstract: Provided is a steam turbine rotor blade having, at an intermediate position in a blade length direction thereof, a tie boss for connection to an adjacent blade, wherein the steam turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge side protrusion that is extending in an embankment shape in a blade chord length direction at an intermediate position in the blade length direction, a start end and a terminal end of the leading edge side protrusion are located on a suction side surface and a pressure side surface, respectively, and the leading edge side protrusion continues from the start end to the terminal end via a blade leading edge and arrangement thereof in the blade length direction overlaps with the tie boss as viewed from the upstream side.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata, Ryo Takata, Chongfei Duan
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Patent number: 11719132Abstract: A turbine stator blade (21) includes a pressure side (21P) extending in a radial direction intersecting a flow direction of steam, and facing upstream in the flow direction. A slit (5) extending in the radial direction and capturing a liquefied component of the steam is formed on a downstream side of the pressure side (21P). A hydrophilic uneven region (6) having a liquid film capacity greater than that of the pressure side (21P) by being recessed in a depth direction intersecting the pressure side (21P) is formed in a further upstream position than the slit (5). The hydrophilic uneven region (6) has a depth in the depth direction increasing and a flow resistance decreasing toward downstream and toward the slit (5).Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata
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Patent number: 11702947Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
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Publication number: 20230167746Abstract: This stationary turbine blade comprises: a stationary blade main body extending in the radial direction intersecting the flow direction of steam; a hydrophilic region which is formed on the surface of the stationary blade main body and which has a higher hydrophilicity than the other parts and has the radial dimension gradually increasing toward the downstream side in the flow direction; and a collecting portion which is provided on the downstream side of the hydrophilic region and which collects a liquid film flowing along the hydrophilic region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Shunsuke MIZUMI, Soichiro TABATA, Koji ISHIBASHI
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Patent number: 11655723Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
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Patent number: 11629610Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
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Publication number: 20230111300Abstract: A turbine includes a rotor including a rotation shaft that rotates around an axis and a blade row formed on an outer surface of the rotation shaft; a casing, which covers the rotor, has a casing inner surface being expanded radially outward approaching a downstream side of the casing in a direction of the axis; and an inner member body formed to line the casing inner surface of the casing such that an extraction port is formed between an upstream side end of the inner member body and the casing inner surface. A discharge port is formed between a downstream side end of the inner peripheral member body and the casing inner peripheral surface. The extraction port and the discharge port are formed in an annular shape centered on the axis. A flow path cross-sectional area of the discharge port is smaller than that of the extraction port.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Shigeo Ookura, Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Naoto Omura
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Patent number: 11519287Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
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Publication number: 20220381157Abstract: This turbine stator vane extends in the radial direction which intersects the flow direction of steam, and includes a pressure surface facing the upstream side in the flow direction, and a suction surface facing the downstream side in the flow direction. A plurality of grooves are formed in at least the pressure surface, the grooves extending outward in the radial direction toward the downstream side. At the periphery of the grooves in the pressure surface, formed is a hydrophilic uneven region having greater hydrophilic properties than the pressure surface. The downstream-side ends of the plurality of grooves are connected to slits for capturing a liquified component of the steam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Soichiro TABATA, Chongfei DUAN, Koji ISHIBASHI
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Publication number: 20220268161Abstract: A steam turbine provided with: a rotor; a plurality of movable blades each of which has a movable blade body and a shroud, and which are circumferentially arranged at intervals; a casing that has a recessed section for accommodating the shroud; fins that form clearances from the outer circumferential surface of the shroud; a stator blade support part disposed on the downstream side of the recessed section; a plurality of stator blades circumferentially arranged at intervals; and an annular partition plate that extends from a recessed section downstream surface toward the upstream side thereof. The casing has formed therein a bypass flow passage that communicates a region radially outside of the partition plate and a region between the stator blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA
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Publication number: 20220186628Abstract: A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Chongfei Duan, Hideaki Sugishita, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Hideki Ono, Kiyoshi Segawa, Hisataka Fukushima
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Patent number: 11352908Abstract: A turbine stator blade (21) includes a pressure side (21P) extending in a radial direction intersecting a flowing direction of steam and facing upstream in the flowing direction. A slit (5) capturing droplets generated by liquefaction of the steam is formed on a downstream side of the pressure side (21P). A fine uneven region (6), which guides the droplets attached to the pressure side (21P) in the radial direction such that the droplets are moved toward the slit (5) and from upstream toward downstream, is formed in a further upstream position than the slit (5). The fine uneven region (6) has a flow resistance to the droplets gradually increasing from inward to outward in the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Shunsuke Mizumi, Chongfei Duan, Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata
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Publication number: 20220162947Abstract: The turbine efficiency is improved by allowing water droplets being moved on a rotor blade surface to be released from the blade surface, while suppressing an influence on the aerodynamic performance of the rotor blade. Provided is a steam turbine rotor blade having, at an intermediate position in a blade length direction thereof, a tie boss for connection to an adjacent blade, wherein the steam turbine rotor blade includes a leading edge side protrusion that is extending in an embankment shape in a blade chord length direction at an intermediate position in the blade length direction, a start end and a terminal end of the leading edge side protrusion are located on a suction side surface and a pressure side surface, respectively, and the leading edge side protrusion continues from the start end to the terminal end via a blade leading edge and arrangement thereof in the blade length direction overlaps with the tie boss as viewed from the upstream side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Sasao, Soichiro Tabata, Ryo Takata, Chongfei Duan
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Publication number: 20220154586Abstract: A turbine stator blade (21) includes a pressure side (21P) extending in a radial direction intersecting a flow direction of steam, and facing upstream in the flow direction. A slit (5) extending in the radial direction and capturing a liquefied component of the steam is formed on a downstream side of the pressure side (21P). A hydrophilic uneven region (6) having a liquid film capacity greater than that of the pressure side (21P) by being recessed in a depth direction intersecting the pressure side (21P) is formed in a further upstream position than the slit (5). The hydrophilic uneven region (6) has a depth in the depth direction increasing and a flow resistance decreasing toward downstream and toward the slit (5).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Chongfei DUAN, Yasuhiro SASAO, Soichiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20220154585Abstract: A turbine stator blade (21) includes a pressure side (21P) extending in a radial direction intersecting a flowing direction of steam and facing upstream in the flowing direction. A slit (5) capturing droplets generated by liquefaction of the steam is formed on a downstream side of the pressure side (21P). A fine uneven region (6), which guides the droplets attached to the pressure side (21P) in the radial direction such that the droplets are moved toward the slit (5) and from upstream toward downstream, is formed in a further upstream position than the slit (5). The fine uneven region (6) has a flow resistance to the droplets gradually increasing from inward to outward in the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventors: Shunsuke MIZUMI, Chongfei DUAN, Yasuhiro SASAO, Soichiro TABATA
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Publication number: 20220127968Abstract: A rotating machine includes a hollow casing; a rotating body rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body to be offset to the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotating body; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; first guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction and in a circumferential direction of the rotating body at predetermined intervals; and a second guiding member provided in the chamber along the circumferential direction while intersecting the first guiding members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.Inventors: Hideki Ono, Chongfei Duan, Kazuyuki Matsumoto, Yoshihiro Kuwamura, Hisataka Fukushima, Hideaki Sugishita, Kiyoshi Segawa
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Publication number: 20220120188Abstract: A rotating machine includes a rotating body rotatably supported in a casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotating body; a stator blade arranged on a downstream side in a fluid flow direction with respect to the rotor blade and fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a sealing device arranged between the inner peripheral portion and a front end of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided in the casing on the downstream side from the sealing device along a circumferential direction of the rotating body; and guiding members provided in the swirling flow generation chamber along a radial direction of the rotating body and in the circumferential direction at predetermined intervals. The swirling flow generation chamber has a wall surface located on the downstream side from an edge of the stator blade on an upstream side.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2019Publication date: April 21, 2022Inventors: Chongfei DUAN, Hideaki SUGISHITA, Kazuyuki MATSUMOTO, Hideki ONO, Yoshihiro KUWAMURA, Kiyoshi SEGAWA, Hisataka FUKUSHIMA