Abstract: A steam-cooled combustor for a gas turbine has cooling steam passages, the steam flowing in opposite axial directions in adjacent channels.

Abstract: A combined cycle power plant has a gas turbine and an exhaust heat recovery boiler to which exhaust gas from the gas turbine is supplied. The exhaust heat recovery boiler is configured to generate steam for cooling. The combined cycle power plant has several elements: a cooling steam supply pipe; a cooling steam recovery pipe; and a cooling steam connecting pipe. The cooling steam connecting pipe has a cross-sectional area larger than cross-sectional areas of the cooling steam supply pipe and the cooling steam recovery pipe so that a pressure drop thereacross, as a whole, is small.

Abstract: Turbine blade of gas turbine etc. and gas turbine equipment using the turbine blade suppress occurrence of thermal stress caused by temperature difference and provide high reliability. In gas turbine equipment comprising rotational portion of rotor (1) and moving blade (2), stationary portion of casing (3), stationary blade (4), various supporting members, etc. and combustor, thermal stress reducing portion is provided in any one or both of moving blade joint adjacent portion (14a) between moving blade trailing edge portion (14) and platform (15) and stationary blade joint adjacent portion (20a) between stationary blade trailing edge portion (20) and shroud (18, 19). By the thermal stress reducing portion, undesirable thermal stress occurring in the blade joint adjacent portions (14a, 20a) is reduced and reliability of the turbine blade and the gas turbine equipment is enhanced.

Abstract: For the purpose of reduced NOx gas emission, a gas turbine engine comprises a cylinder having a combustion region inside of the cylinder; a resonator having a cavity and provided around the surface of the cylinder and sound absorption holes formed on the cylinder and having opening ends on the cylinder.

Abstract: In a stationary blade of a gas turbine, the pressure resisting strength can be decreased by using low-pressure cooling air, and effective cooling can be performed by means of a simple construction. An inside shroud 1 and an outside shroud 2 are cooled by cooling air passing through an impingement plate. A trailing edge portion of a blade portion 6, which is thin in shape, is cooled by cooling air flowing in an air passage 10. Part of this air is discharged through a hole 12 on the side of the inside shroud 1 as inside seal air for a combustion gas passage.

Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine includes a combustion tube acting as a combustion chamber. In the combustion tube, a cylindrical heat insulating member is disposed and forms a wall of the combustion chamber. Numerous cooling air passages are formed in the heat insulating member and extending in the axial direction between cooling air inlet disposed at one end of the heat insulating member and cooling air outlet disposed at the other end of the heat insulating member. The heat insulating member is attached to the inner surface of the combustion tube at its cooling air inlet side end and a seal ring is disposed around the outer circumference of the heat insulating member at a portion between the cooling air inlet side end and the cooling air outlet side end. The seal ring is made of heat resistant material and prevents cooling air flowing through the annular space between the inner surface of the combustion tube and the outer surface of the heat insulating member.

Abstract: A gas turbine cooled blade is constructed without an increase in the number of parts or time requirements, in which seal air is maintained at a lower temperature with the heat exchange rate being suppressed, and the heat transfer rate of the cooling medium in cooling passage is enhanced. A plurality of cooling passages (A, B, C, D, E) is provided in a blade, and the first row cooling passage (A) is covered at the blade inner and outer peripheries and communicates with the second row cooling passage (B) through communication holes (6) and with the main flow gas path through film cooling holes (7). The second row cooling passage (B) communicates with the blade inner peripheral cavity (10) to form a seal air supply passage. A plurality of ribs (31) are disposed on the inner wall of cooling passage (22) with a predetermined pitch (P).

Abstract: Gas turbine moving blade is improved so as to prevent occurrence of cracks caused by thermal stresses due to temperature differences between blade and platform when gas turbine is stopped. In steady operation time of moving blade (20), cooling air (40 to 43) enters cooling passages (23 to 26) to flow through cooling passages (23a, 24a to 24c, 25a to 25c) for cooling the blade (20) to then flow out of the blade (20). Recessed portion (1) having smooth curved surface is provided in platform (22) near blade fitting portion on blade trailing edge side. Fillet (R) of the blade fitting portion on the blade trailing edge side is formed with curved surface having curvature larger than conventional case. Hub slot below the fillet (R) for blowing air is formed having slot cross sectional area larger than other slots of blade trailing edge. TBC is applied to blade (20) surface.

Abstract: In gas turbine split rings, end faces having bent surfaces are formed in flanges. Adjoining split rings are coupled together with a groove therebetween to form a cylindrical split ring. Notches are formed in the flanges. These notches are sealed by inserting a seal plate into the notches of adjoining split rings. A hole for passing cooling air is drilled obliquely in the flange. Cooling air is allowed to flow out along the direction of rotation (of the turbine). This cooling air cools the outlet of the groove due to the effect of film cooling. Because of such cooling, high temperature gas is prevented from staying in this area, cooling effect is enhanced, and hence burning of the end portions can be prevented.

Abstract: In cooling a gas turbine stationary blade, steam and air are used as cooling media, the steam is recovered surely without leakage and used effectively, and the amount of air required for cooling is decreased to provide a margin for combustion air, by which the gas turbine efficiency is improved. A steam cooling section is provided at the rear from the blade leading edge, and an air cooling section is provided at the blade trailing edge. The steam cooling is effected by cooling the blade by the cooling steam flowing in the serpentine flow path having turbulators after impingement cooling of an outside shroud and by impingement-cooling an inside shroud during the cooling process, the cooling steam being led to a recovery section from the outside shroud. On the other hand, the air cooling section consists of an air flow path extending from the outside shroud to the inside shroud and slot cooling at the blade trailing edge.

Abstract: In a steam cooling system proposed heretofore, high-pressure steam is supplied into an internal space of a blade for effecting cooling thereof with the high-pressure steam to thereby recover heat energy. This system however suffers from problems concerning the strength of the blade and the like. The present invention solves these problems and provides a gas-turbine blade which does not suffer from problems concerning the strength thereof nor problems concerning the flow of high-pressure steam. To this end, a coolant flow passage is formed within the blade extending in the longitudinal direction of the blade, and reinforcing ribs which interconnects a dorsal wall and a ventral wall of the blade is disposed within the coolant flow passage so as to extend in the flow direction of the coolant. Hence, the strength of the blade can be ensured without any obstacle to the flow of the coolant.

Abstract: Stress occurring in a moving blade in a gas turbine stopping process is decreased. Time t1 is load decrease start or fuel throttling start, time t2 is no load operation start, time t3 is fuel shut-off and time t4 is a time of largest stress. A 4/4 load maintained until t1 decreases gradually to a 0/4 load at t2, which is then maintained until t3 and then decreases further. The rotational speed is the rated speed until t2, at which point it is controlled to be decreased gradually to about 60% of the rated rotational speed at t3. The metal differential temperature between a moving blade point A and a platform point B is constant until t1 and is then decreased slightly between t1 and t2 and between t2 and t3. Differential temperature &Dgr;t, largest after t3, occurs at t4.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gas turbine cooling moving blade and is applied to a large-sized blade for a high temperature so as to reduce its thickness and increase cooling efficiency and easily process the moving blade. A cavity is formed in the interior of the moving blade from the root portion to a shroud at the tip of the moving blade. Many turbulators are arranged in parallel with each other on an inner wall face of the moving blade. Cooling air from a turbine rotor enters the cavity formed within the moving blade from a cooling air inlet. This cooling air is dispersed and disturbed by the turbulators so that heat transfer is improved. Accordingly, the moving blade is efficiently cooled by the cooling air in comparison with a conventional cooling system having a multiplicity of holes. The cooling air is then discharged out of a cooling air outlet through air cooling holes of the shroud located at the tip of the moving blade.

Abstract: A sealing device for a gas turbine stator blade, in which an outer shroud (32) is mounted by heat insulating rings (32a,32b) on a blade ring (50). The blade ring (50) has a first air hole (1), which communicates with a space (53), and a second air hole (51), which communicates with a seal tube (2). The seal tube (2) is inserted into the second air hole (51), and a spring (6) is arranged between a projection (4) of the tube (2) and a retaining portion (5) of the air hole (51) to removably secure the seal tube (2). Cooling air (54) flows through the first air hole (1) to cool the shrouds and the inside of a stator blade (31) until it is released from the trailing edge of the blade. The cooling air also flows into a cavity (36) so that a high pressure can be maintained without a pressure loss because the tube (2) is independent of the space (53) in the blade ring.

Abstract: A number of air-transpiration holes (4) are provided at a leading edge portion (2) of a cooled blade (1). Cooling air flowing through a cooling air passage (15) formed inside of the blade blows out to the blade surface of the leading edge portion (2) of the cooled blade (1) by way of the air-transpiration holes (4), to thereby shower-head cool the surface of the leading edge portion (2). The air-transpiration holes (4) are formed so as to extend substantially orthogonal to the leading edge surface of the cooled blade (1) such that the acute-angled portions are eliminated, whereby thermal stress is reduced and cracking is prevented.

Abstract: In gas turbine cooled moving blade, a cooling air passage is made shortest and temperature elevation and pressure drop of the cooling air are suppressed. The cooling air passage (16) is bored in a turbine cylinder wall (15) located below a first stage stationary blade (11). The cooling air passage (16) communicates at one end (16a) with a turbine cylinder and at the other end (16b) with a space (13) between the stationary blade and the moving blade. The passage (16) is directed to an air inflow hole (6) provided in a shank portion (4) of a lower portion of a platform (2) of the moving blade (1). Cooling air is jetted from the cooling air passage (16) toward the air inflow hole (6) so as to flow into the shank portion (4) and then into the moving blade (1) for cooling thereof.

Abstract: A gas turbine moving blade platform having a simplified cooling structure for effecting uniform cooling of the platform. The platform (1) includes cavities (2, 3, 4) and an impingement plate (11) provided below the cavities (2, 3, 4). A cooling hole (5) communicates with cavity (2), cooling hole (6) communicated with cavity (3) and cooling holes (7, 8) communicate with cavity (4) and all of the cooling holes pass through the platform (1) at an inclined angle. Cooling air (70) flows into the cavities (2, 3, 4) through holes (12) in the impingement plate (11) for effecting impingement cooling of platform (1) plane portion. The cooling air (70) further flows through the cooling holes (5, 6, 7) to blow outside angularly upward for cooling peripheral portions of the platform. Thus, the platform is cooled uniformly, no lengthy and complicated cooling passage is provided, and workability is enhanced.

Abstract: A cooled moving blade for a gas turbine which has a blade profile capable of more effectively reducing thermal stress in a blade base portion and, thus, preventing cracks from occurring. A moving blade (1) is fixedly secured to a platform (2). On the other hand, a cooling air passage (3) is formed in a serpentine pattern inside of the blade for cooling with cooling air. The moving blade (1) has a base portion of a profile formed by an elliptically curved surface (11) and a rectilinear surface portion (12), wherein the rectilinear surface portion (12) is provided at a hub portion of the blade where thermal stress is large. The cross-sectional area of the blade is increased by providing the rectilinear surface portion (12) The heat capacity is increased, compared with the conventional blade, due to the increased cross-sectional area of the blade. This, in turn, results in a decrease of the temperature difference due to the thermal stress.

Abstract: A gas turbine seal structure provided between end portions of a moving blade platform and a stationary blade inside shroud. The sealing performance of the seal structure is improved by increasing the resistance to the flow of air. A seal plate (21, 31) is mounted to an end portion of a platform (2, 2′) of the moving blade (1) and a seal portion is formed by seal fins (22, 32) and a honeycomb seal (16, 17) disposed on a lower surface of an end portion (12a, 12b) of an inside shroud (12) of a stationary blade (11). Sealing air from the stationary blade (11) produces a high temperature in a cavity (14) and flows into a space (18, 19), and also air leaking from the cooling air of the moving blade (1) is able to escape into a high temperature combustion gas passage through a seal portion. However, since the seal plate has three seal fins (22, 32) that are inclined in a direction so as to oppose the air flow, air resistance is increased and the flow of air into the combustion gas passage is prevented.

Abstract: A gas turbine moving blade platform having a simplified platform cooling structure. A cooling effect of the platform side end portions is increased resulting in uniform cooling of the entire platform. Cooling passages (2, 3) are bored in the platform (1) front portion so as to communicate with a cooling air passage (52) of the moving blade (51) and open at both platform side end surfaces. The openings are closed by inserting covers (2a, 2b) therein. Cooling passages (6, 4) are bored in platform (1) side end portions so as to communicate with the front end cooling passages (2, 3), respectively, and open in the platform rear end surface. A plurality of cooling holes (5) are bored so as to communicate with the cooling passage (4) and open at the platform side end surface. Thus, the entire platform is cooled uniformly and the platform side portions are cooled by the cooling holes (5) so that an effective cooling performance is ensured and also the workability of the cooling lines is enhanced.