Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling a temperature of a turbine casing and a turbine rotor in a gas turbine, which method and apparatus enables a maintaining of an optimum gap at a tip end of the rotor blades of the gas turbine over an entire operating range by independently controlling the amounts of heat energy supplied to a space of the turbine casing and the turbine rotor.

Abstract: A combined gas turbine plant comprises an air compressor, a combustor including a combustion chamber, a gas turbine, a steam turbine, and an exhaust heat recovery device having a denitration device and arranged at a location through which an exhaust gas passage for leading exhaust gas from the gas turbine to the atmosphere extends. An air extraction pipe equipped with a valve is provided for extracting a part of the air from the air compressor to prevent surging of the air compressor during starting of the plant, and another air extraction pipe equipped with a valve is provided for extracting a part of the air from an air passage extending from the compressor to the combustion chamber to improve stability of a flame and combustibility in the combustion chamber during the plant starting. The extraction pipes extend to and hence lead the extracted air into a portion of the exhaust gas passage located downstream of the denitration device.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor for reducing a production of NOx. The combustor includes a head combustion chamber and a rear combustion chamber which is larger in diameter than the head combustion chamber. The head combustion chamber is provided with an axially extending hollow frustoconical tubular member to form an annular combustion space therein, air holes for axially jetting air into the annular combustion chamber, air holes formed on a peripheral wall for injecting air and a plurality of fuel nozzles projected into the annular combustion space for injecting fuel into vortex formed by the air jet and the injected air flow whereby the flame is stabilized and lean combustion can be effected. The rear combustion chamber has a fuel and air supply means on the upstream side which includes air inlets formed by whirling vanes and fuel nozzles disposed in the air inlets so that fuel and air are mixed well.

Abstract: A gas turbine cooling apparatus is disclosed in which a flow sleeve is provided to surround a combustor liner and a tail pipe substantially over their full length. A group of small holes for impinge-cooling an outer wall of the tail pipe are formed in a region of the flow sleeve close to a turbine. Further, opening portion for introducing cooling air are provided closer to the combustor liner than the small holes. Thus, the outer wall of the tail pipe and the wall of the combustor liner are cooled by the cooling air flowing between the tail pipe, the combustor liner and the flow sleeve.

Abstract: A heat resistant steel of the present invention contains 0.05 to 0.2 wt. % of C, less than 0.5 wt. % of Si, less than 0.6 wt. % of Mn, 8 to 13 wt. % of Cr, 1.5 to 3 wt. % of Mo, 2 to 3 wt. % of Ni, 0.05 to 0.3 wt. % of V, 0.02 to 0.2 wt. % in total of either or both of Nb and Ta, 0.02 to 0.1 wt. % of N and the balance substantially Fe. Since a gas turbine of the present invention is constituted by members, such as discs, blades, shafts and so forth, made of alloys of this kind, the gas turbine has a structure in which it is possible to achieve a high level of creep rupture strength and Charpy impact value.

Abstract: In a combustion air flow rate adjusting device in which a cylindrical regulating ring fitted about an outer peripheral surface of an inner cylinder of a gas turbine combustor is translated along the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder in order to vary an opening area of air intake ports formed in the peripheral wall of the inner cylinder, an arcuately moving part at a forward end of a lever fixedly connected to a forward end of a shaft extending inwardly through a peripheral wall of an outer cylinder of the gas turbine combustor is connected to a part reciprocating together with the regulating ring, by leaf springs.

Abstract: A cobalt-base alloy comprises 0.2-1 wt % C 0.4-2 wt % Si, 0.2-1.5 wt % Mn, 5-15 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % Ni, 20-35 wt % Cr, 3-15 wt % W, 0.003-0.1 wt % B, 0.05-1 wt % Nb, 0.01-1 wt % Ta, 2 wt % or less Fe, 30 ppm or less oxygen, 100 ppm or less nitrogen, and the balance of 45 wt % or more Co, wherein the content of Si is larger than that of Mn. The alloy is in a form of casting and has a structure containing a eutectic carbide and a secondary carbide dispersed therein. The cast alloy is produced through solution treatment at 1,100.degree.-1.200.degree. C., and aging treatment at 950.degree.-1,050.degree. C., and cooling rate after the solution treatment and after the aging treatment is 150.degree. to 300.degree. C./h. A gas turbine nozzle is made of a casting of the above-mentioned alloy.

Abstract: The penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) are disposed inside the cooling passage (8) at positions so as to penetrate through the cooling passage (8), and have both of ends thereof fixed to the rear side wall (17) and the body side wall (18). The projecting members (33) (34A, 34B) are disposed inside the cooling passage (8) so as to project from the rear side wall (17) or the body side wall (18). The rectification ribs (36) are disposed at intermediate positions between the penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) or the projecting members (33, 34A, 34B). The penetrating members (21, 35, 37, 38, 39) or the projecting members (33, 34A, 34B) disturbs the main stream (3a) of the cooling fluid (3) near the internal partition (19) in both directions of the leading edge wall (16) and the first internal partition (19) and make the main stream (3a ) non-uniformly or causes its channelling.

Abstract: A combustor of two-stage combustion type in which fuel is supplied only from primary fuel nozzles for combustion only in primary combustion chamber under the operating condition where gas turbine load is low, and premixed mixture is supplied into a secondary combustion chamber provided on the downstream side of the primary combustion chamber for combustion in both the primary and secondary combustion chambers under the operating condition where the load is high. An air-bleed passageway opens on a downstream side of air holes for intaking secondary combustion air to be mixed with secondary fuel and communicates with the outside of the combustor. The air-bleed passageway is provided with a regulating valve and the secondary combustion air is bled at the minimum point of the load where the secondary fuel is supplied so that the fuel to air ratio of secondary premixed mixture may not be excessively lean, thereby reducing the production of non-burned components.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor has a plurality of burner units each having an inner tube defining a combustion chamber therein and an outer tube surrounding the inner tube coaxially therewith. A fuel is injected into the head portion of the inner tube and is burnt in the combustion chamber to produce hot combustion gases which are guided through a tail tube to stationary blades of a gas turbine. Combustion air is supplied through an annular passage between the inner and outer tubes from the area around the tail tube to the head portion of the inner tube. A flow-uniformalizing tube is disposed between the inner and outer tubes to cooperate with the inner tube to define therebetween an air passage.

Abstract: A method of starting a gas turbine plant, which plant has at least one combustor including a primary combustion chamber into which primary fuel nozzles open and a secondary combustion chamber into which secondary fuel nozzles open, a compressor for supplying the combustor with compressed combustion air, and a gas turbine driven by the combustion gas generated in the combustor and adapted to drive a load such as an electric power generator. When the gas turbine is being accelerated to a rated speed or while the load is still below a normal load range, a fuel is supplied only to the primary fuel nozzle, whereas, in other loaded operation range, the fuel is supplied to both the primary and secondary fuel nozzles. Before the fuel supply to the secondary fuel nozzles is commenced, a part of the compressed air is bled through at least one air bleed pipe leading from the compressor and having an air bleed valve.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor having a head combustion chamber and a rear combustion chamber, with a plurality of air supply ports arranged in a circumferential wall of the rear combustion chamber, and a fuel nozzle. An outer cylinder forms a cylindrical air flow passage between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. A cylindrical control member is provided which is adapted to be movable in an axial direction for regulating an opening of the air supply ports. The control member is supported by a supporting means which is adapted to maintain a gap between the control member and the wall of the rear combustion chamber. The supporting member includes a flexible member for absorbing a deformation of the control member during the axial movement of the control member so that it is possible to prevent, if not avoid, mechanical wear on the control member and to reduce the No.sub.x concentration as well as obtain a highly reliable operation of the gas turbine combustor.

Abstract: A gas turbine combustor defines a combustion chamber for combustion of injected fuel and for introduction of the resultant hot combustion gas to nozzles of a gas turbine. The combustor has parts subjected to hot combustion gas during operation of the turbine, such as a cap connected to a fuel injection nozzle, a liner connected to the cap, and a transition piece connected to the liner. These parts subjected to the hot combustion gas are made from an alloy having a composition consisting essentially of 0.02 to 0.2 wt % of C, 15 to 30 wt % of Cr and 10 to 25 wt % of W.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement on material of a shroud for gas turbines. The material comprises 0.25-0.7 wt % C, 20-35 wt % Cr, 20-40 wt % Ni and balance Fe, and has an austenitic structure. The amount of the .sigma.-phase in this invention is less than 5% and Nv value (Electron Vacancy Number) is less than 2.8.

Abstract: Disclosed in a gas turbine nozzle having a superior thermal fatigue resistance. The gas turbine nozzle is made of a cast alloy consisting essentially of 0.1 to 1 wt % carbon, 0.1 to 2 wt % silicon, 0.1 to 2 wt % manganese, 20 to 35 wt % chromium, 0.001 to 0.1 wt % boron, 5 to 15 wt % of at least one of tungsten and molybdenum, 16 to 35 wt % cobalt and the balance nickel. The alloy has a heat-treated structure in which eutectic carbides and secondary carbides are dispersed in the matrix.

Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine having a plurality of liners defining combustion chambers, and transition pieces adapted to rectify the flow of the combustion gas discharged from the liners before the combustion gas is introduced to the turbine. A guide plate is disposed in the gap between each pair of adjacent transition pieces near the gas outlets of the latter so as to guide the flow of air to the radially outer surfaces of adjacent transition pieces, thereby to improve the cooling of these surfaces and, at the same time, to mechanically connect the adjacent transition pieces to suppress the vibration of the transition pieces.

Abstract: A rotor fixing device for turbines comprising rotor support means independent of the bearing and including an inner ring member split into at least two sections and formed on its inner peripheral surface with grooves complementary with packing teeth formed on an outer peripheral surface of the turbine rotor, and an outer ring member split into at least two sections and secured to a turbine casin for supporting the inner ring member, and means secured to stationary members of the turbine and adapted to be inserted into a space defined between a rotor wheel and a packing case head for constraining axial movement of the turbine rotor. The rotor support means is disposed adjacent each end portions of the turbine rotor. The turbine rotor can be fixedly supported in place in an assembled condition during transportation of the turbine. The rotor fixing device is removed from the turbine after completion of transportation thereof.

Abstract: Low pressure turbine installation comprising a casing, at least two groups of turbine stages mounted in said casing, each turbine stage having blades so arranged that a flow of steam passes through the respective turbine stages in contraflow manner, partition means in said casing for separating the opposed final stages of said turbine stages from each other, and steam exhausting means opened in the side walls of said casing in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of said turbine, said steam exhausting means being connected to condensers.