Abstract: A stationary blade includes a main unit having a hollow blade structure formed from a metal plate by plastic forming. The stationary blade includes a blade tail section. In a blade tail upper portion, the metal plate has a concave-shaped recess and a rib formed on an inner surface side thereof, and the metal plate further has slits formed by slitting on a blade pressure side thereof, so that droplets affixed on a blade surface can be guided into an inside of the hollow blade when the blade tail section is joined to the hollow blade main unit. The recess in the metal plate is covered so as to be lidded by a suction-side protrusion of a suction-side metal plate from a blade suction side to thereby form a hollow blade tail section. The metal plates are welded together to the main unit.

Abstract: A steam turbine according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a rotor configured to rotate about an axis; a casing which houses the rotor; and a first stage including a first-stage stationary vane fixed to an inner wall portion of the casing and a first-stage rotor blade fixed to the rotor at downstream of the first-stage stationary vane. The rotor includes a first cavity having a concave shape and being formed on a portion facing the first-stage stationary vane, the first cavity being in communication with an inner space defined between the inner wall portion and the rotor at upstream of the first-stage stationary vane. The first-stage stationary vane includes a first-stage through hole which is in communication with the first cavity and which is formed through the first-stage stationary vane in a radial direction.

Abstract: A stationary blade includes a main unit having a hollow blade structure formed from a metal plate by plastic forming. The stationary blade includes a blade tail section. In a blade tail upper portion, the metal plate has a concave-shaped recess and a rib formed on an inner surface side thereof and the metal plate further has slits formed by slitting on a blade pressure side thereof, so that droplets affixed on a blade surface can be guided into an inside of the hollow blade when the blade tail section is joined to the hollow blade main unit. The recess in the metal plate is covered so as to be lidded by a suction-side protrusion of a suction-side metal plate from a blade suction side to thereby form a hollow blade tail section. The metal plates are welded together to the main unit.

Abstract: A stationary blade includes a main unit having a hollow blade structure formed from a metal plate by plastic forming. The stationary blade includes a blade tail section. In a blade tail upper portion, the metal plate has a concave-shaped recess and a rib formed on an inner surface side thereof and the metal plate further has slits formed by slitting on a blade pressure side thereof, so that droplets affixed on a blade surface can be guided into an inside of the hollow blade when the blade tail section is joined to the hollow blade main unit. The recess in the metal plate is covered so as to be lidded by a suction-side protrusion of a suction-side metal plate from a blade suction side to thereby form a hollow blade tail section. The metal plates are welded together to the main unit.

Abstract: The present application provides a turbine nozzle. The turbine nozzle may include an airfoil with a leading edge and a trailing edge and a flow groove extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge.

Abstract: A stationary blade and a steam turbine capable of reducing self-excited vibrations with a simple configuration are provided. A stationary blade has a cavity, extending in a blade-width direction, formed therein and slits communicating between the cavity and the outside. A wave-shaped plate spring that is in sliding contact with at least one of a pressure-side member and a suction-side member is provided between the pressure-side member, which is a portion on the pressure side of the cavity, and the suction-side member, which is a portion on the suction side of the cavity. When the stationary blade is elastically deformed, the wave-shaped plate spring causes friction between itself and at least one of the pressure-side member and the suction-side member. This friction attenuates relative positional displacement between the pressure-side member and the suction-side member. Thus, self-excited vibrations occurring at the stationary blade can be reduced.

Abstract: A fan case for a gas turbine engine is provided to prevent water from pooling and freezing inside the fan case when the gas turbine is not in operation, and potentially prevent the engine from starting and/or cause engine damage. The fan case is therefore adapted to provide a drainage system allowing water to freely escape the fan case without compromising the structural integrity of the fan case. The fan case comprises: a hollow body; an abradable liner disposed inside the hollow body; a flange on the hollow body defining a surface for mating to a forward part of the engine; and, a first radial slot extending across the mating surface of the hollow body. The abradable liner has an inside surface for circumscribing the fan blades wherein the first radial slot is in a free-draining relation with the inside surface of the abradable liner.

Abstract: The axial-flow turbine includes an extraction chamber 15 disposed on the outer circumference of a turbine blade chamber 12 and an extraction opening 16. An outer diaphragm 8 forming the downstream-side wall surface of the extraction chamber 15 is provided with a projection 21 formed more radially inwardly than the downstream-side edge on the outer circumference of an adjacent bucket 2 on the upstream side of the extraction opening 16 to form the downstream-side wall surface of the extraction opening 16. The projection 21 forms an upstream-side wall surface 18 of the outer diaphragm 8 for leading a part of the working fluid to the extraction chamber 15, and an inner wall surface 19 of the outer diaphragm 8 for leading the remaining working fluid to a bucket 11 on the downstream side of the extraction opening 16.

Abstract: A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole.

Abstract: A turbomachine exhaust case having an annular groove perforated with an orifice in which there is mounted a drain, which is formed by a tubular cylindrical body, for discharging liquids retained in this groove is disclosed. The drain includes a skirt, formed at one end of the cylindrical body, for fastening the drain by crimping in the orifice in the groove of the case.

Abstract: A steam turbine includes two or more rotating blades and a diaphragm outer ring. Each of the rotating blades includes a tip cover, moisture-trapping grooves, a droplet ejection hole, and a drain guide groove. The tip cover is provided to a tip of each of the rotating blades and is connected in contact with another tip cover adjacent to the tip cover. The moisture-trapping grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of each of the rotating blades. The droplet ejection hole is to connect an outside of the tip cover on a side of the diaphragm outer ring with an inside of the tip cover. The drain guide groove is to connect ends of the moisture-trapping grooves on the side of the tip cover with the droplet ejection hole. The diaphragm outer ring includes a drain pocket which faces the droplet ejection hole.

Abstract: A system in a steam turbine for removing water droplets from the flowpath of a steam turbine that may include a groove for collecting water droplets, and a plurality of moisture removal holes originating within the groove. The groove may run in a circumferential manner around an outer sidewall of the steam turbine, be axially positioned upstream and in close proximity to the leading edge of a nozzle, and have a gradual slope at a leading edge and a steep wall at a trailing edge. The moisture removal holes may be a channel through the outer sidewall through which the water droplets that collect in the groove may flow.

Abstract: A steam turbine includes, in one exemplary embodiment, a rotor and a plurality of bucket stages coupled to the rotor with each bucket stage including a plurality of circumferentially spaced buckets coupled to the rotor. The steam turbine also includes a diaphragm assembly surrounding the rotor and the bucket stages, and an outer casing disposed about the rotor and diaphragm assembly. The diaphragm assembly includes a plurality of nozzle stages located between the bucket stages, a circumferentially extending groove, with the groove located upstream of one of the bucket stages and between that bucket stage and an adjacent nozzle stage, a circumferentially extending extraction chamber, and at least one first bore extending from the groove to the extraction chamber. The diaphragm assembly also includes at least one second bore extending from the extraction chamber through an outer surface of the diaphragm assembly.

Abstract: The present invention provides a filtration device combined with self-priming pump in which a filter replacement work is easy and safe, and removal of air inside of a pump and priming are not necessary.

Abstract: The discharge water means (1m) is provided within an area equal to or more than an area of the shroud extending to 20 degree points in both directions from a center that is a lowest portion of the ring portion (1h). Due to this, if water drops adhered to the surface of the blade wheel (1a) and the shroud (1c) are collected at the lower side thereof due to gravity, it is possible to readily discharge the water. As a result, as it is possible to prevent the water drops from being stored in a clearance between the blade wheel (1a) and the shroud (1c), even when the temperature of the atmosphere is low in a winter season or the like, it is possible to prevent a freezing lock phenomenon from occurring.

Abstract: Covers on bucket tips are provided with an access slot along a circumferentially facing edge of the cover at a location where moisture removal grooves of the bucket will intersect with the cover. Machine tooling is then applied to form the grooves along the suction side and adjacent the leading of the bucket. The machining runs out through the access slot forming grooves along the side edge of the bucket cover within the slot. The axial extent of the covers overlying leading and trailing edges of the buckets is maintained while enabling moisture removal by centrifugal action.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cool air circulating blower for a refrigerator. The blower comprises a blowing fan for blowing cool air, a motor for driving the blowing fan, and a shroud for guiding the cool air leaving the blowing fan. The shroud is designed to suppress generation of turbulence in such a manner that the cool air leaving the blowing fan is dispersed quickly and condensed water obtained by condensation of moisture laden in the cool air is guided to some places other than the motor, whereby the noise caused due to the turbulence is reduced, the power consumption is decreased, the blowing efficiency is improved, and any breakdown of the motor due to the condensed water is prevented.

Abstract: A process gas extraction device (10) for an axial compressor, having a high degree of adaptability to changes in the operating characteristics of the compressor; a casing (14) of the axial compressor is provided with a volute (15) for collecting process gas and the extraction device (10) comprises collecting structures (12) connected to this collecting volute (15).

Abstract: A gas turbine whose blades are cooled with cooling air has in its turbine part a device for the removal of dirt particles from the cooling air. The device consists of a first chamber in which the cooling air is collected, and a second chamber into which the cooling air from the first chamber is fed through conduit, and in which the dirt particles are removed from the cooling air. The conduit, above which a drop in pressure occurs, are oriented at an angle (&phgr;) in relation to the rotor axis so that the cooling air is accelerated in the tangential direction in relation to the rotor and moves in the circumferential direction of the rotor within the second chamber. Dirt particles are removed in the second chamber by centrifugal force from the cooling air in that they are driven outward and pass through the outlet openings into the gas stream of the turbine. The clean cooling air exits through radially further inward outlet openings into the cooling channels of the blades.

Abstract: An improved moisture removal pocket configuration is described that includes an axial extension of the moisture removal slot over the bucket cover. The pocket may omit the upstream gutter segment to achieve the desired slot extension. The modified moisture removal pocket configuration improves the moisture removal efficiency by providing access to the pocket for water that moves as a film along the nozzle outer side wall and is entrained in the leakage jet above the bucket cover.

Abstract: A gas compression device for compressing and separating a gas including a liquid phase and a gas phase, includes at least one inlet pipe for the wet gas, at least one compressed gas outlet pipe, a shaft and several compression stages. The device includes at least one compression stage suited for separation of the liquid phase and of the gas phase, one or more pipes designed for discharge of an essentially liquid phase resulting at least partly from the separation performed in a suitable compression stage. The device can be used for wet gas transportation in the petroleum field.

Abstract: The invention relates to a steam turbine, in particular a high-pressure turbine, which is enclosed by an inner casing, split into a top part and a bottom part, and an outer casing. The steam turbine, for the purpose of bleeding, has a bleed slot, which leads form the blade duct of the steam turbine through the inner casing. According to the invention, the inner casing has a shrink ring, which on the one hand holds together the bottom part and the top part of the inner casing and on the other hand forms an annular space above the bleed slot for the purpose of collecting bleed steam and passing it into a pipe connection. The shrink ring has a cavity in its center and flat sides being adapted to the outer surface of the inner casing. The cavity of the shrink ring, together with the outer surface of the inner casing, forms the enclosed, tight annular space. the shrink ring is distinguished by the few components and a short production and assembly time.