Guide vane adjusting device and turbomachine

• US 10,400,622 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 09/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: MAN Energy Solutions SE (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Leopold, Lennart
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Long T
• Application Number:
  US15/566,508
• Publication Number:
  US 20180119566A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,251 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 17/162 for axial flow, i.e. the vanes turning around axes which are essentially perpendicular to the rotor centre line F01D17/167 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 9/041 using blades F01D5/148 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/57 using servos, independent actuators, etc.

Abstract

A guide vane adjusting device for rotating guide vanes in a guide vane assembly having a driveshaft and a control ring that transmits a driveshaft rotation of the driveshaft to rotate the guide vanes. Each guide vane has a front and a rear vane part, which can be rotatable relative to each other about a respective guide vane rotational axis. The driveshaft is directly coupled to one of the guide vanes such that the vane parts are directly rotated without the interposition of the control ring. The driveshaft is indirectly coupled to the other guide vanes such that the guide vane parts are rotated indirectly with the interposition of the control ring. A respective drive lever acts on a bearing pin of the front vane part and a bearing pin of the rear vane part of the guide vane. The drive lever are coupled together via a respective coupling device.

Claims

1. A guide vane adjusting device for a turbomachine, configured to rotate a plurality of guide vanes grouped into a guide vane ring about guide vane axes of rotation extending in radial direction of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring, each guide vane has a front vane part and a rear vane part, each of which can be rotated relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation, comprising:

a driveshaft configured to be coupled to and driven by a drive motor;

a control ring that transmits a rotation of the driveshaft for rotating guide vanes of the guide vane ring to the plurality of guide vanes,

wherein, the driveshaft is directly coupled to one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring is directly rotatable relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation by the driveshaft without interposition of the control ring,

wherein the driveshaft is indirectly coupled to the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring are indirectly rotatable relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation by the driveshaft with interposition of the control ring;

a respective drive lever that act on a respective bearing pin of each front vane part and a respective bearing pin of each rear vane part of the guide vane; and

a respective coupling device that couples the respective drive lever of each respective guide vane,

wherein respective guide vane are synchronously rotatable.

2. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein one of:

each bearing pin of the front vane part of each guide vane is a solid shaft and each bearing pin of the rear vane part of each guide vane is a hollow shaft, which run concentrically relative to one another, and

each bearing pin of the front vane part of each guide vane is a hollow shaft and each bearing pin of the rear vane part of each guide vane is a solid shaft, which run concentrically relative to one another.

3. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein in a region of the guide vanes, one of the drive levers, which acts on the bearing pins of the vane parts of the respective guide vane, are coupled to the control ring.

4. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 3, wherein the control ring is displaceable in circumferential direction and in axial direction so that forces at coupling points between the control ring and the drive levers coupled to the control ring in an articulated manner run perpendicularly to the drive levers.

5. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 3,

wherein in a region of the guide vane that is directly driveable by the driveshaft one of the vane parts is coupled to the control ring via one of the driver levers of the guide vane in an articulated manner, and

wherein in that in the region of the guide vanes that are indirectly driveable starting out from the driveshaft one of the vane parts is likewise coupled to the control ring via one of the drive levers of the respective guide vane in an articulated manner.

6. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 3, wherein the drive levers, via which a first of the vane parts of the guide vanes are coupled to the control ring, are multi-part levers, wherein a first segment of each multi-part lever is rigidly coupled to a respective vane part of the respective guide vane, whereas a second segment of the multi-part lever is coupled to the control ring in an articulated manner, and wherein the first segment is coupled to the second segment in an articulated manner.

7. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 6, wherein the drive levers, which act on respective other vane part, are designed as one-piece levers.

8. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 1, wherein the drive motor is a servo motor.

9. A guide vane adjusting device for a turbomachine, configured to rotate a plurality of guide vanes grouped into a guide vane ring about guide vane axes of rotation extending in radial direction of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring, each guide vane has a front vane part and a rear vane part, each of which can be rotated relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation, comprising:

a driveshaft configured to be coupled to and driven by a drive motor;

a control ring that transmits a rotation of the driveshaft for rotating guide vanes of the guide vane ring to the plurality of guide vanes,

wherein, the driveshaft is directly coupled to one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring is directly rotatable by the driveshaft without interposition of the control ring,

wherein the driveshaft is indirectly coupled to the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring are indirectly rotatable by the driveshaft with interposition of the control ring;

a respective drive lever that act on a respective bearing pin of each front vane part and a respective bearing pin of each rear vane part of the guide vane; and

a respective coupling device that couples the respective drive lever of each respective guide vane,

wherein respective guide vane are synchronously rotatable,

wherein in a region of the guide vanes the respective coupling device is coupled to one of the drive levers about an axis running parallel to a respective guide vane axis of rotation, the respective coupling device is coupled to the other drive lever via a pin guided in a guide groove of a respective other drive lever and in a guide groove of a housing structure of the guide vane ring.

10. The guide vane adjusting device according to claim 9, wherein a form of the respective guide groove of the housing structure determines a ratio of angles of rotation between respective front vane parts and respective rear vane parts.

11. A turbomachine comprising:

a rotor comprising moving blades;

a stator comprising guide vanes, wherein the guide vanes form at least one guide vane ring and wherein the guide vanes of at least one guide vane ring are adjustable by a guide vane adjusting device, wherein the guide vane adjusting device comprises;

a driveshaft configured to be coupled to and driven by a drive motor;

a control ring that transmits a rotation of the driveshaft for rotating guide vanes of the guide vane ring to the plurality of guide vanes,

wherein, the driveshaft is directly coupled to one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the one of the guide vanes of the guide vane ring is directly rotatable relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation by the driveshaft without interposition of the control ring,

wherein the driveshaft is indirectly coupled to the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring such that the vane parts of the other guide vanes of the guide vane ring are indirectly rotatable relative to one another about a common respective guide vane axis of rotation by the driveshaft with interposition of the control ring;

a respective drive lever that act on a respective bearing pin of each front vane part and a respective bearing pin of each rear vane part of the guide vane; and

a respective coupling device that couples the respective drive lever of each respective guide vane,

wherein respective guide vane are synchronously rotatable.