Turbine rotor

• US 8,596,982 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2010
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: mitsubishi hitachi power systems, ltd. (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Nishioka, Eiji, Arai, Masahiko, Doi, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Look, Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN
• Application Number:
  US12/821,433
• Publication Number:
  US 20100329849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,259 Days
• Field of Search: 295/251.4, 298/892, 298/892.1, 298/892.2, 415/199.5, 415/200, 415/216.1, 416/213.R, 416/244.A
• US Class Current: 416/213.R
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 5/063 Welded rotors welding per se B23K
• CPC Class Codes: F01D 5/081 Cooling fluid being directed on the side of the rotor disc or at the roots of the blades F01D5/087 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2220/31 in steam turbines
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2230/232 by welding

Abstract

A turbine rotor which is easy to manufacture and has a high tolerable temperature is provided. A highly efficient steam turbine power plant is also provided. The turbine rotor is configured from a rotor shaft, an inner rotor disc constructed integrally with the rotor shaft, and an outer rotor disc which is welded to the inner rotor disc via a weld metal part and has a structure for fixing a turbine blade. The outer rotor disc preferably has a cooling hole which extends in an axial direction to penetrate the outer rotor disc over the thickness of the outer rotor disc.

Claims

1. A turbine rotor comprising:

a rotor shaft; and

a rotor disc having a structure for fastening a turbine blade thereon;

wherein the rotor disc is composed by at least two members of an outer rotor disc and an inner rotor disc, and the inner rotor disc and the outer rotor disc are integrated by welding via a weld metal part;

wherein the outer rotor disc has cooling holes which penetrate the outer rotor disc in an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and

wherein the cooling holes are arranged in a circumferential form, and the cooling holes arranged on an inner circumferential side have a diameter smaller than that of the cooling holes arranged on an outer circumferential side seen from an axis of the rotor shaft.

2. The turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material or a low alloy steel material.

3. The turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a 12Cr steel material or a CrMoV steel material.

4. The turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material, and the inner rotor disc is made from a low alloy steel material.

5. The turbine rotor according to claim 1, wherein a sectional shape of a cooling hole is a circle or an ellipse.

6. A steam turbine comprising the turbine rotor according to claim 1.

7. A turbine rotor comprising:

a rotor shaft; and

a rotor disc having a structure for fastening a turbine blade thereon;

wherein the rotor disc is composed by at least two members of an outer rotor disc and an inner rotor disc, and the inner rotor disc and the outer rotor disc are integrated by welding via a weld metal part;

wherein the outer rotor disc has cooling holes which penetrate the outer rotor disc in an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and

wherein the cooling holes are arranged in a plurality of circumferential forms, and the cooling hole in a predetermined first circumference and the cooling hole in a second circumference adjacent to the first circumference on an inner or outer side thereof are not aligned in a straight line extending in a radial direction.

8. The turbine rotor according to claim 7, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material or a low alloy steel material.

9. The turbine rotor according to claim 7, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a 12Cr steel material or a CrMoV steel material.

10. The turbine rotor according to claim 7, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material, and the inner rotor disc is made from a low alloy steel material.

11. The turbine rotor according to claim 7, wherein a sectional shape of a cooling hole is a circle or an ellipse.

12. A steam turbine comprising the turbine rotor according to claim 7.

13. A turbine rotor comprising:

a rotor shaft; and

a rotor disc having a structure for fastening a turbine blade thereon;

wherein the rotor disc is composed by at least two members of an outer rotor disc and an inner rotor disc, and the inner rotor disc and the outer rotor disc are integrated by welding via a weld metal part;

wherein the outer rotor disc has cooling holes which penetrate the outer rotor disc in an axial direction of the rotor shaft; and

wherein the cooling holes are arranged in a plurality of circumferential forms, and the cooling holes in a predetermined first circumference are arranged more densely than those in a second circumference provided inside the first circumference.

14. The turbine rotor according to claim 13, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material or a low alloy steel material.

15. The turbine rotor according to claim 13, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from an Ni-base alloy, and the inner rotor disc is made from a 12Cr steel material or a CrMoV steel material.

16. The turbine rotor according to claim 13, wherein the outer rotor disc is made from a high chrome steel material, and the inner rotor disc is made from a low alloy steel material.

17. The turbine rotor according to claim 13, wherein a sectional shape of a cooling hole is a circle or an ellipse.

18. A steam turbine comprising the turbine rotor according to claim 13.