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Turbine, in particular steam turbine, and turbine blade

US5997249A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 1998
Grant dateDec 7, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A turbine, in particular a steam turbine, has a gap between a head region of a first turbine blade and a turbine component. The gap is followed downstream by a limiting surface which is inclined by an acute angle relative to a rotational axis of the turbine and is formed, at least in some regions, by the turbine component. The first turbine blade is followed by a second turbine blade which has a blade region with a radial offset relative to the blade region of the first turbine blade. The turbine component or the head region in the sealing gap additionally or alternatively has an indentation for deflecting a flow of an action fluid in the sealing gap by a circumferential angle in circumferential direction. A turbine blade includes a head region having a circumferential surface substantially perpendicular to a blade axis. The circumferential surface has at least one indentation for flow deflection substantially by a circumferential angle. A blade region adjoins said head region for deflecting an action fluid by the circumferential angle.

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