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Turbine blade cascade end wall

US8177499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 30, 2007
Grant dateMay 15, 2012
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Expiry dateJul 29, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF01D9/041
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In the turbine blades set to a large outflow angle, the performance of the entire turbine is improved by reducing a cross flow generated on the turbine end wall and a whirling up of flow on the suction side of a blade irrespective of the difference of the blade shape, thereby reducing the loss. There is provided a turbine blade cascade end wall positioned on the hub-side and/or the tip side of a plurality of turbine blades arranged in an annular shape, including a first projection having a ridge extending downward from the trailing edge of a turbine blade toward the downstream side gently at the beginning and steeply at the end, and along the suction side of an adjacent turbine blade.

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