Patent References 2538739 2828939 2844001 3552877 Axial flow turbine exhaust hood Exhaust device for a condensable-fluid axial-flow turbine Diffuser and exhaust gas collector arrangement Patent #: 4391566 InventorApplicationNo. 07/099020 filed on 09/21/1987US Classes:415/208.2, Plural and arcuately or circularly arranged in radial plane around runner axis415/211.2, Downstream of runner415/914DEVICE TO CONTROL BOUNDARY LAYERExaminersPrimary: Garrett, Robert E.Assistant: Pitko, Joseph M. Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesF01D 25/00 (20060101)F01D 25/30 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1986-09-26 CHAbstractIn an axial flow gas turbine with reaction blading, whose outlet rotor blades (14) are followed by a diffuser with axial outlet into an exhaust gas pipe (13), the kink angles of the diffuser inlet both at the hub (10) and at the cylinder (9) are fixed exclusively for the purpose of evening out the energy profile over the duct height at the outlet from the last rotor blade row in order to shorten the diffuser system and to optimise it in part load operation. In addition, a mechanism provided to remove swirl from the swirling flow in the form of profile ribs (17). Where the outlet rotor blades have a high Mach number flow, which leads to a large opening angle of the blading, the diffuser is subdivided into several partial diffusers (16) via sheet metal guides (15). | |