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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2008
Applicants:
Ralf Greim, Birmenstorf, CH;
Mourad Lakehel, Zurich, CH;
Inventors:
Ralf Greim, Birmenstorf, CH;
Mourad Lakehel, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Alstom Technology Ltd., Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F04D 29/44 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A steam turbine is provided having a rotor which rotates around a machine axis, and a stator which concentrically encompasses the rotor with clearance, between which an annular passage is formed which is exposed to throughflow by steam in the axial direction and in which a multiplicity of rotor blades, which are fastened on the rotor, and fixed stator blades are arranged in a plurality of stages, wherein the stator blades of the last stage have a sweep with a sweep angle which changes in sign over the relative blade height.