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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2013
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Yasuo Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuro Morisaki, Tokyo, JP;
Chihiro Myoren, Tokyo, JP;
Kohta Kawamura, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An axial compressor comprising liquid drop feed means for feeding liquid drops to an operating fluid of the compressor, a casing for forming a flow path through which the operating fluid flows down and a plurality of stages, each of which is composed of one continuous rotor blade row and one continuous stator vane row, the axial compressor being structured so that the liquid drops evaporate inside the compressor, characterized in that: the casing is provided with a cavity therein, and the cavity is formed by an outer casing and an inner casing which is enclosing a periphery of the rotor blade rows at the plurality of stages and forming internally a flow path of the operating fluid, and a flow path is provided for feeding the operating fluid to the cavity on a downstream side of a region forming the cavity of the inner casing.