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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
It is an objective of the invention to provide a steam turbine rotor that is capable of both reducing SCC susceptibility and improving LCF life thereof. There is provided a steam turbine rotor, comprising a rotor disk in a low pressure final stage L-0, and another rotor disk in a plurality of stages including a stage L-1 positioned closer to a high pressure side than the low pressure final stage L-0, the rotor disk in the low pressure final stage L-0 and the rotor disk in a plurality of stages including the stage L-1 being joined by welding, wherein a material of both the rotor disk in the low pressure final stage L-0 and the rotor disk in a plurality of stages including the stage L-1 is a 12Cr steel and has a tensile strength of 900 to 1200 MPa.