Patent Publication Number: US-10782025-B2

Title: Combustor pipe, combustor, and gas turbine

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present invention relates to a combustor pipe and a combustor used in a gas turbine, and a gas turbine provided with the combustor. 
     BACKGROUND ART 
     A gas turbine combustor generates high-temperature combustion gas during operation of the gas turbine, and is heated by the combustion gas because the generated combustion gas passes therethrough. Therefore, the combustor distributes a gas, such as air or steam, as a cooling medium to cool each part, and thus suppresses a rise in temperature. A known gas turbine combustor, among this type of gas turbine combustor, includes a combustor that cools a combustor pipe (transition piece, combustion liner) of the combustor using a cooling medium (for example, JP 2006-105076 A, hereinafter the JP &#39;076 reference). The gas turbine disclosed in the JP &#39;076 reference A sprays cooling air toward a vane shroud supporting a vane from a downstream end part of a transition piece. 
     The device disclosed in the JP &#39;076 reference sprays cooling air toward a vane shroud from a transition piece to prevent the intrusion of combustion gas between the transition piece and the vane shroud. While the gas turbine disclosed in the JP &#39;076 reference is able to prevent burnout of a gap part between the transition piece and the vane shroud, this results in the cooling air being sprayed in a combustion gas flow path. Therefore, gas turbine efficiency (amount of energy that can be generated by burning a prescribed amount of fuel) decreases. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a combustor pipe that is able to efficiently cool a part of the combustor pipe where a temperature rises without spraying cooling air, and further raise reliability without reducing efficiency of the gas turbine, and to provide a combustor and a gas turbine provided with this combustor. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention is a combustor pipe having an inlet and an outlet, and provided with: an inner pipe of which an inner space is a flow path for passing a combustion gas, a first cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes being formed inside a wall that forms the flow path; and an outer pipe provided on an outer circumference of the inner pipe and secured to the inner pipe, wherein a second cooling flow path through which a cooling medium passes and which is connected to the first cooling flow path near the outlet of the combustor pipe is formed between an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe and an inner circumferential surface of the outer pipe, and a cooling promoting structure (cooling promoter) is formed on the outer pipe, inside the second cooling flow path near the first cooling flow path. 
     Furthermore, it is preferable that the cooling promoting structure have an uneven shape where a distance from the inner pipe changes based on position. 
     It is also preferable that at least part of protruding parts of the uneven shape of the cooling promoting structure be in contact with the inner pipe. 
     It is also preferable that the cooling promoting structure be a plurality of through holes through which the cooling medium passes. 
     It is also preferable that the cooling promoting structure be formed on a side of the outer pipe farther on a rotational axis side of the gas turbine than the inner pipe. 
     It is also preferable that an end part on the outlet side be linked to a vane shroud in which a vane is provided, and that the cooling promoting structure be formed in at least one location within a range that includes a position overlapping an end part on an upstream side of the vane in a rotational direction of a gas turbine rotor. 
     It is also preferable that an end part on the outlet side be linked to a vane shroud in which a vane is provided, and that the cooling promoting structure be provided in a range of ⅓ P or greater and 3 P or less, with P being a pitch of the vanes in a rotational direction of a gas turbine rotor. 
     It is also preferable that an end part on the outlet side be linked to a vane shroud in which a vane is provided; that the inner pipe have a flange part extending toward the outer pipe in an end part on the vane shroud side; and that the combustor pipe be provided with a welded part at which an end part on the vane shroud side of the outer pipe is connected to an end part of the flange part by welding. 
     It is also preferable that the welded part connect a surface of the flange part on a side opposite the vane shroud side to the outer pipe. 
     The present invention is a combustor having the combustor pipe according to any of the above. 
     The present invention is a gas turbine that includes a compressor, the above combustor for burning fuel and air that is compressed by the compressor to generate combustion gas, and a turbine driven by the combustion gas supplied from the combustor. 
     The present invention is able to efficiently cool a part of a combustor pipe where a temperature rises, and thus further raise reliability of the combustor pipe without reducing efficiency of a gas turbine. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration drawing of a gas turbine having a combustor according to the present embodiment. 
         FIG. 2  is an enlarged view of the combustor. 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic view illustrating a relationship between a transition piece of the combustor and first-stage vanes. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view illustrating a part of the transition piece of the combustor. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view illustrating a structure of an outlet of the transition piece of the combustor. 
         FIG. 6  is a drawing for describing the transition piece of the combustor as seen from an outlet side. 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of the transition piece of the combustor and a vane shroud. 
         FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view along A-A in  FIG. 7 . 
         FIG. 9  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of a cooling promoting structure. 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic view illustrating another example of the relationship between the transition piece of the combustor and the first-stage vanes. 
         FIG. 11  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece. 
         FIG. 12  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of another example of the cooling promoting structure. 
         FIG. 13  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of another example of the cooling promoting structure. 
         FIG. 14  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece. 
         FIG. 15  is a cross-sectional view along B-B in  FIG. 14 . 
         FIG. 16  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece. 
         FIG. 17  is a cross-sectional view along C-C in  FIG. 16 . 
         FIG. 18  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of the cooling promoting structure illustrated in  FIG. 16 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is a schematic configuration view of a gas turbine having a combustor according to the present embodiment. As illustrated in  FIG. 1 , a gas turbine  1  has, in order from an upstream side in a direction in which a fluid flows, a compressor  11 , a gas turbine combustor (hereinafter referred to as a combustor)  12 , a turbine  13 , and an exhaust chamber  14 . For example, a generator is linked to the turbine  13 . The gas turbine has a rotor (turbine shaft)  24  that can rotate about a rotational center axis L. 
     The compressor  11  has a compressor casing  16  connected to an air intake port  15  for taking in air and provided with a flow path in which air flows. The compressor  11  is provided with a plurality of vanes  17  and blades  18  alternately arranged in the air flow path in the compressor casing  16 . The combustor  12  supplies fuel to compressed air (combustion air) compressed by the compressor  11 , and generates combustion gas by burning an air fuel mixture of the fuel and the combustion air. The turbine  13  has a turbine casing  20  provided with a flow path into which the combustion gas generated in the combustor  12  flows. In the turbine  13 , a plurality of vanes  21  and blades  22  are arranged alternately from upstream to downstream in a direction in which the combustion gas flows as a fluid, inside the combustion gas flow path of the turbine casing  20 . The vane  21  is supported on a vane shroud  50 , which is one part of the turbine casing  20 . A space through which the combustion gas flows is formed inside the vane shroud  50 . The vane shroud  50  secures the vane  21  in the space through which the combustion gas passes. Furthermore, the combustor  12  is linked to the vane shroud  50 . 
     The exhaust chamber  14  has an exhaust diffuser  23  into which the combustion gas that has passed through the turbine  13  flows. The rotor  24  is positioned so as to penetrate center parts in a radial direction of the compressor  11 , combustor  12 , turbine  13 , and exhaust chamber  14 . An end part on the compressor  11  side of the rotor  24  is rotatably supported centered on the rotational center axis L by a bearing part  25 , and an end part on the exhaust chamber  14  side thereof is rotatably supported centered on the rotational center axis L by a bearing part  26 . A plurality of disc plates are secured to, and each of the blades  18  and  22  is linked to, the rotor  24 . 
     In this type of gas turbine  1 , the air taken in from the air intake port  15  of the compressor  11  passes through the plurality of vanes  17  and blades  18  and are thereby compressed to become high-temperature, high-pressure compressed air. A prescribed fuel is supplied to the compressed air in the combustor  12 , and thus the compressed air becomes an air fuel mixture with the fuel. The air fuel mixture is burned in the combustor  12 , thus becoming combustion gas. A high-temperature, high-pressure combustion gas, which is an operation fluid generated in the combustor  12 , passes through the plurality of vanes  21  and blades  22  provided in the turbine  13 , and rotates the rotor  24 . A generator linked to the rotor  24  is driven by the rotation of the rotor  24  to thus generate power. Exhaust gas that has passed through the rotor  24  is discharged into the atmosphere as exhaust gas. 
       FIG. 2  is an enlarged view of the combustor. The combustor  12  has a combustor casing  30 . The combustor casing  30  has a combustor basket  32  provided inside an external cylinder  31 , and a transition piece  33  linked to a tip part of the combustor basket  32 , and extends along a center axis La that is inclined with respect to the rotational center axis L. Here, in the gas turbine  1 , a space between a casing housing  27  and the combustor casing  30  forms a combustor-compressor casing  34 . The compressed air compressed in the compressor  11  is extracted into the combustor-compressor casing  34 . The compressed air extracted into the combustor-compressor casing  34  flows into the combustor basket  32  of the combustor  12 . 
     The external cylinder  31  is fastened to the casing housing  27 . A proximal end part of the combustor basket  32  is supported by the external cylinder  31 , and the combustor basket  32  is provided inside the external cylinder  31  with a prescribed gap left between itself and the external cylinder  31 . A pilot nozzle  40  is provided along the center axis La in a center part of the combustor basket  32 . A plurality of main nozzles  42  are provided evenly spaced and parallel to the pilot nozzle  40  on the circumference of the pilot nozzle  40  so as to surround the pilot nozzle  40 . 
     A proximal end of the transition piece  33  is formed into a cylindrical shape and linked to a tip of the combustor basket  32 . The transition piece  33  is formed such that a cross-sectional area becomes smaller and the piece curves toward a tip side, and is open toward a first stage of the vanes  21  of the turbine  13 . A distal end of the transition piece  33  is linked to the vane shroud  50 . In the transition piece  33 , an end part (proximal end) on the combustor basket  32  side forms an inlet  33 I, and an end part (distal end) connected to the vane shroud  50  forms an outlet  33 O. The transition piece  33  has a combustion chamber therein. In the combustor  12 , the external cylinder  31 , combustor basket  32 , and transition piece  33  form a combustor pipe. Furthermore, in the combustor  12 , the transition piece  33  forms a combustor pipe linked to the vane shroud  50 . 
     The transition piece  33  is described below using  FIG. 3  through  FIG. 9 , in addition to  FIG. 2 .  FIG. 3  is a schematic view illustrating a relationship between the transition piece of the combustor and first-stage vanes.  FIG. 4  is a perspective view illustrating a part of the transition piece of the combustor.  FIG. 5  is a perspective view illustrating a structure of an outlet of the transition piece of the combustor.  FIG. 6  is a drawing for describing the transition piece of the combustor as seen from an outlet side.  FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view of the transition piece of the combustor and the vane shroud.  FIG. 8  is a cross-sectional view along A-A in  FIG. 7 .  FIG. 9  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of a cooling promoting structure (cooling promoter)  82 . 
     The transition piece  33  is a cylindrical member, and as described above, one end of a cylindrical inner space thereof forms the inlet  33 I for a combustion gas G and the other end forms the outlet  33 O for the combustion gas G. In the transition piece  33 , the end part on the outlet  33 O side is linked to the vane shroud  50 . Furthermore, the vane (first-stage vane)  21  is provided on a downstream side of the outlet  33 O of the transition piece  33  in the direction in which the combustion gas G flows. In the transition piece  33 , the combustion gas G that has flowed in from the inlet  33 I flows out from the outlet  33 O, and is led to the turbine  13  illustrated in  FIG. 1 . The combustion gas G that has flowed out from the outlet  33 O of the transition piece  33  passes between the vanes  21 . Here, in the present embodiment, the distance at which the vanes  21  are provided in the rotational direction is referred to as a pitch P. A range W will be described later. Furthermore, an arrangement pitch of the transition pieces  33  is referred to as a distance Wa. In the present embodiment, two of the vanes  21  are provided with respect to each transition piece  33 , and the positions of the vanes  21  are the same with respect to each transition piece  33 . In other words, in the gas turbine according to the present embodiment, the distance Wa between the transition pieces  33  is equal to the pitch P of two of the vanes  21 , thus establishing the relationship Wa=2 P. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 , the transition piece  33  has an inner pipe  60  and an outer pipe  62 . The inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62  are linked by welding. The inner pipe  60  has a cylindrical shape and is thus a cylindrical member of which a space inside the cylinder forms a combustion gas flow path  64  through which combustion gas passes. The inner pipe  60  has a shape where a cross section of the pipe has a deformed trapezoidal shape, and sides of the inner pipe  60  extending along the rotational direction (rotational direction of the rotor  24 ) form arcs. The inner pipe  60  is shaped such that the width in the rotational direction becomes narrower toward the rotational center axis L. 
     The outer pipe  62  is provided on an outer circumference of the inner pipe  60 , and covers part of the outer circumference of the inner pipe  60 . As illustrated in  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6 , the outer pipe  62  has four segments  66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d . The segment  66   a  faces a surface on the rotational axis center side of the inner pipe  60 . In other words, the segment  66   a  is provided farther toward the rotational axis center than the inner pipe  60 . The segment  66   b  faces an outside surface in a rotational axis direction of the inner pipe  60 . In other words, the segment  66   b  is provided at a position separated farther from a rotational axis than the inner pipe  60 . The segments  66   c  and  66   d  respectively face two surfaces that form end surfaces in the rotational direction of the inner pipe  60 . One end part of the segment  66   a  in the rotational direction is secured to the segment  66   c  by, for example, welding. One end part of the segment  66   b  in the rotational direction is also secured to the segment  66   c  by, for example, welding. Furthermore, the segments  66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d  are secured to the inner pipe  60  by, for example, welding. In this way, the outer pipe  62  covers the entire outer circumference of the inner pipe  60  using the segments  66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d . The outer pipe  62  forms a single cylindrical shape out of the segments  66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d.    
     As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , the inner pipe  60  has an inner wall part  70  and a flange part (end part)  72  provided on an end surface on the vane shroud  50  side. The inner wall part  70  is the part that configures the cylinder of the inner pipe, and an area surrounded by the inner wall part  70  forms the combustion gas flow path  64 . The flange part  72  faces the vane shroud  50 . A space between the flange part  72  and the vane shroud  50  is a gap  58 . Furthermore, the flange part  72  is secured to the outer pipe  62  by, for example, welding. 
     A plurality of first cooling flow paths  74  are formed inside the inner wall part  70  (i.e., inside the wall surrounding the combustion gas flow path  64 ). The plurality of first cooling flow paths  74  are formed in a wall extending direction, and are aligned in a direction orthogonal to the direction in which the combustion gas flows. The first cooling flow path  74  is formed by connecting a flow path extending in the direction in which the combustion gas G flows, in order words, extending from the inlet  33 I toward the outlet  33 O, and a flow path extending in a direction separating from the combustion gas flow path  64  along the flange part  72  at an end on the outlet  33 O side. Note that the first cooling flow path  74  may have a shape in which the flow path extending in the direction separating from the combustion gas flow path  64  along the flange part  72  at the end on the outlet  33 O side is connected to the same parts of the other first cooling flow paths  74 . In other words, the flow path extending in the direction separating from the combustion gas flow path  64  along the flange part  72  at the end on the outlet  33 O side of the first cooling flow path  74  may be a flow path that is common to the plurality of first cooling flow paths  74 . 
     Next, as described above, the outer pipe  62  is a cylinder that surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the inner pipe  60  (i.e., a surface on an opposite side from an inner circumferential surface forming the combustion gas flow path  64 ). The outer pipe  62  is secured to the inner pipe  60  by, for example, welding. In the outer pipe  62 , a securing part  78  is formed on a surface on an opposite side from the inner pipe  60 . The securing part  78  is linked to the vane shroud  50 . 
     In the transition piece  33 , a second cooling flow path  80  is formed between the inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62 . The second cooling flow path  80  is a space between surfaces of the inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62  facing each other (i.e., a space between a surface on the outer circumferential side of the inner pipe  60  and a surface on the inner circumferential side of the outer pipe  62 ). The second cooling flow path  80  is connected to (communicates with) the first cooling flow path  74 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 7  through  FIG. 9 , in the outer pipe  62 , a cooling promoting structure  82  is formed in the second cooling flow path  80  (i.e., in a surface facing the inner pipe  60 ). The cooling promoting structure  82  is provided near a part of the second cooling flow path  80  that connects (communicates) with the first cooling flow path  74 . Specifically, the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided near the flange part  72 . The cooling promoting structure  82  according to the present embodiment is provided only on the segment  66   a  of the four segments  66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d  that is located on an inner side in the rotational axis direction. Furthermore, the cooling promoting structure  82  according to the present embodiment is provided on part, specifically in the range W, of the second cooling flow path  80  of the segment  66   a  in the rotational direction. The range W is a range that includes the center in the rotational direction of the outer pipe  62 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 8 , in a cross section in which the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided, the transition piece  33  includes a space  90  which is a part where the cooling promoting structure  82  is not provided, and a space  92  which is a part where the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided. In the space  90 , end surfaces of the inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62  are substantially parallel, and a width between the inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62  is substantially constant even in a case where a position in the rotational direction moves. By contrast, as illustrated in  FIG. 7  through  FIG. 9 , the cooling promoting structure  82  is an uneven shape formed in a surface of the outer pipe  62 . Specifically, a plurality of protruding parts  84  are provided at prescribed intervals in the rotational direction. In the protruding part  84 , a tip of a protrusion is in contact with the inner pipe  60 . Accordingly, the space  92  is provided between two of the protruding parts  84 . In other words, in the transition piece  33 , the space  92  is divided into a plurality of parts in the rotational direction. Furthermore, in the transition piece  33 , a surface of the outer pipe  62  in the part where the space  92  of the cooling promoting structure  82  is formed is separated farther from the inner pipe  60  than in the space  90 . In other words, in the outer pipe  62 , the part where the cooling promoting structure  82  is formed is separated farther from the inner pipe  60  than the part where the cooling promoting structure  82  is not formed. 
     In the transition piece  33 , a cooling medium S supplied from a mechanism for supplying the cooling medium flows in the flow path of the first cooling flow path  74  extending from the inlet  33 I toward the outlet  33 O in the same direction as the combustion gas G. The cooling medium S which has flowed through the flow path of the first cooling flow path  74  extending from the inlet  33 I toward the outlet  33 O flows through the flow path extending in the direction separating from the combustion gas flow path  64  along the flange part  72 , and then this cooling medium flows through the second cooling flow path  80 . When the cooling medium S which has flowed through the flow path extending in the direction separating from the combustion gas flow path  64  along the flange part  72  flows into the second cooling flow path  80 , this cooling medium flows through the cooling promoting structure  82 , and then proceeds to a downstream side in a flow direction. 
     By providing the cooling promoting structure  82  in the transition piece  33 , a surface area of the part of the outer pipe  62  that makes contact with the cooling medium S in the part where the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided can be made larger than when the surface of the outer pipe  62  is made flat. Therefore, cooling performance in the transition piece  33  near the flange part  72  where the gap  58  into which the combustion gas G flows is generated can be increased, which thus makes it possible to suppress a temperature increase at the end part of the flange part  72 . Furthermore, the cooling medium S flowing through the first cooling flow path  74  and the second cooling flow path  80  formed in the transition piece  33  flows inside the wall of the transition piece  33  and does not flow into a combustion gas flow path. Therefore, cooling performance can be increased without the cooling medium S flowing into the combustion gas flow path  64 . Therefore, the cooling medium S mixed with the combustion gas G can be reduced and the temperature of the combustion gas G upstream can be kept from dropping, which makes is possible to extract more energy from the gas turbine, which, in turn, makes it possible to suppress a decrease in the efficiency of the gas turbine. Furthermore, by providing the cooling promoting structure  82  in the transition piece  33  in a part where cooling is required, it is possible to raise cooling performance in said part while maintaining a flow rate of all of the cooling medium supplied to the transition piece  33 . Raising cooling performance while suppressing an increase in the flow rate of the cooling medium in this way allows the energy used to generate the cooling medium to be reduced, which thus makes it possible to suppress a decrease in the efficiency of the gas turbine. 
     Here, it is preferable that the cooling promoting structure  82  be provided in the transition piece  33  in a range including a position overlapping an end part on the upstream side of the vane  21  in the rotational direction, as in the present embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to suppress a temperature increase in the position overlapping the end part on the upstream side of the vane  21 , which is an area where the combustion gas G does not easily flow through the combustion gas flow path  64  due to the presence of the vane  21  compared with other parts in the rotational direction, and where the combustion gas G flows into the gap  58  and temperature tends to rise. 
     In the transition piece  33 , it is preferable that the cooling promoting structure  82  be provided so that the end part on the upstream side of the vane  21  is located in a range of 0.5 W or less from a center of the range W. In this way, a rise in temperature can be suppressed efficiently. 
     It is preferable that the range W in which the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided be ⅓ or greater and 3 times or less of the overall length of the side of the outer pipe  62  where the cooling promoting structure  82  is provided. In this way, a rise in temperature can be suppressed efficiently. It is also preferable that the range W be ⅓ P or greater and 3 P or less with respect to the pitch P of the vanes  21 . In this way, a rise in temperature can be suppressed efficiently. 
     In the transition piece  33 , it is preferable that a height of the space  92  between two of the protruding parts  84  of the cooling promoting structure  82  be no more than 2.5 times a width thereof. In other words, in the cooling promoting structure  82 , it is preferable that the protruding part  84  be formed so that the space  92  satisfies [Height≤5×Width]. This allows cooling performance to be increased while suppressing an increase in a pressure loss caused by the provision of the cooling promoting structure  82 . 
     Furthermore, by making the protruding part  84  of the cooling promoting structure  82  a structure that makes contact with the inner pipe  60  in the transition piece  33 , the outer pipe  62  can be positioned more accurately with respect to the inner pipe  60 . Therefore, while it is preferable that the cooling promoting structure  82  be made a structure where the protruding part  84  makes contact with the inner pipe  60 , there may be a gap between the protruding part  84  and the inner pipe  60 . 
     While it is preferable to provide the cooling promoting structure  82  in the range described above in the transition piece  33 , said structure may be provided across an entire area of a side of the second cooling flow path  80  on the inner side in the rotational direction. Furthermore, the cooling promoting structure  82  may be provided in the transition piece  33  over the entire circumference of the second cooling flow path  80 , in other words, in the segments  66   b ,  66   c , and  66   d , in addition to the segment  66   a.    
       FIG. 10  is a schematic view illustrating another example of the relationship between the transition piece of the combustor and the first-stage vanes. The gas turbine according to the embodiment described above has a structure in which two of the vanes  21  are provided with respect to each transition piece  33  in the rotational direction so that the distance Wa=2 P; however, the gas turbine is not limited to this structure. The cooling promoting structure  82  is provided in a range Wb in a gas turbine having the transition piece  33  and vanes  21   a  illustrated in  FIG. 10 . Furthermore, in the gas turbine, three of the vanes  21   a  are provided for each transition piece  33  in the rotational direction. Furthermore, the positions of the vanes  21  are the same with respect to each transition piece  33 . In other words, in the gas turbine illustrated in  FIG. 10 , a distance Wc between the transition pieces  33  is equal to a pitch Pa of three of the vanes  21 , thus establishing the relationship Wc=3 Pa. It is also preferable in a case where Wc=3 P in this way that the range Wb be ⅓ Pa or greater and 3 Pa or less just as with the aforementioned range W of the transition piece  33 . Furthermore, while the pitches W and Wb of the transition pieces  33  are integral multiples of the pitches P and Pa of the vanes  21  and  21   a  in the present embodiment, the embodiment is not limited thereto, and thus may be a structure where the pitches W and Wb of the transition pieces  33  are set to values other than the integral multiples of the pitches P and Pa of the vanes  21  and  21   a , in other words, where the positions of the vanes  21  and  21   a  vary based on the position of the transition piece  33  in the circumferential direction. 
     Here, it is preferable that the welded part between the inner pipe  60  and the outer pipe  62  in the transition piece  33  be provided in a surface facing the vane shroud  50 . It is preferable that the welded part be provided in a position that is visible when viewed from the vane shroud  50  side. This allows welding work to be performed easily. Furthermore, while the outer pipe  62  and the inner pipe  60  are secured by welding in the embodiment described above, the outer pipe  62  and the inner pipe  60  may be manufactured by casting the two as a single body. 
       FIG. 11  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece. A transition piece  33   a  illustrated in  FIG. 11  has the same basic structure as the transition piece  33 . A description is given below that focuses on characteristic points of the transition piece  33   a . In the transition piece  33   a  illustrated in  FIG. 11 , the welded part is provided between a surface  102  of a flange part  72   a  on an opposite side from a surface facing the vane shroud  50  and an outer pipe  62   a . Specifically, the flange part  72   a  is a plate of which a thickness is constant up to an end part, and a groove is machined into the outer pipe  62   a  and a welded part is provided between the surface  102  and the outer pipe  62   a  by welding the two. 
     Providing the welded part in the surface  102  on the opposite side of the surface facing the vane shroud  50  in the transition piece  33   a  in this way, makes it possible to produce a structure in which the welded part is not exposed in the surface facing the vane shroud  50 . Therefore, the surface of the transition piece  33   a  facing the vane shroud  50  can be limited to the flange part  72   a , which allows durability with respect to heat to be increased and a temperature rise with respect to an amount of heating to be reduced. The welded part can also be made less prone to being heated by the combustion gas G flowing into the gap  58 . 
     Furthermore, cooling performance can be increased in the transition piece  33  while an increase in pressure loss is kept small by giving the cooling promoting structure an uneven shape that extends in a direction that follows the flow of the cooling medium. Therefore, while it is preferable that the cooling promoting structure be given an uneven shape that extends in the direction that follows the flow of the cooling medium, the shape of the structure is not limited thereto. It is sufficient that the cooling promoting structure increases cooling performance compared with in a case where a surface of the outer pipe facing the inner pipe is a flat surface. 
       FIG. 12  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of another example of the cooling promoting structure. A transition piece  33   b  illustrated in  FIG. 12  has the same basic structure as the transition piece  33 . A description is given below that focuses on characteristic points of the transition piece  33   b . Protruding parts  112  protruding toward the inner pipe  60  are two-dimensionally arrayed on a surface of an outer pipe  62   b  in a cooling promoting structure  82   b  of the transition piece  33   b . In other words, the protruding parts  112  are provided in rows in the rotational direction, and are also provided in rows in a direction orthogonal to the rotational direction in the cooling promoting structure  82   b . In this way, cooling performance can be raised by the cooling promoting structure  82   b  even when it is a structure in which the protruding parts  112  are two-dimensionally arrayed. 
       FIG. 13  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of another example of the cooling promoting structure. A transition piece  33   c  illustrated in  FIG. 13  has the same basic structure as the transition piece  33 . A description is given below that focuses on characteristic points of the transition piece  33   c . A plurality of protruding parts  122  protruding toward the inner pipe  60  are provided on a surface of an outer pipe  62   c  in a cooling promoting structure  82   c  of the transition piece  33   c , along a direction following a direction in which the cooling medium S flows. In other words, the protruding parts  122  are provided in the cooling promoting structure  82   c  in rows in a direction that is orthogonal to the rotational direction. In this way, cooling performance can be raised by the cooling promoting structure  82   c  even when the protruding parts  122  are provided in rows in the direction orthogonal to the rotational direction. 
       FIG. 14  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece.  FIG. 15  is a cross-sectional view along B-B in  FIG. 14 . A transition piece  33   d  illustrated in  FIG. 14  and  FIG. 15  has the same basic structure as the transition piece  33 . A description is given below that focuses on characteristic points of the transition piece  33   d . In a cooling promoting structure  82   d  of the transition piece  33   d , a height of a surface of a part of an outer pipe  62   d  in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is not provided, and a height of a surface of a recessed part of the outer pipe  62   d  in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided, are the same height in a cross section in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided in the transition piece  33   d . Furthermore, a height of a part of a surface  130  of an inner pipe  60   d  in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is not provided, and a height of a surface  132  of an area of the inner pipe  60   d  in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided, are different heights in a cross section in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided in the transition piece  33   d . In other words, the surface  132  is formed in a position that is closer to the exhaust gas flow path  64  than the surface  130 , in other words, formed in a shape that is recessed with respect to the second cooling flow path  80 . 
     In this way, the height of the surface of the inner pipe may be changed in the transition piece  33   d  in the cross section in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided. Furthermore, by making a distance between the outer pipe and the inner pipe, except for the protruding parts, in a region in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is provided, larger than a distance between the outer pipe and the inner pipe in a region in which the cooling promoting structure  82   d  is not provided, a decrease in overall flow path cross-sectional area caused by the provision of the cooling promoting structure  82   d  can be avoided. Therefore, cooling performance of a target part can be increased and a required position can be cooled efficiently while a change in a pressure loss in the second cooling flow path  80  is suppressed. 
     Furthermore, while all of the cooling promoting structures are structures provided with a plurality of protruding parts in the embodiment describe above, the structures are not limited thereto.  FIG. 16  is a cross-sectional view illustrating another example of the transition piece.  FIG. 17  is a cross-sectional view along C-C in  FIG. 16 .  FIG. 18  is a perspective view illustrating a schematic configuration of the cooling promoting structure illustrated in  FIG. 16 . A transition piece  33   e  illustrated in  FIG. 16  through  FIG. 18  has the same basic structure as the transition piece  33 . A description is given below that focuses on characteristic points of the transition piece  33   e . The transition piece  33   e  has a cooling promoting structure  82   e  that has a protruding part  150 . The protruding part  150  is provided on an outer pipe  62   e  and makes contact with an inner pipe  60   e . The protruding part  150  extends in the rotational direction. A plurality of through holes  152  are formed in the protruding part  150 . The through hole  152  penetrates the protruding part  150  and connects the first cooling flow path  74  to another part of the second cooling flow path  80 . The through hole  152  serves as a flow path through which the cooling medium S flows. 
     In this way, a plurality of the through holes  152  that connect the first cooling flow path  74  to another part of the second cooling flow path  80  and through which the cooling medium S flows are formed in the cooling promoting structure  82   e . Because the cooling medium S flows through the through hole  152  formed in the protruding part  150  in the transition piece  33   e , a contact area between the cooling medium S and the outer pipe  62   e  can be made larger, which thus makes it possible to improve cooling performance. While the cooling promoting structure  82   e  according to the present embodiment is a structure having one protruding part  150 , the structure may have two or three or more such parts. 
     While the present embodiment and modified examples thereof have been described above, the present embodiment and the modified examples thereof are not intended to be limited by the content described above. Furthermore, elements easily conceived by a person skilled in the art, and elements that are effectively the same as, and elements that are of a so-called equivalent scope as the constituent elements of the present embodiment and the modified examples thereof described above are included therein. Furthermore, the constituent elements described above can be appropriately combined. Finally, the constituent elements can be omitted, replaced, and changed to the degree that doing so does not deviate from the gist of the present embodiments and the modified examples thereof. 
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           1  Gas turbine 
           11  Compressor 
           12  Combustor 
           13  Turbine 
           14  Exhaust chamber 
           15  Air intake port 
           16  Compressor casing 
           17 ,  21  Vanes 
           18 ,  22  Blades 
           20  Turbine casing 
           23  Exhaust diffuser 
           24  Rotor 
           25 ,  26  Bearing parts 
           27  Casing housing 
           30  Combustor casing 
           31  External cylinder 
           32  Combustor basket 
           33  Transition piece 
           40  Pilot nozzle 
           42  Main nozzle 
           50  Vane shroud (shroud) 
           58  Gap 
           60  Inner pipe 
           62  Outer pipe 
           64  Combustion gas flow path 
           66   a ,  66   b ,  66   c ,  66   d  Segments 
           70  Inner wall part 
           72  Flange part (end part) 
           74  First cooling flow path 
           78  Securing part 
           80  Second cooling flow path 
           82  Cooling promoting structure 
           84  Protruding part