Patent classifications
F01D25/16
Mid-turbine frame for gas turbine engine
A mid-turbine frame (MTF) assembly having: an outer case circumferentially extending around a central axis; an outer ring secured to the outer case and disposed radially inwardly of the outer case relative to the central axis; an inner case structurally connected to the outer case and disposed radially inwardly of the outer ring relative to the central axis; a main plenum circumferentially extending around the central axis and located between the outer case and the outer ring, the main plenum having an inlet fluidly connectable to a source of cooling air, a first outlet fluidly connected to a secondary plenum between the main plenum and the inner case, a second outlet configured to be fluidly connected to a rotor cavity of the low-pressure turbine, and a third outlet configured to be fluidly connected to a plenum surrounding a containment ring of the low-pressure turbine.
Method for manufacturing a turbine engine part and the thereby produced part
A method for manufacturing a turbine engine part in which a first rough casting element includes a first face and a second face opposite to each other is assembled by the second face on an orifice which has a second element of the part. The method includes machining a through-cavity in the first element which opens at the first face and from the second face of the first element and machining the first face of the first element so as to form an area suitable for ensuring the attachment of a conduit on the first element. The machining of the cavity and of the first face is achieved by using a machining reference frame based on the second element.
Bearing device, rotating machine, and nozzle
A bearing device includes: a rotary shaft being rotatable around an axis; a bearing pad that supports an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; a nozzle that is disposed on an upstream side of the bearing pad in a rotational direction of the rotation shaft and has a supply hole; a pair of side plates that face the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft on an upstream side of the nozzle in the rotational direction and are disposed on both sides of the nozzle in the axial direction, the pair of side plates having a discharge hole; and a guide surface that faces the upstream side in the rotation direction and extends in the axial direction over an entire length of the bearing pad in the axial direction, wherein the guide surface is circumferentially positioned between the supply hole and the discharge hole.
Bearing device, rotating machine, and nozzle
A bearing device includes: a rotary shaft being rotatable around an axis; a bearing pad that supports an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft; a nozzle that is disposed on an upstream side of the bearing pad in a rotational direction of the rotation shaft and has a supply hole; a pair of side plates that face the outer circumferential surface of the rotation shaft on an upstream side of the nozzle in the rotational direction and are disposed on both sides of the nozzle in the axial direction, the pair of side plates having a discharge hole; and a guide surface that faces the upstream side in the rotation direction and extends in the axial direction over an entire length of the bearing pad in the axial direction, wherein the guide surface is circumferentially positioned between the supply hole and the discharge hole.
Method and device for capturing trip sign of turbine due to high bearing temperature based on correlation
The present disclosure discloses a method for capturing a trip sign of a turbine due to a high bearing temperature based on correlation and a device therefor. By combining a temperature of a target bearing and related operating parameters thereof, this method can capture possible abnormal trip online. According to the present disclosure, it is not necessary to add additional detection equipment, and it does not need to establish a complex physical model for turbine bearings, and only the historical data of the operating parameters of the temperature of the target bearing and generator set operating parameters related to the temperature of the target bearing are required to complete the establishment of the model for capturing abnormal sign before the trip, which is convenient for popularization and application.
Roller bearing arrangement for a gas turbine engine
A roller bearing arrangement for a gas turbine engine. The roller bearing arrangement includes a fan shaft, and a stub shaft connected to the fan shaft. The roller bearing arrangement further includes a plurality of roller bearing elements positioned between a first axial bearing surface created on a radially outer surface of the stub shaft and a second axial bearing surface of a static structure, the roller bearing arrangement further including a first snubber positioned between the radially outer surface of the fan shaft and a radially inner surface of the stub shaft, the first snubber being spaced apart from the radially inner surface of the stub shaft or the radially outer surface of the fan shaft so as to limit a radial movement range of the stub shaft.
Integrated lubricating fluid filtering and metering device
A lubrication system for an attritable engine includes a bearing chamber, a fluid filtering inlet configured to receive a fluid, and a fluid filtering outlet located downstream of the fluid filtering inlet and configured to deliver the fluid to the bearing chamber. The lubrication system also includes a lattice, integral and conformal with the attritable engine, configured to filter the fluid, and located between the fluid filtering inlet and the fluid filtering outlet. The lubrication system also includes a metering port, configured to meter the fluid and located downstream of the lattice and upstream of the fluid filtering outlet.
TURBOMACHINE WITH ROLLER ELEMENT BEARING ARRANGEMENT
A bearing arrangement for a turbomachine includes first and second roller element bearings. The first bearing and the second bearing are disposed on opposite axial ends of an intermediate sleeve of the rotating group. The first bearing has a first inner race with a first inner radial surface and a first outer radial surface. The first inner radial surface has a first interference fit with a shaft of the rotating group. The first outer radial surface has a second interference fit with the intermediate sleeve. The second bearing has a second inner race with a second inner radial surface and a second outer radial surface. The second inner race receives the shaft with a clearance fit. The second outer radial surface has a third interference fit with the intermediate sleeve. The second inner race is coaxially aligned with the first inner race and the shaft via coaxial alignment of the intermediate sleeve and the first inner race.
Method and apparatus for optimisation of the supports for the additive manufacturing of a component with a recess
A method for obtaining, by additive manufacture, a component including at least one recess, this method including: a step of forming, by additive manufacture, a one-piece blank component, in which the at least one recess contains a support including a core in the form of a block of material and cellular elements that connect the core to the recess; and a step of detaching the support from the rest of the blank component in order to expose the recess.
Gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine including: an exhaust diffuser including an inner tube and an outer tube that form therebetween an annular exhaust passage; a bearing chamber formed radially inside the inner tube for accommodating a bearing that supports a rotor of a turbine; a plurality of hollow struts extending across the exhaust passage; an oil introduction passage extending through one of the struts for introducing oil to be supplied to the bearing chamber; an oil drain passage extending through one of the struts for draining the oil from an exhaust oil inlet opened on a bottom surface of the bearing chamber; and an oil discharge passage for discharging a portion of the oil having passed through the oil introduction passage toward the oil drain inlet.