Patent classifications
F02C7/12
Turbine engine and method of cooling
A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.
Turbine engine and method of cooling
A method of operating a turbine engine that includes shutting down the turbine engine such that a rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases, and actuating a starter motor of the turbine engine at one of as the rotational speed of the turbine engine decreases or at a preset time after the turbine engine receives a full stop command such that residual heat is exhausted from the turbine engine.
GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD TO COOL A GAS TURBINE ENGINE CASE ASSEMBLY
A method of cooling a gas turbine engine case assembly includes moving a fan air valve that is operatively connected to a pre-cooler having a bypass inlet that is configured to receive bypass air that bypasses a gas turbine engine core to facilitate a provision of bypass air through a fan air valve inlet to the bypass inlet to a first open position, in response to a core compartment temperature being greater than a target core compartment temperature. The method further includes bleeding the bypass air through a bypass outlet of the pre-cooler into a core compartment.
GAS TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD TO COOL A GAS TURBINE ENGINE CASE ASSEMBLY
A method of cooling a gas turbine engine case assembly includes moving a fan air valve that is operatively connected to a pre-cooler having a bypass inlet that is configured to receive bypass air that bypasses a gas turbine engine core to facilitate a provision of bypass air through a fan air valve inlet to the bypass inlet to a first open position, in response to a core compartment temperature being greater than a target core compartment temperature. The method further includes bleeding the bypass air through a bypass outlet of the pre-cooler into a core compartment.
COMBUSTOR COMPONENT HAVING ENHANCED COOLING
Fuel injectors for gas turbine engines are provided herein. The fuel injectors include a nozzle configured to dispense fuel into a combustor of a gas turbine engine, a fuel conduit fluidly connecting a fuel source to the nozzle, and a heat pipe having a vaporization section and a condensation section, wherein the vaporization section is in thermal communication with the nozzle and the condensation section is in thermal communication with a cooling source of the gas turbine engine.
COMBUSTOR COMPONENT HAVING ENHANCED COOLING
Fuel injectors for gas turbine engines are provided herein. The fuel injectors include a nozzle configured to dispense fuel into a combustor of a gas turbine engine, a fuel conduit fluidly connecting a fuel source to the nozzle, and a heat pipe having a vaporization section and a condensation section, wherein the vaporization section is in thermal communication with the nozzle and the condensation section is in thermal communication with a cooling source of the gas turbine engine.
AIRCRAFT HAVING A SINGLE FLUID INLET APERTURE
An aircraft includes a machine body that encloses a turbofan gas turbine engine and a plurality of ancillary systems. The turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a first heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a combustor module, a turbine module, and an exhaust module. The aircraft includes a second heat exchanger module. The machine body comprises a single fluid inlet aperture, with the fluid inlet aperture being configured to allow a fluid cooling flow to enter the machine body and to pass through the first heat exchanger module. When a temperature of the fluid cooling flow is less than a temperature of a fluid to be cooled, the fluid to be cooled is directed to the first heat exchanger module, and when a temperature of the fluid cooling flow is greater than a temperature of the fluid to be cooled, the fluid to be cooled is directed to the second heat exchanger module and cooled using a fuel supply for the gas turbine engine.
AIRCRAFT HAVING A SINGLE FLUID INLET APERTURE
An aircraft includes a machine body that encloses a turbofan gas turbine engine and a plurality of ancillary systems. The turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a first heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a combustor module, a turbine module, and an exhaust module. The aircraft includes a second heat exchanger module. The machine body comprises a single fluid inlet aperture, with the fluid inlet aperture being configured to allow a fluid cooling flow to enter the machine body and to pass through the first heat exchanger module. When a temperature of the fluid cooling flow is less than a temperature of a fluid to be cooled, the fluid to be cooled is directed to the first heat exchanger module, and when a temperature of the fluid cooling flow is greater than a temperature of the fluid to be cooled, the fluid to be cooled is directed to the second heat exchanger module and cooled using a fuel supply for the gas turbine engine.
DISTRIBUTED NETWORK OF HEAT EXCHANGERS
An actuator includes a housing, a first chamber inside the housing, a cylinder within the housing, and a second chamber within the housing. The cylinder fluidically isolates the first chamber from the second chamber. The actuator also includes a rod connected to the cylinder and extending through the second chamber and the housing. A shell is spaced apart from the housing and defines a fluid gap between the shell and the housing. The shell includes a shell inlet fluidically connected to the fluid gap and a shell outlet fluidically connected to the fluid gap.
Cooled wall
The disclosure pertains to a cooled wall for separating a hot gas flow path of a gas turbine from a cooling flow including at least one turbulator rib extending from the wall into the cooling flow, and having a height, a width for providing heat transfer enhancement for the cooled wall. The turbulator rib has filets at its root with a filet radius. In order to increase the heat transfer enhancement of the turbulator rib, the filet at the downstream side of turbulator rib is extending into the cooled wall with a penetration depth. Further, the disclosure relates to specific embodiments in which the cooled wall with turbulator ribs is configured as the sidewall of an airfoil, a combustor wall or a heat shield.