Patent classifications
F05D2260/98
Oil pipe assembly
An oil pipe assembly for a gas turbine engine. The oil pipe assembly includes a first pipe that defines a first fluid passage between an oil supply and a bearing chamber, and a second pipe that houses the first pipe and defines a second fluid passage between the first pipe and the second pipe that is supplied with cooling air. The oil pipe assembly also includes a restrictor that extends from the second pipe and restricts the passage of fluid from the second fluid passage before it flows into a breather. Pressure and temperature sensors) are located adjacent the restrictor to detect and measure changes in air pressure and air temperature adjacent the restrictor from which a controller identifies whether a leak has occurred in the first pipe or the second pipe. A method for detecting a leak in the oil pipe assembly, and a gas turbine are also described.
Gear train with variable input direction of rotation and constant output direction of rotation
An oil system for a gas turbine engine includes an oil pump driven by a gear train having a main input drive gear rotating when a propulsor rotor rotates. The gear train includes two sets of gears joined by two connection shafts each having a clutch. The first set of the gears include a forward input gear and a reverse input gear each driven by the main input drive gear. The forward and the reverse input gears drive a pinion gear in the second set of gears through a clutch. Each clutch transmits rotation driven in a same driving direction and slips in an alternate driving direction. The first set of the gears has an even number of the gears, and the second set of the gears has an odd number of the gears.
FLUSHING METHOD FOR LUBRICATING OIL SYSTEM, FLUSHING APPARATUS, AND FLUSHING SYSTEM
A flushing method for a lubricating oil system includes a step of performing precedent inside oil flushing for bearing box, by connecting an oil supply pipe and a flushing apparatus mounted to a bearing box to each other by a bypass pipe while bypassing an internal pipe that is provided in the bearing box and introduces an oil supplied from the oil supply pipe to a part between a rotor of a turbine and a bearing, supplying the oil from the oil supply pipe to the flushing apparatus through the bypass pipe, and injecting the oil from the flushing apparatus into the bearing box, to thereby perform oil flushing for the inside of the bearing box; and a final oil flushing step of supplying the oil from the oil supply pipe to an internal pipe, to thereby perform oil flushing for the inside of the lubricating oil system, after the step of performing precedent inside oil flushing for bearing box.
Device for supplying an oil tank from a second tank
An evaluation of the oil level of an aircraft engine tank from doses of oil delivered from another tank by a pump can be checked by comparing the evaluation of the volume provided by a sensor associated with the engine tank with an estimation of the volume extracted from the aircraft rank, either by another level sensor associated with this tank, or directly from the control of the pump. This comparison is made by a module capable of notifying staff of the need to check or maintain the device, and in particular to check if the sensor is operating correctly. Application to aeronautics, in particular to devices wherein a single aircraft tank supplies all the engine tanks.
Lubricant filler assembly
A lubricant filler for a lubricant tank of an aircraft engine comprises a filler tube having an upper portion to be disposed outside the volume of the tank and a lower portion to be disposed inside the volume. First and second openings are respectively provided in the upper and lower portions. An oil volume sensor is received in the filler tube through the first opening. A valve is connected to the filler tube and movable between an open position in which the valve provides a fluid connection into the lower portion via the second opening, and a closed position in which the valve blocks the fluid connection into the lower portion via the second opening. A third opening, smaller than both the first and second openings, defined one of: a) through a sidewall of the lower portion of the filler tube to provide a fluid connection between the volume and the lower portion when the lubricant filler assembly is attached to the lubricant tank, and b) through the valve to provide the fluid connection when the lubricant filler assembly is attached to the lubricant tank.
BEARING CHAMBER HOUSING FOR A TURBOMACHINE
A bearing chamber housing for supporting a shaft of a turbomachine is provided, the bearing chamber housing including an additively built-up housing wall which bounds an oil chamber of the bearing chamber housing radially outwardly relative to an axis of rotation of the shaft, the housing wall being built up with an oil duct which has an inlet opening toward the oil chamber for admission of oil from the oil chamber into the oil duct, and which has an outlet opening for discharging the oil from the oil duct, the outlet opening being located at a different axial position and at a different circumferential position than the inlet opening, considered relative to the axis of rotation of the shaft, and the oil duct having an extent with both an axial component and a circumferential component, at least over a portion thereof.
IMPELLER FOR A PLANET CARRIER OF A PLANETARY GEAR SPEED REDUCER OF A TURBOMACHINE
An impeller (230) for a planet carrier of a planetary gear speed reducer of a turbomachine, is configured intended to be rotatably secured to the planet carrier and to be rotated about an axis A of the speed reducer. The impeller has an annular shape about the axis and includes lubrication means (43, 45, 238), in particular for lubricating bearings of planet gears of the speed reducer. The lubrication means include an annular cavity (238) situated at the inner periphery of the impeller. The impeller includes an inner peripheral wall (246) closing the cavity (238) in the radial direction, and the impeller includes an annular port (248) that extends around the axis and that opens in the axial direction into the cavity in order to supply it with lubricating oil.
Compressor casing with oil tank for a turbine engine
Turbine engine assembly comprising: an external casing (28) of a low-pressure compressor (4), an annular wall (30) and an oil tank (46) with a circular chamber (48) around an axis (14) of the compressor. The wall (30) comprises an inner surface (38) delimiting an primary guide path for the flow of the compressor, and an external surface (40) radially opposite the inner surface and delimiting the internal chamber (48) of the tank (46).
Aircraft turbomachine with reduction gear
An aircraft turbomachine with a reduction gear has a first shaft and a second shaft having one same axis of rotation, the second shaft being rotationally driven by the first shaft via the reduction gear, the first shaft having elastically deformable means having bellows section(s) and being connected to the reduction gear by a connecting system likewise having elastically deformable means involving a hairpin or bellows section(s).
Oil scavenge system
An oil scavenge system for a gas turbine engine comprising an oil tank and at least one bearing chamber. The oil scavenge system comprises at least one primary scavenge pump, a manifold, a secondary scavenge pump, a deaerator and a filter unit. The at least one primary scavenge pump is configured to pump oil from the at least one bearing chamber to the manifold whilst raising the pressure of the oil from a starting pressure to a first pressure elevated with respect to the starting pressure. The manifold is pressurised to substantially maintain the oil at said first pressure. The secondary scavenge pump is configured to pump oil from the manifold at the first pressure and to raise the pressure of the oil to a second pressure elevated with respect to the first pressure before pumping the oil to the deaerator and through the filter unit to the oil tank.