F23R2900/03041

Multi-walled structure for a gas turbine engine

An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This assembly includes a multi-walled structure including a cold wall, a hot wall and a cooling cavity vertically between the cold wall and the hot wall. The cold wall includes a plurality of cold wall apertures fluidly coupled with the cooling cavity. The cold wall apertures are configured to subject the cold wall to a cold wall pressure drop vertically across the cold wall. The hot wall includes a plurality of hot wall apertures fluid coupled with the cooling cavity. The hot wall apertures are configured to subject the hot wall to a hot wall pressure drop vertically across the hot wall that is greater than or equal to the cold wall pressure drop.

GAS TURBINE COMPONENT WITH FLUID INTAKE HOLE FREE OF ANGLED SURFACE TRANSITIONS
20220333776 · 2022-10-20 ·

A gas turbine combustion duct includes a duct body and a fluid intake hole. The duct body includes a duct wall defining a plenum for routing a flow of combustion products from a combustor downstream through the gas turbine combustion duct to a turbine section. The fluid intake hole extends from an outward-facing surface to an inward-facing surface through the duct wall for receiving an outside fluid flow into the plenum, and is laterally circumscribed about its entire periphery by a lateral-facing surface. The lateral-facing surface includes a curved surface portion along a shortest path from the inward-facing surface to the outward-facing surface and is free of angled surface transitions along the shortest path between the inward-facing surface and the outward-facing surface. The fluid intake hole is wider at the outward-facing surface than at the inward-facing surface. A boss may define the fluid intake hole and the lateral-facing surface.

COMBUSTION CHAMBER ASSEMBLY WITH COLLAR SECTION AT A MIXING AIR HOLE OF A COMBUSTION CHAMBER SHINGLE
20230125918 · 2023-04-27 ·

A combustion chamber assembly includes a through hole on the combustion chamber wall bounded on an outer side of the wall by a hole edge and a combustion chamber shingle having a collar bounding a mixing air hole on the outer side of the wall and protruding with a first collar portion beyond the hole edge on the outer side of the wall. A cooling air opening is formed on an inner circumferential surface of a duct portion of the mixing air hole adjoining the first collar portion and extending in the direction of a combustion space, the cooling air opening leading into a cooling air duct which extends through the duct portion and via which cooling air is guided out of the mixing air hole in a direction of a hot side of the shingle facing the combustion space.

Combustion chamber with particle separator
11598525 · 2023-03-07 · ·

A combustion chamber (15) comprising a wall at least partially defining a combustion zone and having a first surface (41) facing away from the combustion zone and a second surface (43) facing the combustion zone, the wall having at least one effusion cooling aperture (69, 73) extending there-through from the first surface to the second surface, the effusion cooling aperture having an inlet in the first surface and an outlet in the second surface, the first surface having a particle separator (84) at least partially located upstream of the inlet of the effusion cooling aperture, the particle separator projecting away from the first surface and away from the combustion zone.

Liner for a combustor of a gas turbine engine with metallic corrugated member

A liner for a combustor includes a support member, an intermediate member, and a liner member. The intermediate member is positioned intermediate the support member and the liner member and has a plurality of protrusions and a plurality of recesses. The support member is coupled to the intermediate member at a tangent of each protrusion. Additionally, the liner member is comprised of a ceramic matrix composite material. The liner member is coupled to the intermediate member at a tangent of each recess.

COMBUSTOR LINER

The invention is a combustor liner (12) of a dual wall cooling structure including an inner wall section (30) configured to surround a combustion region (13) and in which a plurality of effusion cooling holes (31) are formed, and an outer wall section (20) formed to be spaced apart from the inner wall section (30) and in which a plurality of impingement cooling holes (21) are formed, wherein the inner wall section (30) is constituted by a plurality of plate-shaped members (40), and a support guide member (50) is provided which is configured to guide the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) to enable free insertion and extraction and support the plurality of plate-shaped members (40) at intervals such that deformation by thermal expansion is able to be absorbed.

Auxetic Structures With Distorted Projection Slots In Engineered Patterns To Provide NPR Behavior And Improved Stress Performance

Auxetic structures, effusion-cooling auxetic sheets, systems and devices with auxetic structures, and methods of using and methods of making auxetic structures are disclosed. An auxetic structure is disclosed which includes an elastically rigid body with opposing top and bottom surfaces. First and second pluralities of elongated apertures extend through the elastically rigid body from the top surface to the bottom surface. The first plurality of elongated apertures extends transversely with respect to the second plurality of elongated apertures. The first and/or second pluralities of elongated apertures have distorted shapes projected through the elastically rigid body at an oblique angle. The elongated apertures are cooperatively configured to provide a desired stress performance while exhibiting negative Poisson's Ratio (NPR) behavior under macroscopic planar loading conditions. By way of example, the auxetic structure may exhibit a reduction in stress concentration proximate the elongated apertures and a Poisson's Ratio of approximately −0.0001 to −0.9%.

Combustor Effusion Plate Assembly

The present application provides a combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a number of fuel nozzles and an effusion plate assembly positioned about the fuel nozzles. The effusion plate assembly may include a cold pate, a hot plate, and a number of swirl inducing structures extending therebetween.

Gas turbine system with a transition duct having axially extending cooling channels

A gas turbine system (1) including a burner arrangement having a tubular combustion chamber (5), a turbine (6) and a transition duct (7) connecting the combustion chamber (5) and the turbine (6), wherein the transition duct (7) is provided with an axially extending cooling air channel (11). The transition duct (7) includes a plurality of axially extending cooling air channels, and wherein each cooling air channel (11) is provided with one single inlet (12) opened to the outside of the transition duct (7) and with one single outlet (12) opened to the inside of the transition duct (7).

Coating occlusion resistant effusion cooling holes for gas turbine engine

A coating occlusion resistant effusion cooling hole to form a film of a cooling fluid on a surface of a wall. The cooling hole extends along a longitudinal axis. The cooling hole includes an inlet section defined so as to be spaced apart from the surface. The inlet section is to receive the cooling fluid. The cooling hole includes a metering section fluidly coupled downstream of the inlet section. The cooling hole includes an outlet section fluidly coupled downstream of the metering section. The outlet section includes an overhang portion, a recessed portion, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The first sidewall and the second sidewall interconnect the overhang portion with the recessed portion along a portion of the outlet section, and the first sidewall and the second sidewall converge and diverge in a plane transverse to the longitudinal axis.