Patent classifications
F01D5/081
Turbo engine rotor disc
A turbo engine rotor disc that has a rotation axis and includes, at the periphery thereof, a plurality of slots regularly distributed around the rotation axis, wherein at least one slot of the plurality of slots has a base that has a plurality of plates arranged in staggered rows and protruding from the base, each plate extending mainly along a direction perpendicular to a radial direction.
Injection cooled cooling air system for a gas turbine engine
A gas turbine engine includes an engine core having a compressor section, a combustor fluidly connected to the compressor section, and a turbine section fluidly connected to the combustor section. At least one compressor bleed connects a compressor flowpath with a first cooled cooling air path. The first cooled cooling air path includes a supplementary coolant injector connected to a supplementary coolant supply. The cooled cooling air path including a portion exterior to the engine core.
Dual cooling airflow to blades
An airfoil may comprise a root and an airfoil body radially outward of the root. The airfoil body may define a first cooling chamber and a second cooling chamber. A first passage may be defined within the root and configured to direct a first airflow radially outward through the root into the first cooling chamber. A second passage may be defined within the root and configured to direct a second airflow radially outward through the root and into the second cooling chamber. A tangential onboard injector (TOBI) may be disposed in the first airflow path. A radial onboard injector (ROBI) may be disposed in the second airflow path.
VALVE OPENING DEGREE DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR COOLING-AIR ADJUSTMENT VALVE, DISK CAVITY TARGET TEMPERATURE DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND DISK CAVITY TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE
A valve opening degree determination device includes an object operating state acquisition unit configured to acquire an object operating state which is an operating state of a gas turbine before control, and a valve opening degree calculation unit configured to calculate the valve opening degree such that a disk cavity temperature after control is equal to or lower than a target temperature, based on the object operating state. The valve opening degree calculation unit is configured to determine an input value of the valve opening degree such that a prediction value of the disk cavity temperature is equal to or lower than the target temperature as the valve opening degree, based on a prediction model generated based on a plurality of previous data in which the operating state, the disk cavity temperature, and an actual opening degree of the cooling-air adjustment valve previously acquired are associated with each other.
Turbine blade cooling system with channel transition
A turbine blade having a base and an airfoil, the base including cooling air inlets and an internal cooling air passageway, and the airfoil including an internal multi-bend heat exchange path beginning at the base and ending at a cooling air outlet at the trailing edge of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes a skin that encompasses a tip wall, an inner spar, and a tip flag cooling system.
Intercooled tangential air injector for gas turbine engines
A thermal management system for a component of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the thermal management system includes a manifold extending circumferentially about a longitudinal axis and defining a plenum; a cooling fluid transfer tube disposed within the plenum and configured to transfer a component cooling fluid from a component cooling fluid source to the component; and a cooling fluid passageway connected to the manifold and configured to transfer a plenum cooling fluid from a plenum cooling fluid source to the plenum.
Rotor bore conditioning for a gas turbine engine
A rotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor disks that each have a rim portion. The plurality of rotor disks includes a first rotor disk and at least one first bleed air passage that extends through a forward rim portion of the first rotor disk. At least one second bleed air passage that extends through an aft rim portion of the first rotor disk.
ANTI-CONTAMINATION BAFFLE FOR COOLING AIR SYSTEMS
An aircraft engine cooling air system is configured to provide cooling air to turbine components. The system has an airflow path extending from a source of cooling air to the turbine components. A baffle is disposed in the airflow path upstream of the turbine components. The baffle has a filtering surface defining a plurality of filtering holes sized to trap particulate matter suspended in the cooling air. A bypass passage is fluidly connected to the source of cooling air and the turbine components in parallel with the baffle so as to allow airflow to the turbine components when the filtering holes of the baffle are clogged.
TURBINE BLADE AND METHOD
The turbine blade includes an airfoil, a root connected to the airfoil and having lobed edges spaced apart on laterally opposed sides of an axis extending axially through the root, and an air passage extending through the airfoil and the root. A first tab extends at least partially along and laterally outward from a first edge of the laterally opposed lobed edges, and a second tab extending at least partially along and laterally outward from a second edge of the laterally opposed lobed edges.
TANGENTIAL ONBOARD INJECTOR INLET EXTENDER
A diffuser case for a gas turbine engine including: a pre-diffuser; a diffuser case defining a dump region, an inner shroud, and an outer shroud, the pre-diffuser being fluidly connected to the inner shroud and the outer shroud through the dump region; a tangential onboard injector module fluidly connected to the inner shroud through inlet orifice located in the diffuser case proximate an aft end of the inner shroud; and an inlet extender initiating at the inlet orifice of the tangential onboard injector module, extends through the inner shroud, and terminates at a distal end proximate the pre-diffuser.