F01D5/081

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.

Blade assembly for gas turbine engine

A blade assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a rotor, a stator, a seal plate, and a sealing member. The rotor includes a rotor blade and a rotor disc. The rotor disc defines a bucket groove which receives a cooling fluid from a first cavity upstream of the rotor. The sealing member includes a control arm. The sealing member and the rotor define a flow cavity therebetween in fluid communication with an aperture of the seal plate. The flow cavity receives the cooling fluid flowing through the bucket groove and the aperture. The control arm and the seal plate define a gap therebetween fluidly communicating the flow cavity with a second cavity between the stator and the rotor. The control arm deflects at least a portion of the cooling fluid entering the flow cavity.

INJECTOR FOR A HIGH-PRESSURE TURBINE

The present invention relates to a turbine injector comprising an annular ring extending around a longitudinal axis and having a radially outer edge and a radially inner edge. The crown has a plurality of channels for fluidly connecting the radially outer edge to the radially inner edge, each channel extending in a radial plane of the ring and having an inlet opening near the outer edge and an outlet opening near the radially inner edge, the orientation of each channel varying progressively according to a tangential component between the inlet section of the inlet opening and the outlet section of the outlet opening.

METHOD OF COOLING A TURBINE BLADE
20230059027 · 2023-02-23 ·

A gas turbine engine defining an axial direction and a radial direction, and including a primary cooling circuit configured to receive a first flow of air; and a turbine rotor comprising a rotor blade, the rotor blade defining at least in part a forward wheelspace that is located forward of the rotor blade, the forward wheelspace configured to receive a second flow of air, the rotor blade further defining: a first cooling circuit internal to the rotor blade and in fluid communication with the primary cooling circuit for receiving the first flow of air from the primary cooling circuit; a second cooling circuit internal to the rotor blade and in fluid communication with the forward wheelspace for receiving a portion of the second flow of air from the forward wheelspace; and a means for drawing a portion of the second flow of air into the second cooling circuit.

Air delivery system for a gas turbine engine

A gas turbine engine having an improved air delivery system that includes features for pressurizing and/or cooling various components of the engine while minimizing the impact to the cycle efficiency of the engine, reducing the weight of the engine, and reducing the specific fuel consumption of the engine is provided.

Turbine rotor blade root with hollow mount with lattice support structure by additive manufacture
11492908 · 2022-11-08 · ·

A turbine rotor blade root is additively manufactured and includes a shank having a radially extending chamber defined therein. A blade mount is at a radial inner end of the shank. The blade mount has a hollow interior defined therein with the hollow interior in fluid communication with the radially extending chamber. A lattice support structure is disposed within the hollow interior of the blade mount.

Pre-swirl nozzle carrier and method of manufacturing the same

A pre-swirl nozzle carrier for a gas turbine engine, includes: a wall having front and rear sides, and a multiplicity of pre-swirl nozzles formed in the wall and which each have a flow passage, wherein the flow passage has an inlet opening at the front side and an outlet opening at the rear side. The flow passages are provided and designed to discharge air, which has flowed in via the inlet opening, with swirl from the outlet opening. It is provided that the inlet opening is surrounded by a periphery which, at least in certain sections, has a region with a convex curvature adjacent to the flow passage and has a region with a concave curvature adjacent to said region with a convex curvature. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a pre-swirl nozzle in a pre-swirl nozzle carrier.

Rotor disc with axial retention of the blades, assembly of a disc and a ring, and turbomachine

A rotor disc for a turbomachine, the disc extending circumferentially about an axis and including a plurality of cavities configured to receive blade roots, each cavity including a downstream radial wall configured to axially block the blade root in the cavity, each downstream radial wall including a channel of ventilation of the cavity, including an inlet orifice which opens into the cavity and an outlet orifice which opens onto a downstream surface of the disc. An assembly for a turbomachine including such a disc and an upstream retention ring and a turbomachine including such an assembly.

COOLING AIR DELIVERY ASSEMBLY

A gas turbine engine includes a combustion section, a turbine section, and a compressor section. The combustion section includes a combustor casing, a combustor, a cooling duct, and an outer duct. The combustor casing defines at least in part a diffuser cavity and a fluid inlet. The combustor disposed is in the diffuser cavity. The cooling duct is in fluid communication with the fluid inlet in the combustor casing and is configured to transport a flow of cooled air. The outer duct surrounds at least a portion of the cooling duct and extends along a portion of an entire length of the cooling duct. The outer duct defines a gap with the cooling duct and is configured to transport a flow of buffer air. The turbine section is disposed downstream from the combustion section. The cooling duct is in fluid communication with the turbine section.

IMPROVED TURBINE AND BLADE FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ROOT FROM FLOW PATH HOT GASES
20230082038 · 2023-03-16 ·

A turbine, and particularly a low pressure turbine is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of rotor members and spacers for arranged between rotor members, to avoid that an ingested gas flow from the hot gas flow path channel reaches the wheel space. The rotor members each include a deflector. The deflector is placed in correspondence with each spacer and deflects the ingested gas flow over the upper surface of the spacer, thus preventing it to heat up the roots of the blades.