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NOZZLE WITH SLASH FACE(S) WITH SWEPT SURFACES JOINING AT ARC WITH PEAK ALIGNED WITH STIFFENING MEMBER
20210254484 · 2021-08-19 ·

A nozzle for a turbine system includes an airfoil, an inner sidewall, and an outer sidewall. Each of the inner sidewall and outer sidewall includes a peripheral edge defining a pressure side slash face, a suction side slash face, a leading edge face, and a trailing edge face. At least one of the inner sidewall pressure side slash face, the inner sidewall suction side slash face, the outer sidewall pressure side slash face, or the outer sidewall suction side slash face includes a first swept surface extending at a first angle relative to a nominal slash face angle and a second swept surface extending at a second angle relative to the nominal slash face angle. The first and second swept surfaces meet at an arc having a peak that is circumferentially aligned with a stiffening member extending circumferentially on a respective sidewall.

Adaptive case for a gas turbine engine

A gas turbine engine includes a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced from each other. A plurality of rings are spaced radially outward from the plurality of blade. At least one actuator is in mechanical communication with the plurality of rings for moving the plurality of rings in an axial direction to create an axial gap adjacent at least one of the plurality of rings.

Systems and method for determining turbine assembly flow characteristics

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine arranged around an axis. The turbine includes a turbine vane assembly. A method for creating the turbine vane assembly includes fabricating a plurality of turbine vanes comprising ceramic matrix composite material and selecting and arranging the turbine vanes to form a turbine vane assembly.

VANE CORE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section rotatable about an axis, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a vane assembly including a radially outer platform with respect to the axis. A first airfoil extend from the radially outer platform to a radially inner platform. A rail extends radially inward from the inner platform, and a connected passage includes an airfoil passage within the first airfoil. A platform passage is located within the inner platform, and a rail passage is located within the rail. The airfoil passage, the platform passage, and the rail passage are fluidly connected.

AXIAL FLOW TURBINE

There is provided an axial flow turbine capable of realizing a reduction in gland leakage amount. The axial flow turbine in an embodiment is of a single flow type and includes an upstream-side gland part located on an upstream side of a working medium in an axial direction of a turbine rotor and a downstream-side gland part located on a downstream side of the working medium in the axial direction of the turbine rotor. The axial flow turbine is configured such that a cooling medium lower in temperature and higher in pressure than the working medium is extracted in a middle of flowing from the inside to the outside of the turbine casing in the upstream-side gland part, and the extracted cooling medium is introduced into the stationary blade.

Gas turbine engines including tangential on-board injectors and methods for manufacturing the same

Disclosed is a tangential on-board injector (TOBI) system that includes an annulus and a plurality of cooling airflow passages disposed about the annulus. Each cooling airflow passage of the plurality of cooling airflow passages includes an inlet opening having a polygonal inlet cross-section, the inlet opening having an inlet cross-sectional area. Each cooling airflow passage of the plurality of cooling airflow passages further includes an outlet opening having an outlet cross-section and an outlet cross-sectional area. The inlet cross-sectional area is greater in magnitude than the outlet cross-sectional area. Also disclosed are additive manufacturing methods for manufacturing the tangential on-board injector system and gas turbine engines that incorporate the tangential on-board injector system.

Vane core assemblies and methods

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section rotatable about an axis, a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section, and a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a vane assembly including a radially outer platform with respect to the axis. A first airfoil extend from the radially outer platform to a radially inner platform. A rail extends radially inward from the inner platform, and a connected passage includes an airfoil passage within the first airfoil. A platform passage is located within the inner platform, and a rail passage is located within the rail. The airfoil passage, the platform passage, and the rail passage are fluidly connected.

Spline seal with cooling features for turbine engines
10982559 · 2021-04-20 · ·

A segmented flow path assembly and spline seals therefore are provided. A method for cooling a spline seal is also provided. In one exemplary aspect, a spline seal is provided that may be positioned at least in part in a groove defined by a first flowpath segment and at least in part in a oppositely facing groove defined by an adjacent flowpath segment. The spline seal may span the gap between the adjacent flowpath segments and provide sealing therefore. The spline seal includes features that allow a cooling flow to bypass the spline seal to cool the hot side of the seal as well as to meter the flow by the seal.

Steam turbine nozzle segment for partial arc application, related assembly and steam turbine

A steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment, related assembly and steam turbine. Various embodiments include a steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment having: a pair of opposing sidewalls; an airfoil extending between the pair of opposing sidewalls and integral with each of the pair of sidewalls, the airfoil having a single contact surface for directing a flow of working fluid through a flow channel; and a fill region integral with the airfoil and the pair of opposing sides, the fill region extending between the pair of opposing sides along an entirety of a length of the airfoil, the fill region for completely obstructing the flow of working fluid.

TURBOMACHINE STATOR ELEMENT

A turbomachine stator element extends around a longitudinal axis and includes a first stator vane and a second stator vane circumferentially adjacent to the first stator vane. Each of the first and second stator vanes include a platform and a blade extending radially from the platform. The stator element also comprising at least one inter-platform seal, arranged between the platform of the first stator vane and the platform of the second stator vane. The inter-platform seal has a flat support provided with an upper surface on which there extends a fin.