F04D29/5846

ENDWALL COOLING SYSTEM
20190032495 · 2019-01-31 ·

An air distribution system for cooling a component in a heated gas environment may be provided, where the air distribution system includes a wall and a plate. The wall includes an inner surface, an outer surface configured to be exposed to the heated gas environment, and a protrusion extending from the inner surface of the wall. The plate is fixedly coupled to the protrusion and is space apart from the inner surface of the wall. The plate includes an outer edge. A passage is defined between the plate and the inner surface of the wall. The inlet of the passage is defined by the outer edge of the plate.

ANNULAR INJECTION APPARATUS FOR WET COMPRESSION
20190024669 · 2019-01-24 · ·

A technical object of the present invention is to provide an annular injection apparatus for wet compression which enables sprayed droplets to maximally evaporate without being drained as condensate water, thereby reducing compression work of the compressor. To this end, the annular injection apparatus for wet compression according to the present invention is an annular injection apparatus for wet compression which is used for a compressor including a nose cone and a bell mouth in an inlet of a flow path, in which droplets are sprayed to a portion except for portions directed toward the nose cone and the bell mouth.

SHIELD FOR A TURBINE ENGINE AIRFOIL

An airfoil for a turbine engine can include a body having an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side, and the body can extend axially between a truncated nose and a trailing edge. A shield can be positioned upstream of the nose to define a leading edge for the airfoil.

Supplemental cooling of cabin air compressor motor
10174767 · 2019-01-08 · ·

An assembly includes a first conductor, a tube extending along the first conductor between first and second ends of the first conductor, and an electrically-insulating barrier surrounding the first conductor and the tube such that the tube is spaced from the first conductor. Another assembly includes a plurality of conductors, a first tube extending along at least one of the conductors, and an electrically-insulating barrier enclosing the conductors and the first tube in which the barrier maintains spacing between the first tube and one or more adjacent conductors. In each assembly, the tube is configured to permit a fluid to flow therethrough. A method of manufacturing a feeder cable includes providing conductors that extend between first and second lugs of each conductor, enclosing the conductors within an electrically-insulating layer, and forming a cooling passage within the electrically-insulating layer that extends along one of the conductors.

COOLING SYSTEM FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
20180371999 · 2018-12-27 ·

A cooling system for a turbine engine is provided. The turbine engine includes a compressor, a compressor discharge chamber (CDC), a combustor assembly, and a turbine coupled in a serial flow relationship such that a first portion of air from the CDC is channeled to the combustor assembly. The turbine is coupled to the compressor via a rotor. The cooling system includes an air duct configured to channel a second portion of air from the CDC to a mid-rotor region of the rotor, and a fluid supply system coupled to the air duct at a coupling. The fluid supply system is configured to channel a flow of fluid to the coupling. The coupling is configured to cool the second portion of CDC air via absorption of heat by the fluid from the second portion of CDC air.

Compressor system

A compressor system includes a compressor and a supply control unit that controls a state of supply of water and a state of supply of oil. The supply control unit includes a rate-of-change acquisition unit that acquires a rate of change in efficiency of the compressor, a supply amount acquisition unit that acquires the amount of supply of the oil, an operating cost acquisition unit that acquires an operation cost from the rate of change, an oil cost acquisition unit that acquires an oil cost from the amount of supply of the oil, and a cost relationship acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of provisional relationship values that are the relationship between the operating cost and the oil cost under each of the plurality of provisional cleaning conditions.

Controlling a wet compression system

Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, systems and program products for controlling a wet compression system. Methods according to the present disclosure can include: calculating a water droplet size at a nozzle of a nozzle grid of the WCS based on at least one condition from a set of WCS operating fluid conditions; calculating at least one GT system performance parameter based on the water droplet size and at least one distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; determining a target water flow rate based on the at least one GT system performance parameter and another distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; and adjusting a flow rate of a water flow to the nozzle based on the target water flow rate.

GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT HAVING ENGINEERED VASCULAR STRUCTURE

A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall and a hollow vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure has an inlet hole and an outlet hole that communicate fluid into and out of the hollow vascular structure. The hollow vascular engineered lattice structure further has at least one resupply inlet hole between the inlet hole and the outlet hole with respect to a dimension of the component to communicate additional fluid into the hollow vascular engineered lattice structure.

CONTROLLING A WET COMPRESSION SYSTEM
20180313357 · 2018-11-01 ·

Embodiments of the present disclosure include methods, systems and program products for controlling a wet compression system. Methods according to the present disclosure can include: calculating a water droplet size at a nozzle of a nozzle grid of the WCS based on at least one condition from a set of WCS operating fluid conditions; calculating at least one GT system performance parameter based on the water droplet size and at least one distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; determining a target water flow rate based on the at least one GT system performance parameter and another distinct condition from the set of WCS operating fluid conditions; and adjusting a flow rate of a water flow to the nozzle based on the target water flow rate.

TURBOMACHINE WITH AN ADAPTIVE SEALING APPLIANCE
20180306198 · 2018-10-25 ·

A turbomachine, in particular a jet engine of an aircraft, with a rotor device and a stator device, wherein a sealing appliance is arranged preferably in the radial direction between the rotor device and the stator device, with the sealing appliance having a support arm that extends substantially in the axial direction and is connected to the rotor device in a torque-proof manner. The support arm has a sealing lip on the side that faces towards the stator device, and has a covering overlap with an adjoining surface of the rotor device at its inner side. At least one cooling air opening is arranged in the surface of the rotor device in an area of the covering overlap of the support arm of the sealing appliance with the rotor device.