Patent classifications
F05D2240/121
Turbine exhaust frame and method of vane assembly
A turbine frame for a turbine engine having an axial centerline, includes an inner hub, an outer hub encircling the inner hub, a plurality of struts extending between the inner and outer hubs, at least one vane segment comprising at least first and second fairings mounted to the inner and outer hubs and encircling one of the struts and a single piece outer retaining ring that is operably coupled to the vane segment to fix a radial position of the vane segment relative to the inner and outer retaining rings and methods of assembling at least one vane segment having at least one vane formed from a pair of fairings to an exhaust frame.
COOLING DEVICE FOR COOLING PLATFORMS OF A GUIDE VANE RING OF A GAS TURBINE
A cooling device for cooling platforms of a guide vane ring of a gas turbine is arranged downstream inside a main flow channel of a combustion chamber. Cooling air passages are arranged in a wall of the platforms or of an intermediate piece that is connected therewith to guide cooling air for film cooling the surfaces of the platforms. At least in certain areas, the wall is configured with at least two layers having—as viewed from the main flow channel—an outer wall and a spaced apart inner wall forming a hollow space, wherein the hollow space can be impinged by cooling air through at least one cooling air blow-in opening inside the outer wall, and at least one cooling air blow-out opening is arranged inside the inner wall extending in the downstream direction to the surfaces of the platforms.
Cast turbine nozzle having heat transfer protrusions on inner surface of leading edge
A cast turbine nozzle includes an airfoil having a body including a suction side, a pressure side opposing the suction side, a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, and a cooling cavity defined by an inner surface of the body. The nozzle also includes at least one endwall connected with the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge and the leading edge, and a plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending inwardly from the inner surface within the body, the plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending from the leading edge along the suction side and along the pressure side in a radially staggered columnar pattern. The inner surface includes a planar surface extending between adjacent heat transfer protrusions.
METHOD FOR COATING A TURBOMACHINE GUIDE VANE, ASSOCIATED GUIDE VANE
A method for coating a turbomachine guide vane including a root and a tip, an extrados face and an intrados face connected to one another by a leading edge and a trailing edge, the method including completely covering one of the faces of the vane with a polymer coating of thickness (e.sub.1) provided with grooves, removing the grooves from a part of the polymer coating in such a way that the polymer coating includes a grooved zone and a non-grooved zone, coating the non-grooved zone with a coat of paint of thickness (e.sub.3) such that the thickness of the coat of paint superimposed on the non-grooved zone is substantially equal to the thickness (e.sub.1) of the grooved zone.
Fan blade, engine, and structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions
[Object] To provide a fan blade, an engine, and a structure with anti-icing and de-icing functions, which are capable of efficiently performing anti-icing or de-icing with a simple structure. [Solving Means] A fan blade 8 is disposed on an air inlet 4 side of a jet engine 1 of an aircraft. The fan blade 8 includes a fan blade main body 21 made of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), and a pair of energizing units 31 and 32 that are provided on a leading edge 24 side and a trailing edge 25 side of a heating region 36 of the fan blade main body 21 and pass current through the fan blade main body 21. Voltage is applied between the pair of energizing units 31 and 32 and current passes through the fan blade main body 21 to heat the fan blade main body 21, thus performing anti-icing or de-icing.
Components for gas turbine engines
Components for gas turbine engines are described. The components include an airfoil having a leading edge cavity with a baffle portion and a leading edge portion. A baffle is installed within the baffle portion and includes a first metering flow aperture. A first support element retention feature is located within the leading edge cavity. A first axial extending rib extends between an aft end of the cavity and a forward end proximate the first support element retention feature and is formed on an interior surface of the airfoil. A first axial extending flow channel extends along the first axial extending rib between an exterior surface of the baffle and an interior surface of the airfoil and the first metering flow aperture is located proximate the aft end of the first axial extending flow channel to generate a forward flowing cooling flow.
Stator vane of fan or compressor
To provide a stator vane of a fan or compressor that is reduced in loss by enlarging a laminar flow area over a blade surface. With the stator vane, provided that an angle formed by a tangent to the blade surface at a point and the axial direction of the turbofan engine, that is, a parameter that is a blade surface angle normalized is referred to as a normalized blade surface angle, an upper limit is set for the change rate in the chord direction of the normalized blade surface angle on the pressure surface, and an upper limit is set for the normalized blade surface angle at a predetermined location in the chord direction on the suction surface.
COMPONENT SHIELDING
A method of manufacturing a component for a gas turbine engine includes applying a thermoplastic polymer sheet over a composite body for the component; applying a shield over part of the composite body, the shield terminating at an end which overlies the thermoplastic polymer sheet and defines an interface between shielded and unshielded regions of the component; and pressing the shield into the thermoplastic polymer sheet so that the thermoplastic polymer sheet deforms around the end of the shield, such that the exterior profile of the component at the interface between the shielded and unshielded regions is flush.
PROFILED STRUCTURE FOR AN AIRCRAFT OR TURBOMACHINE
The invention relates to a profiled structure, elongated in a direction in which the structure has a length exposed to an airflow, and transversely to which the structure has a leading edge (164) and/or a trailing edge, at least one of which is profiled and has, in said direction of elongation, serrations (28a) defined by successive teeth (30) and depressions (32).
Along the profiled leading edge and/or profiled trailing edge, the successive teeth (30) and depressions (32) extend only over a part of said length exposed to the flow over which the amplitude and/or spacing of the teeth varies monotonically except for the few teeth nearest each end of said part, a remaining part (280) of said length being smooth.
COUNTER-ROTATING FAN
A counter-rotating fan, comprising an impeller assembly and an air guide structure. The impeller assembly comprises a first stage impeller and a second stage impeller, of which the rotation directions are opposite. The pressure surfaces of first blades of the first stage impeller are configured to be opposite the suction surfaces of second blades of the second stage impeller, and from the blade root to the blade tip, each of the first blades and the second blades bends toward its own rotation direction. The air guide structure comprises a flow guide cover. The flow guide cover is provided at the center position of the air intake side of the first stage impeller, and the air intake side surface of the flow guide cover at least partially forms a flow guide surface, the flow guide surface extending along the axis of the first stage impeller in the direction away from the counter-rotating fan.