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CAST TURBINE NOZZLE HAVING HEAT TRANSFER PROTRUSIONS ON INNER SURFACE OF LEADING EDGE
20210388729 · 2021-12-16 ·

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.

Turbomachine blade with trailing edge having improved cooling

A turbine blade includes a root and an airfoil extending from a base, through which it is connected to the root, to a tip. The airfoil includes an intrados wall and an extrados wall, connected by a leading edge and by a trailing edge with a cooling circuit. The cooling circuit includes a conduit with a duct and a manifold prolonging this conduit. The conduit collects air from the blade root to supply the duct and the manifold that is located downstream from the duct and that supplies the slits in the trailing edge with air. The duct supplies air to one end of the manifold close to the tip. The manifold is separated from the duct by a partition including a portion close to the tip that is curved to be concave when seen from the trailing edge.

TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT WITH A SET OF DEFLECTORS

An airfoil assembly defining a primary airflow path for a turbine engine comprising a platform, an airfoil extending from the platform and into at least a portion of the primary airflow path, a secondary airflow path comprising air from the primary airflow path, and a deflector provided within the secondary airflow path.

Turbine airfoil with trailing edge framing features

A turbine airfoil (10) includes a trailing edge coolant cavity (41f) located in an airfoil interior (11) between a pressure sidewall (14) and a suction sidewall (16). The trailing edge coolant cavity (41f) is positioned adjacent to a trailing edge (20) of the turbine airfoil (10) and is in fluid communication with a plurality of coolant exit slots (28) positioned along the trailing edge (20). At least one framing passage (70, 80) is formed at a span-wise end of the trailing edge coolant cavity (41f). The airfoil (10) further includes framing features (72A-B, 82A-B) located in the framing passage (70, 80). The framing features are configured as ribs (72A-B, 82A-B) protruding from the pressure sidewall (14) and/or the suction sidewall (16). The ribs (72A-B, 82A-B) extend partially between the pressure sidewall (14) and the suction sidewall (16).

Components for gas turbine engines

Component for gas turbine engines are described. The components include an airfoil body having leading and trailing edges and pressure and suction sides. The airfoil has a leading edge cavity located proximate the leading edge defined between the leading edge and a separator rib and between the pressure side and the suction side. An insert member is installed within the leading edge cavity. The insert member has one or more metering flow apertures at an aft end and one or more impingement apertures at a forward end and at least one axially extending rib along an exterior surface thereof. At least one axial extending flow channel passage is defined along the axial extending rib between an exterior of the insert member and an interior of the airfoil body. Air flow through the metering flow apertures flows into the axial extending flow channel passage and flows forward toward the leading edge.

Multi-disk bladed rotor assembly for rotational equipment
11371351 · 2022-06-28 · ·

A rotor assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This rotor assembly includes a first rotor disk, a second rotor disk, a plurality of rotor blades and a plurality of disk mounts. The first rotor disk is configured to rotate about a rotational axis. The second rotor disk is configured to rotate about the rotational axis. The rotor blades are arranged circumferentially around the rotational axis. Each of the rotor blades is axially between and mounted to the first rotor disk and the second rotor disk. The disk mounts connect the first rotor disk and the second rotor disk together. The disk mounts include a first disk mount. The first disk mount is integral with the first rotor disk. The first disk mount projects axially through the second rotor disk.

BEARING HOUSING ASSEMBLY
20220195888 · 2022-06-23 ·

A bearing housing cover for a gas turbine engine having an impeller. The bearing housing comprises an annular collar having a flange mountable to an exterior surface of a bearing housing. The bearing housing further comprises an impeller baffle integrated with the annular collar, the impeller baffle having an annular body with a front baffle face positionable adjacent a rear face of the impeller, a rear baffle face having a plurality of stiffening elements extending between the rear baffle face and the annular collar, and a central baffle opening.

Gear baffle
11365798 · 2022-06-21 · ·

A gear baffle, a gearbox of a gas turbine engine including a gear baffle, and a method of installing a gear baffle adjacent to a gear in a gearbox of a gas turbine engine are disclosed. The gearbox includes a housing, having disposed therein a gear, and a baffle adjacent to the gear to interact with lubricant fluid around the gear. The baffle includes a first interface for attaching the baffle to a structure to a first side of the gear, and a second interface for attaching the baffle to a structure to a second, axially opposite, side of the gear. The second interface may be axially spaced apart from the first interface by an axial distance. The baffle may include a main wall interconnecting the first interface with the second interface. The main wall may include a compliant corrugation that accommodates a variation in the axial distance between the first interface and the second interface.

ROTATING MACHINE

A rotating machine includes a casing having a hollow shape; a rotator rotatably supported in the casing; a stator blade fixed to an inner peripheral portion of the casing; a rotor blade fixed to an outer peripheral portion of the rotator while being displaced from the stator blade in an axial direction of the rotator; a sealing device disposed between the inner peripheral portion of the casing and a tip of the rotor blade; a swirling flow generation chamber provided along a circumferential direction of the rotator on a downstream side of the sealing device in the casing in a fluid flow direction; and guiding members provided at predetermined intervals in the swirling flow generation chamber in the circumferential direction of the rotator. The guiding members each include a first guiding surface that is inclined in the circumferential direction with respect to the axial direction of the rotator.

Coolant channel
11359496 · 2022-06-14 · ·

A component for a gas turbine engine, comprising: first and second walls; a coolant channel defined by the space between the first and second walls; and a first rib extending between the first and second walls to the end of the coolant channel in a coolant flow direction, such that the coolant channel is bifurcated in the coolant flow direction.