Patent classifications
F05D2250/323
AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM EXHAUST NOZZLE WITH EJECTOR PASSAGE(S)
An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes an exhaust nozzle. The exhaust nozzle includes a flowpath, a passage, an outer door, an inner door and an actuator configured to move the outer door and the inner door between an open arrangement and a closed arrangement. The flowpath extends axially along a centerline through the exhaust nozzle. The passage extends laterally into the exhaust nozzle to the flowpath when the outer door and the inner door are in the open arrangement. The outer door is configured to pivot inwards towards the centerline when the outer door moves from the closed arrangement to the open arrangement. The inner door is configured to pivot outwards away from the centerline when the inner door moves from the closed arrangement to the open arrangement.
IMPINGEMENT INSERT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
The present disclosure is directed to an impingement insert for a gas turbine engine. The impingement insert includes an insert wall having an inner surface and an outer surface spaced apart from the inner surface. A nozzle extends outwardly from the outer surface of the insert wall. The nozzle includes an outer surface and a circumferential surface. The insert wall and the nozzle collectively define a cooling passage extending from the inner surface of the insert wall to the outer surface of the nozzle. The cooling passage includes an inlet portion, a throat portion, a converging portion extending from the inlet portion to the throat portion, an outlet portion, and a diverging portion extending from the throat portion to the outlet portion. The cooling passage further includes a cross-sectional shape having a semicircular portion and a non-circular portion.
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.
Turbine blade, and turbine and gas turbine including the same
A turbine blade that allows an improvement in torque and power, and a turbine and gas turbine including the same are provided. The turbine blade includes an airfoil having a suction side and a pressure side, a platform coupled to a bottom of the airfoil, and a root protruding downward from the platform and coupled to a rotor disk, wherein the airfoil includes a cooling passage formed therein and a discharge hole connected to an upper portion of the cooling passage to discharge cooling air, and the discharge hole is inclined toward a tip of the turbine blade while extending from an inside to an outside thereof.
Circumferential Seal Assembly with Multi-Axis Stepped Grooves
A circumferential seal assembly suitable for forming a thin film between a rotatable runner and a sealing ring is presented. The assembly includes an annular seal housing, a rotatable runner, an annular seal ring, and a plurality of groove structures. Each groove structure includes a groove and an optional feed groove. The groove includes at least two adjoining steps defined by base walls arranged to decrease depthwise. Two adjoining base walls are disposed about a base shoulder. Each base shoulder locally redirects a longitudinal flow to form an outward radial flow in the direction of the annular seal ring. The base walls are bounded by and intersect a pair of side walls. A side wall includes side shoulders which narrows the groove widthwise and locally redirects the longitudinal flow to form a lateral flow in the direction of the other side wall. Outward and lateral flows separately or in combination enhance stiffness of a thin-film layer between the annular seal ring and the rotatable runner.
ASSEMBLING AID FOR ASSEMBLING/DE-ASSEMBLING A TURBINE ASSEMBLY
An assembling aid for assembling or de-assembling a turbine assembly having at least two aerofoil assemblies connected to each other by at least two interlocking platforms, wherein the at least two aerofoil assemblies are brought from a free-state untwisted position to an assembled twisted position during assembling, including at least one slot embodied to receive at least one part of an aerofoil assembly, wherein the at least one slot has an entry aperture and an exit aperture. A width of the entry aperture of the at least one slot is wider than a width of the exit aperture of the at least one slot.
HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPONENT, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPONENT, AND FLOW RATE CONTROL METHOD
A high-temperature component including a plurality of cooling passages through which the cooling medium can flow, a header connected to respective downstream ends of the plurality of cooling passages, and one or more outlet passages for discharging the cooling medium flowing into the header to outside of the header. The one or more outlet passages are less in number than the plurality of cooling passages. Respective minimum flow passage cross-sectional areas of the one or more outlet passages are not less than respective flow passage cross-sectional areas of the plurality of cooling passages in a connection between the header and the cooling passages. A sum of the respective minimum flow passage cross-sectional areas of the one or more outlet passages is less than a sum of the respective flow passage cross-sectional areas of the plurality of cooling passages in the connection between the header and the cooling passages.
IMPINGEMENT HOLES FOR A TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT
An apparatus for an impingement hole for an engine component of a gas turbine engine includes an impingement baffle. The impingement baffle is spaced from an impingement surface and includes a plurality of impingement holes for providing an impingement flow to the impingement surface. The impingement holes can have an angled upstream edge such that an inlet has a greater cross-sectional area than an outlet. The walls of the impingement holes can have a hood to provide a higher shear flow content to minimize dust accumulation on the impingement surface.
GAS TURBINE ENGINE TRAILING EDGE EJECTION HOLES
An apparatus and method for an airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a trailing edge cooling circuit utilizing a plurality of trailing edge ejection holes. The ejection holes can include a circumferentially radiused inlet, a converging section, a metering section, and a diverging section to improve airfoil cooling as well as castability.
Abradable sealing element
An abradable sealing element comprises a substrate and a sealing structure. The sealing structure comprises one or more wall structures extending from the substrate and defining at least one open cell which is filled with abradable material. The one or more wall structures are formed by additive-layer, powder-fed, laser-weld deposition onto the substrate. The one or more wall structures are formed from nickel-based superalloy and constitute from about 10% to about 50% of the total volume of the sealing structure.