F05D2260/2214

POROUS REGULATOR WITH INTEGRATED VENTILATION

The invention relates to a regulator, configured to receive a hot air flow via an air inlet (12), to treat this hot air and to transmit the treated hot air to an air outlet (14) configured to supply a pneumatic actuator (16), comprising at least one temperature-sensitive electrical and/or mechanical element (36, 37), and a regulator body (100). The regulator is characterized in that the regulator body is composed of a heat-conducting hollow enclosure (28) at least partially surrounding a duct (22) for transporting the hot air flow, said cavity being at least partially filled with a metal mesh produced by additive manufacturing that allows the cooling air to circulate, and in that the temperature-sensitive electrical and/or mechanical element (36, 37) is arranged in, or in contact with, the regulator so as to be cooled by the cooling air by thermal conduction.

COOLANT DELIVERY VIA AN INDEPENDENT COOLING CIRCUIT

An embodiment of an independent cooling circuit for selectively delivering cooling fluid to a component of a gas turbine system includes: a plurality of independent circuits of cooling channels embedded within an exterior wall of the component, wherein the plurality of circuits of cooling channels are interwoven together; an impingement plate; and a plurality of feed tubes connecting the impingement plate to the exterior wall of the component and fluidly coupling each of the plurality of circuits of cooling channels to at least one supply of cooling fluid, wherein, in each of the plurality of circuits of cooling channels, the cooling fluid flows through the plurality of feed tubes into the circuit of cooling channels only in response to a formation of a breach in the exterior wall of the component that exposes at least one of the cooling channels of the circuit of cooling channels.

Baffle with impingement holes

An airfoil includes an vane airfoil, which has a ceramic matrix composite airfoil section including an outer wall that defines an internal cavity. The vane airfoil has an associated temperature profile which defines at least one high temperature area and at least one low temperature area. The vane airfoil includes a first zone which is defined in a first radial extent and corresponds to the high temperature area of the temperature profile and a second zone defined in a second radial extent and corresponds to the low temperature area of the temperature profile. An insert is situated in the internal cavity. The insert includes a first zone defined in a first radial extent that is aligned with the first zone of the vane airfoil. The first zone includes a first plurality of cooling holes which are configured to provide a first cooling density. A second zone is defined in a second radial extent that is aligned with the second zone of the vane airfoil. The second zone includes a second plurality of cooling holes that provide a second cooling density that is lower than the first cooling density such that the high temperature area and the low temperature area are balanced to lower a thermal gradient across the first and second zones of the vane airfoil. An vane airfoil and a method of assembling a ceramic matrix composite vane airfoil are also disclosed.

AIRFOIL WITH INTERNAL CROSSOVER PASSAGES AND PIN ARRAY
20220298928 · 2022-09-22 ·

An airfoil for a gas turbine engine. The airfoil includes a unique cooling path for a coolant, routing the coolant through a cooling cavity, through a column of crossover passages and through a pin array near a trailing edge of the airfoil. The crossover passages produce impingement cooling and the pin array produces convective cooling. This combination of impingement cooling and convective cooling results in increased cooling of the airfoil and better aeromechanical life objectives.

PLUMBING WITH INTERNAL FLOW GUIDES
20220275758 · 2022-09-01 · ·

A conduit assembly may comprise: a pipe; a plurality of hollow passages disposed through the pipe; and a plurality of flow guides disposed in the pipe, each flow guide in the plurality of flow guides at least partially defining a respective hollow passage in the plurality of hollow passages. The conduit assembly may act as a heat exchanger.

TURBINE VANE, AND TURBINE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING THE SAME
20220186626 · 2022-06-16 ·

A turbine vane, a turbine, and a gas turbine capable of reducing thermal stress are provided. The turbine vane may include an airfoil including a leading edge and a trailing edge, an inner shroud disposed at one end of the airfoil to support the airfoil, an outer shroud disposed at the other end of the airfoil to support the airfoil and configured to face the inner shroud, a first cooling passage and a second cooling passage configured to extend in a height direction thereof, and a first passage bending part configured to connect the first cooling passage and the second cooling passage, and the first passage bending part is positioned inside the inner shroud or the outer shroud.

Turbine shroud cooling

A turbine shroud segment for a gas turbine engine having an annular gas path extending about an engine axis. The engine has a turbine rotor mounted for rotation about the axis and having a plurality of blades extending into the gas path. The turbine shroud segment includes a body extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and circumferentially between a first and second lateral edges. The body has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially outer surface includes a textured surface exposed to a cooling flow. The radially inner surface defines an outer flow boundary surface of the gas path next to a tip of one of the blades. A cooling flow passageway is defined in the body and extends axially between one or more cooling inlets receiving the cooling flow from the textured surface and one or more cooling outlets.

TURBOFAN GAS TURBINE ENGINE

A turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, and a turbine module. The fan assembly includes fan blades defining a corresponding fan area (A.sub.FAN). The heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct, and includes radially-extending vanes arranged in a circumferential array with at least one vane including a heat transfer element for heat transfer from a first fluid contained within each element to an airflow passing over a surface of each heat transfer element before entering the fan assembly inlet. Each heat transfer element extends axially along the corresponding vane, with a swept heat transfer element area (A.sub.HTE) being the wetted surface area of all heat transfer elements in contact with the airflow. A Fan to Element Area parameter F.sub.EA of A.sub.HTE/A.sub.FAN lies in the range of 47 to 132.

TURBINE SHROUD COOLING

A turbine shroud segment for a gas turbine engine having an annular gas path extending about an engine axis. The engine has a turbine rotor mounted for rotation about the axis and having a plurality of blades extending into the gas path. The turbine shroud segment includes a body extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and circumferentially between a first and second lateral edges. The body has a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially outer surface includes a textured surface exposed to a cooling flow. The radially inner surface defines an outer flow boundary surface of the gas path next to a tip of one of the blades. A cooling flow passageway is defined in the body and extends axially between one or more cooling inlets receiving the cooling flow from the textured surface and one or more cooling outlets.

Plug resistant effusion holes for gas turbine engine

An effusion cooling hole for a component associated with a gas turbine engine extends along a longitudinal axis. The effusion cooling hole includes an inlet section spaced apart from a first surface of the component. The inlet section includes a face orientated transverse to the first surface and defines an inlet through the face that has a first diameter. The effusion cooling hole includes an outlet at a second surface of the component and downstream from the inlet section. The effusion cooling hole includes a diverging section downstream from the inlet section and upstream from the outlet. The diverging section is defined substantially external to a thickness of the component, and the effusion cooling hole transitions from the first diameter to a second diameter at the diverging section. The effusion cooling hole includes an intermediate section that fluidly connects the diverging section to the outlet.