F01D5/082

AERO-ENGINE TURBINE ASSEMBLY
20230313686 · 2023-10-05 ·

Disclosed is an aero-engine turbine assembly, including a turbine assembly body and a cooling component. The turbine assembly body is provided with an internal flow passage, and the turbine assembly body includes a turbine rotor disk, a blade end wall and a turbine rotor blade, which are successively fixedly connected with each other. The internal flow passage passes through the turbine rotor disk, the blade end wall and the turbine motor blade, and the internal flow passage is provided with an inlet and an outlet. The cooling component is fixed on the turbine rotor disk, and the cooling component includes an electromagnetic pump system, an expansion joint and a radiator, which are successively communicated with each other. The electromagnetic pump system is communicated with the inlet, to inject liquid metal to into the internal flow passage.

Tangential onboard injector inlet extender

A diffuser case for a gas turbine engine including: a pre-diffuser; a diffuser case defining a dump region, an inner plenum, and an outer plenum, the pre-diffuser being fluidly connected to the inner plenum and the outer plenum through the dump region; a tangential onboard injector module fluidly connected to the inner plenum through inlet orifice located in the diffuser case proximate an aft end of the inner plenum; and an inlet extender initiating at the inlet orifice of the tangential onboard injector module, extends through the inner plenum, and terminates at a distal end proximate the pre-diffuser.

Tangential on-board injector (TOBI) assembly

A tangential on-board injector (TOBI), comprising: a body defining an annular passageway to receive cooling air, the TOBI defining a plurality of discharge nozzles; a rotating component mounted for rotation relative to the body about an axis of rotation; a seal extending between the body and the rotating component; a plurality of vanes circumferentially distributed about the axis of rotation and located downstream of the plurality of discharge nozzles relative to a flow of the cooling air circulating toward the seal from the plurality of discharge nozzles and upstream of the seal; and flow passages defined between the plurality of vanes, a flow passage of the flow passages extending along a passage axis, the passage axis having a tangential component at an outlet of the flow passage that is different than a tangential component of an exit flow axis of a nozzle of the plurality of discharge nozzles.

Bladed disc

A bladed disc system for a turbine engine having a disk portion and a plurality of blade portions which are associated with a stator section and an intercavity sealing portion, disc portion shaped such that blade portions are able to fit within firtree slot in disc portion, blade portion having aerofoil section and root section, aerofoil section having portion shaped such that they extend proximate to intercavity sealing portion, disc portion extending from portion that connects with drum to outer edge at which blade portions are connected with disc portion having width transition region in which thickness of disc increases from point at which disc connects to drum to outer edge at which it holds blade portions, and wherein width transition region has curved width transition region with radius r, and an overhanging portion which extends into the intercavity spacing between the width transition region and the intercavity sealing portion.

Inertial particle separator for a turbine section of a gas turbine engine

A gas turbine engine, has: a compressor; a turbine having a rotor; and an inertial particle separator located upstream of the turbine downstream of the compressor, the inertial particle separator having: an intake conduit in fluid flow communication with the compressor and defining an elbow, a splitter, a leading edge of the splitter located downstream of the elbow, the splitter located to divide a flow into a particle flow and an air flow, and an inlet conduit and a bypass conduit located on respective opposite sides of the splitter, the inlet conduit receiving the air flow, the inlet conduit in fluid flow communication with a cavity containing the rotor for cooling the rotor of the turbine section, the bypass conduit receiving the particle flow, the bypass conduit in fluid flow communication with an environment outside the gas turbine engine while bypassing the cavity containing the rotor.

System for rotor assembly thermal gradient reduction

An aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a system for reducing thermal gradient at a heat engine. The heat engine includes a rotor assembly with a rotor disk and a seal assembly is provided. An interfacing structure at least partially surrounds the rotor assembly at the seal assembly. The seal assembly and the interfacing structure together form a first cavity defining a first environmental condition and a second cavity defining a second environmental condition. A fluid supply manifold is connected to the rotor assembly and is extended at least partially along a radial direction from the first cavity to an outlet opening in thermal communication with the rotor disk of the rotor assembly.

ANTI-VORTEX TUBE RETAINING RING AND BORE BASKET

An anti-vortex tube (AVT) retaining ring and bore basket is provided and includes a unitary body having an inboard portion, an outboard portion and an intermediate portion. The inboard portion includes a first ring-shaped body with an outer diameter. The outboard portion is configured to support an array of AVTs and includes a second ring-shaped body with an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first ring-shaped body. The intermediate portion includes a flange extending between the outer and inner diameters of the first and second ring-shaped bodies, respectively.

Turbomachine
11536158 · 2022-12-27 ·

A turbomachine is provided. The turbomachine includes a casing, a first airfoil disposed inside the casing such that a fluid passes through the first airfoil while flowing through the casing, a first inner frame coupled to a radially inner end of the first airfoil, a first inner wing protruding from the first inner frame in an axial direction of the casing, a second airfoil disposed inside the casing and between adjacent first airfoils in a flow direction of a fluid, a second inner frame coupled to a radially inner end of the second airfoil and disposed adjacent to the first inner frame, a second inner wing protruding from the second inner frame along the axial direction of the casing and disposed adjacent to the first inner wing, and a plurality of rim seals disposed between the first inner wing and the second inner wing, arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the casing, and configured such that cooling air present inside the first and second inner wings in a radial direction flows into each rim seal through an ingress port, passes through each rim seal, and flows out through an egress port, wherein a region on a downstream side of the first airfoil in the flow direction of the fluid flowing through the casing is divided into a first region having a relatively high pressure and a second region having a relatively low pressure, a first flow passage and a second flow passage are provided in a gap between each rim seal, the first flow passage is configured such that a size in the circumferential direction increases from the ingress port to the egress port and the egress port communicates with the first region, and the second flow passage is configured such that a size in the circumferential direction decreases from the ingress port to the egress port and the egress port communicates with the second region.

Turbine engine with metered cooling system

An assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a static component and a metering band. The static component is fixed relative to an axis. The metering band is arranged to extend circumferentially at least partway about the axis and is coupled with the static component. The metering band defines at least a portion of a cooling passageway for air to flow through.

Gas turbine engine with a diffuser cavity cooled compressor

A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section having a high pressure compressor, the high pressure compressor including an aft-most compressor stage. The gas turbine engine also includes a combustion section having a stage of discharge nozzles, the stage of discharge nozzles located downstream of the aft-most compressor stage and upstream of a diffuser cavity. The gas turbine engine also includes a high pressure spool drivingly coupled to the high pressure compressor, the high pressure spool forming in part a compressor discharge pressure seal and including a forward spool section. The forward spool section extends between the compressor discharge pressure seal and the aft-most compressor stage, the forward spool section defining an airflow cavity for providing a cooling airflow from the diffuser cavity to the aft-most compressor stage.