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Gas turbine engine component cooling passage turbulator

A gas turbine engine component includes opposing walls that provide an interior cooling passage. One of the walls has a turbulator with a hook that is enclosed within the walls.

Gas turbine engine compressor rotor vaporization cooling

A gas turbine engine rotor includes a rotor that provides a cooling cavity. The cooling cavity has a first chamber and a second chamber that are fluidly connected to one another by a passageway. At least one of the first and second rotor portions is configured to support a blade that is fluidly isolated from the cavity. A phase change material is arranged in the cavity. The phase change material is configured to be arranged in the first chamber in a first state and in the second chamber in the second state. The passageway is configured to carry the phase change material between the second and first chambers once changed between the first and second states.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE BONDING TO FORM HOLLOW COMPONENTS

An embodiment of an apparatus includes means for peripherally welding a cavity-back blade and a cover of the cavity-back blade to form a 3-dimensional hollow blade assembly, and a plurality of bellows contained in one or both of a first die half and a second die half receiving the 3-dimensional hollow blade assembly. The plurality of bellows are disposed within the region defined around or inward of the peripherally welded interface of the cover and the blade. At least a portion of the plurality of bellows are arranged in a manner to provide pressure to the cover at approximately a 90 degree angle to each of a plurality of nodes, each node defined by an intersection of two or more ribs in the cavity-back blade.

Gas turbine engine component having curved turbulator

A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a wall that forms a portion of an outer periphery of at least one cavity and at least one curved turbulator that extends from said wall.

Ceramic matrix composite component cooling

Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) airfoils and methods for forming CMC airfoils are provided. In one embodiment, an airfoil is provided that includes opposite pressure and suction sides extending radially along a span and opposite leading and trailing edges extending radially along the span. The leading edge defines a forward end of the airfoil, and the trailing edge defines an aft end of the airfoil. A trailing edge portion is defined adjacent the trailing edge at the aft end, and a pocket is defined in and extends within the trailing edge portion. A heat pipe is received in the pocket. A method for forming an airfoil is provided that includes laying up a CMC material to form an airfoil preform assembly; processing the airfoil preform assembly; defining a pocket in a trailing edge portion of the airfoil; and inserting a heat pipe into the pocket.

Aero-engine turbine assembly
12012864 · 2024-06-18 · ·

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.

ADAPTIVE COVER FOR COOLING PATHWAY BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURE
20180347370 · 2018-12-06 ·

A hot gas path component of an industrial machine includes an adaptive cover for a cooling pathway. The component and adaptive cover are made by additive manufacturing. The component includes an outer surface exposed to a working fluid having a high temperature; a thermal barrier coating over the outer surface; an internal cooling circuit; and a cooling pathway in communication with the internal cooling circuit and extending towards the outer surface. The adaptive cover is positioned in the cooling pathway at the outer surface. The adaptive cover includes a heat transfer enhancing surface at the outer surface causing the adaptive cover to absorb heat faster than the outer surface, e.g., when a spall in a thermal barrier coating thereover occurs.

TURBINE BLADE, GAS TURBINE, INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT OF TURBINE BLADE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TURBINE BLADE

Provided are a turbine blade, a gas turbine, an intermediate product of the turbine blade, and a method of manufacturing the turbine blade. This turbine blade has a blade body having hollow shape, cavities provided inside the blade body, and a cooling passage that opens from the cavities to the rear end portion of the blade body. The cooling passage includes: a first passage provided on the third cavity side and having a width that becomes narrower from the third cavity side toward the rear end portion of the blade body; and a second passage provided on the rear end portion side of the blade body and having a width that is constant from the third cavity side toward the rear end portion of the blade body.

BLADE WITH IMPROVED COOLING PERFORMANCE AND GAS TURBINE HAVING THE SAME
20240318561 · 2024-09-26 ·

The present disclosure relates to a blade and a gas turbine, and a blade may include: a body part; an injection hole comprising a communication part connected to an internal flow passage formed inside the body part; and an extension connecting the communication part and a surface of the blade to each other and having a width gradually increasing from the communication part the surface of the blade and configured to inject a cooling fluid to the surface of the blade; and an injection guide means disposed in the extension and configured to uniformly inject the cooling fluid in an expanding manner so as to form a cooling film on the surface of the blade. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to form the cooling film wider on the surface of the blade, by preventing a problem of a separation that occurs during when the cooling fluid flows through materialization of the uniform injection of the cooling fluid to the surface of the blade.

TURBINE BLADE SEAL ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME
20240337189 · 2024-10-10 ·

Proposed is a turbine blade seal assembly structure including a turbine blade comprising an airfoil part, a platform part, and a root part, a turbine rotor disk allowing the root part of the turbine blade to be mounted thereto and having a mounting rib extending radially from one axial side of the turbine rotor disk to form a mounting groove, a retainer plate mounted between the platform part and one side part of the turbine rotor disk so as to seal a cooling flow path formed inside the root part and the platform part, and an insert key inserted axially into an upper end of the mounting rib and inserted into a lower end of the retainer plate to support the retainer plate.