F04D29/685

Fan cowl for the reduction of oscillations of an impeller
11466699 · 2022-10-11 · ·

A fan cowl (1) for receiving at least one fan (2) which is spaced apart relative to a cooler (4), having a fan frame (6) which can be attached to the cooler (4) with at least one cutout (8) for feeding air to an impeller (10) of the fan (2), the cutout (8) having a centered motor receptacle (12) for receiving a fan motor (14) which can be driven electrically, and the cutout (8) being surrounded on the circumferential side by a fan shroud (16). It is proposed that the fan shroud (16) has at least one opening (20) for setting an air pressure distribution which can be generated by way of the fan. A fan arrangement (22), having a fan cowl (1) of this type.

TURBINE SHROUD WITH ABRADABLE LAYER HAVING DIMPLED FORWARD ZONE
20170370241 · 2017-12-28 ·

Turbine and compressor casing abradable components for turbine engines include abradable surfaces with a zonal system of forward (zone A) and rear or aft sections (zone B) surface features. The zone A surface profile comprises an array pattern of non-directional depression dimples, or upwardly projecting dimples, or both, in the abradable surface. The dimpled forward zone A surface features reduce surface solidity in a controlled manner, to help increase abradability during blade tip rubbing incidents, yet they provide sufficient material to resist incoming hot working fluid erosion of the abradable surface. In addition, the dimples provide generic forward section aerodynamic profiling to the abradable surface, compatible with different blade airfoil-camber profiles. The aft zone B surface features comprise an array pattern of ridges and grooves.

Centrifugal compressor

An object is to position a plurality of guide vanes for generating swirl flow at a housing inner circumferential side in front of an impeller wheel to improve a surge margin and to restrict the decrease in a choke flow rate, thereby increasing an operation range of a compressor. A compressor 19 includes a compressor housing 15, an impeller wheel 7 which compresses intake gas flowing in from an intake-air inlet 23, a swirl-flow generating part including a plurality of guide vanes 55 disposed circumferentially along an inner circumferential wall of the intake-air channel 21 between the intake-air inlet 23 and the impeller wheel 7 and which swirls the intake gas from the intake-air inlet 23 around the rotational axis, and a central intake-air flow path 59 formed inside the guide vanes 55 to allow intake gas to flow to the impeller wheel 7 without passing through the guide vanes 55.

Gas turbine compressor

A gas turbine compressor has a flow duct wall disposed radially opposite to an airfoil tip and has a circumferential groove having an upstream groove edge and a downstream groove edge, the circumferential groove having a web having a radial cutback. In at least one meridional section through an airfoil-tip-side end face of the web, an axial distance between an upstream beginning of the cutback and the upstream leading edge of the airfoil tip is at least 1% and/or no more than 40% of a chord length and/or an axial distance between the upstream leading edge of the airfoil tip and the downstream groove edge is at least 5% and/or no more than 40% of the chord and/or an axial distance between the upstream leading edge of the airfoil tip and a kink in an airfoil-tip-side upper edge of the web in the cutback is no more than 10% of the chord length and/or a radial distance between the airfoil tip and an airfoil-tip-side upper edge of the web in the cutback is at least 50% and/or no more than 1500% of a radial distance between the airfoil tip and the downstream groove edge radially opposite thereto.

TURBINE ENGINE FAN TRACK LINER WITH TIP INJECTION AIR RECIRCULATION PASSAGE
20230193785 · 2023-06-22 ·

A fan case assembly adapted for use with a gas turbine engine includes a fan track liner and an annular case. The fan track liner extends circumferentially at least partway about a central axis of the gas turbine engine. The annular case is configured to support the fan track liner at a radial position relative to the central axis. The fan case assembly further includes an air recirculation duct configured to redirect air around the fan track liner.

SUB-ASSEMBLY FOR A LOW-PRESSURE COMPRESSOR OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE
20230184121 · 2023-06-15 · ·

A sub-assembly for a low-pressure compressor of an aircraft turbine engine includes a straightener provided with cantilevered vanes and a rotor hub having a cavity covered by an inner shroud opposite the vanes. Orifices are made in the inner shroud to allow an air flow to circulate in the downstream to upstream direction of the low-pressure compressor.

Ported Shroud Geometry to Reduce Blade-Pass Noise
20170350420 · 2017-12-07 · ·

A compressor housing may include a shroud portion which is axially spaced from an inlet portion and configured to at least partially surround the compressor wheel. The compressor housing may be further configured to include a recirculation cavity which is formed between an exterior surface of the shroud portion and an interior surface of the compressor housing. Furthermore, a recirculation slot may define an airflow pathway between the recirculation cavity and the compressor wheel. Additionally, the compressor housing may include an angled shroud support extending radially through the recirculation cavity from the exterior surface of the shroud portion to the interior surface of the compressor housing. The angled shroud support may be spaced an axial distance away from the recirculation slot to reduce turbulence in the airflow as the airflow moves from the recirculation cavity to the compressor wheel.

STABILIZER OF A COMPRESSOR
20230175522 · 2023-06-08 ·

The invention relates to a stabilizer of a compressor, in particular of a radial compressor or diagonal compressor. The stabilizer comprises a first annular stabilizer chamber which encloses a main flow channel in the intake region of a compressor wheel. The stabilizer further comprises a second annular stabilizer chamber which encloses the first annular stabilizer chamber. The invention further relates to a compressor, in particular a radial compressor or diagonal compressor, comprising the stabilizer according to the invention, and to a turbomachine, in particular a turbocharger, comprising the compressor.

TURBOMACHINE COMPRESSOR HAVING A STATIONARY WALL PROVIDED WITH A SHAPE TREATMENT
20230175527 · 2023-06-08 ·

A turbomachine includes a compressor including variable-pitch stationary vanes each extending radially between a rotary hub and a stationary casing surrounding this rotary hub, each variable-pitch vane including a blade having a base spaced apart by a first radial gap from a stationary wall of the casing, and a tip spaced apart by a second radial gap from a rotary wall of the rotary hub. The stationary wall of the casing or the rotary wall of the rotary hub includes at the blade a shape treatment arranged to channel an air leak passing through the corresponding gap.

COMPRESSOR HOUSING AND CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR

A compressor housing internally forms: an inlet passage with an inflow port formed in a shroud surface; an outlet passage with an outflow port formed in an introduction surface formed on a front side of a shroud surface; and a recirculation passage connecting the inlet passage and the outlet passage. An intake air introduction portion of the compressor housing has: a front-side surface defining a front side in the outlet passage; a rear-side surface defining a rear side in the outlet passage; and a front-side introduction surface formed on the front side relative to the outflow port on the introduction surface. Each of the front-side surface, the rear-side surface, and the front-side introduction surface is inclined to the rear side from an outer side toward an inner side in a radial direction, the rear-side surface includes a convex curved portion, and the front-side introduction surface includes an introduction surface-side convex curved portion.