There are provided a throttle mechanism and the like that are capable of easily changing a cross-sectional area of a flow path according to an operating state. The throttle mechanism in an embodiment is a throttle mechanism that controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path, and is configured to make a cross-sectional area of the flow path change autonomously according to temperature.

Rotor systems including an engine shaft, a forward hub, a rear hub, a rotor disk arranged between the forward hub and the rear hub, and a seal tube configured to define a forward hub compartment and a rear hub compartment. The forward hub compartment is defined forward of the rotor disk and the rear hub compartment is defined aft of the rotor disk. The seal tube is connected at a forward end to at least one of the rotor disk and the engine shaft and at a rear end to at least one of the rear hub and the engine shaft and the seal tube includes at least one axial compliance element configured to enable axial extension and compression of the seal tube in an axial direction along the engine shaft.

The present disclosure is directed to a nozzle cooling system for a gas turbine engine. An impingement plate is positioned radially inwardly from a radially inner surface of an inner side wall of a nozzle. The impingement plate and the inner side wall collectively define an inner chamber. The impingement plate includes a first portion defining one or more impingement apertures and a second portion defining one or more post-impingement apertures. A duct plate encloses the first portion of the impingement plate. The duct plate, the first portion of the impingement plate, and inner side wall collectively define an outer chamber in fluid communication with the inner chamber through the one or more impingement apertures. Compressed air from the outer chamber flows through the one or more impingement apertures into the inner chamber and exits the inner chamber through the one or more post-impingement apertures.

An axial-direction passage, a forced vortex passage, a first blade array passage, and a second blade array passage are formed in a rotor shaft of a turbine. Cooling air from an air extraction port of a compressor flows through the axial-direction passage which extends in an axial direction. The forced vortex passage is connected to the axial-direction passage and extends outwards in the radial direction relative to an axial line from a connecting portion between the forced vortex passage and the axial-direction passage. The first blade array passage is connected to an end portion on the outer side in the radial direction of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a first blade row among a plurality of blade rows. The second blade array passage is connected to an end portion of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a second blade row.

A gas turbine has at least one rotor and inner housing part to form an annular chamber therebetween. The annular chamber is fluidically connected to a compressor portion at one end and expansion turbine portion at the other, and is supplied with cooling fluid. First and second swirl supply lines supply the annular chamber with cooling fluid. The cooling fluid is supplied to the surface of the rotor with a tangential flow component, and a first seal element in the annular chamber acts as a flow resistor. A discharge line in the rotor between the first seal element and expansion turbine portion receives and discharges cooling fluid from the second swirl supply line. No bypass lines are provided from the first swirl supply line such that the cooling fluid is conducted around the second swirl supply line in order to be returned to a location of the annular chamber.

An axial-direction passage, a forced vortex passage, a first blade array passage, and a second blade array passage are formed in a rotor shaft of a turbine. Cooling air from an air extraction port of a compressor flows through the axial-direction passage which extends in an axial direction. The forced vortex passage is connected to the axial-direction passage and extends outwards in the radial direction relative to an axial line from a connecting portion between the forced vortex passage and the axial-direction passage. The first blade array passage is connected to an end portion on the outer side in the radial direction of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a first blade row among a plurality of blade rows. The second blade array passage is connected to an end portion of the forced vortex passage and guides cooling air to a second blade row.

A turbine rotor blade includes a mounting portion that partially defines a cooling circuit within the turbine rotor blade and an airfoil portion that extends radially outward from the mounting portion. The airfoil portion further defines the cooling circuit. The turbine rotor blade further includes a platform portion that is disposed radially between the mounting portion and the airfoil. The platform portion includes a bottom wall, a top wall, a forward wall, an aft wall and a pair of opposing side walls. A cooling plenum that at least partially defines the cooling circuit is defined within the platform portion. The cooling plenum is at least partially defined between the forward wall, the aft wall and between the pair of opposing side walls.

A turbine engine having counter-rotating rotors comprising a first rotor, rotating in a first rotational direction, defining a first rotor set of blades axially spaced to define a gap, and a second rotor, rotating in a second rotational direction counter the first rotational direction. The second rotor further including a second set of blades received within the gap of the first rotor. A plurality of fluid passages is formed in the first rotor with an outlet facing the gap.

Rotor systems including an engine shaft, a forward hub, a rear hub, a rotor disk arranged between the forward hub and the rear hub, and a seal tube configured to define a forward hub compartment and a rear hub compartment. The forward hub compartment is defined forward of the rotor disk and the rear hub compartment is defined aft of the rotor disk. The seal tube is connected at a forward end to at least one of the rotor disk and the engine shaft and at a rear end to at least one of the rear hub and the engine shaft and the seal tube includes at least one axial compliance element configured to enable axial extension and compression of the seal tube in an axial direction along the engine shaft.

There are provided a throttle mechanism and the like that are capable of easily changing a cross-sectional area of a flow path according to an operating state. The throttle mechanism in an embodiment is a throttle mechanism that controls a flow rate of a fluid flowing through a flow path, and is configured to make a cross-sectional area of the flow path change autonomously according to temperature.