A particle separator system for a turbine engine having an engine inlet. The particle separator system includes an inlet particle separator located within the engine inlet and configured to remove particles from an incoming airflow. The particle separator system also includes a barrier filter located within an enclosure of the turbine engine downstream of the inlet particle separator, the barrier filter being configured to intercept particles not scavenged by the inlet particle separator.

A combustor of an embodiment includes: a combustor casing; a combustor liner which is provided in the combustor casing and combusts a fuel and an oxidant to produce a combustion gas; a pipe-shaped member provided to penetrate the combustor casing and the combustor liner; a heat-resistant glass which is provided on the combustor casing side in the pipe-shaped member and closes the pipe-shaped member; a laser light supply mechanism which irradiates an interior of the combustor liner through the heat-resistant glass and an interior of the pipe-shaped member with a laser light; and a contact prevention mechanism which prevents a combustion gas in the combustor liner from coming into contact with the heat-resistant glass.

Air filtration assemblies configured to provide instant detection of particles and/or improve particle filtration are disclosed. The assemblies may include an air inlet duct in fluid communication with a compressor of a gas turbine system. The air inlet duct may include an inlet for receiving intake air including intake air particles, and an outlet positioned opposite the inlet. The assembly may also include a plurality of vane filters at the inlet, an array of fabric filters positioned in the air inlet duct, downstream of the vane filters, and a silencer assembly positioned in the air inlet duct, downstream of the fabric filters. Additionally, the assembly may include an electrostatic component positioned in the air inlet duct, downstream of the fabric filters. The electrostatic component may be configured to charge the intake air particles that pass through the vane filters and the fabric filters.

A floating collar assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor includes a ferrule having a peripheral wall and a recessed surface bounded by the peripheral wall, the recessed surface of the ferrule including a particulate collecting groove adjacent the peripheral wall, and a cap secured to the peripheral wall of the ferrule. The recessed surface of the ferrule, an interior surface of the cap and the peripheral wall of the ferrule define a cavity. A floating collar is disposed within the cavity and includes a peripheral flange inwardly spaced a distance from the peripheral wall of the ferrule.

A turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a rotatable drive shaft that couples a portion of the turbine section and a portion of the compressor section. A bypass conduit couples the compressor section to the turbine section while bypassing at least the combustion section. At least one particle separator is located in the turbine engine having a separator inlet that receives a bypass stream, a separator outlet that receives a reduced-particle stream flows, and a particle outlet that receives a concentrated-particle stream comprising separated particles. A conduit, fluidly coupled to the particle outlet, extends through an interior of at least one stationary vane.

A turbine system includes a foam generating assembly having an in situ foam generating device at least partially positioned within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine, such that the in situ foam generating device is configured to generate foam within the fluid passageway of the turbine engine.

An air supply device, a gas turbine system and a using method thereof are disclosed. In the air supply device, an air intake compartment includes a connection end; a combustion air intake filter is located in the air intake compartment and connected with the combustion air intake filter; a combustion air intake interface is located on a tail plate and is connected with the combustion air silencer; and a sound insulation turnover mechanism includes a sound insulation flap and a turnover mechanism, the air intake compartment includes a first bottom plate and the tail plate that is located at the connection end, the sound insulation flap is located at the connection end, and the turnover mechanism is connected with the sound insulation flap, and is configured to drive the sound insulation flap to rotate relative to the tail plate.

A device for filtering a flow of cooling air for cooling a low-pressure turbine of a turbomachine, includes a duct having a geometry configured to centrifuge the flow of cooling air passing through the duct, the duct having openings dimensioned to enable a separation of the solid particles contained in the flow of cooling air being centrifuged.

A last chance screen for a fuel system includes a mesh that includes a first plurality of members extending in a first direction and a second plurality of members extending in a second direction and intersecting the first members. Openings are formed in the mesh between the first plurality of members and the second plurality of members. The first plurality of members and the second plurality of members have an airfoil shaped cross-section.

A vacuum pump is provided that can decompose by-products into particles using radicals and effectively discharge the particles to outside. The vacuum pump includes: an outer cylinder having an inlet port and an outlet port; a rotor shaft rotationally supported inside the outer cylinder; a rotating body including a plurality of rotor blades fixed to the rotor shaft and is rotatable together with the rotor shaft, the vacuum pump further including at least one radical supply port capable of supplying a plurality of types of radicals into the outer cylinder; and a radical supply means for supplying radicals to the radical supply port.