Abstract:
A gas turbine engine comprises a main compressor section having a high pressure compressor with a downstream discharge, and more upstream locations. A turbine section has a high pressure turbine. A tap taps air from at least one of the more upstream locations in the compressor section, passes the tapped air through a heat exchanger and then to a cooling compressor. The cooling compressor compresses air downstream of the heat exchanger, and delivers air into the high pressure turbine. The cooling compressor includes a downstream connection that delivers discharge pressure air to an upstream location in the high pressure turbine and a second tap from an intermediate pressure location within the cooling compressor. The second tap is connected to a downstream location within the high pressure turbine. An intercooling system for a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to methods for coating gas turbine engine components, such as combustor panels. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a first layer to a substrate to form a bond coat, and forming a second layer over the first layer. The second layer may be formed by a material having a thermal conductivity within the range of 4.45 to 30 Kcal/(m hoC). According to one or more embodiments, the first layer may be formed by at least one of a high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) source, an electric-arc source and low pressure plasma spraying. According to one or more embodiments, the second layer, and as a result a thermal barrier coating, may be formed by at least one of air plasma spraying, suspension plasma spraying, and electronic beam physical vapor deposition.
Abstract:
A method of forming a component for use in a gas turbine engine comprises the steps of determining a desired shape for a cooling hole on a gas turbine engine component, and determining the likely deposition of a coating to be provided on the component into the cooling hole. An intermediate cooling hole is formed that has an enlarged area from the desired shape to account for deposition of the coating. The component is then coated. A component and an intermediate component for use in a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A turbine component for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of self-opening cooling passages each of which defines a self-opening cooling passage axis that extends through a gas path surface.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine component has a cooling hole with a metering section. The metering section includes a convex surface and a concave surface, with a first arcuate channel connecting an end of the convex surface and an end of the concave surface. The end of the convex surface and the end of the concave surface define a dimension that is smaller than a diameter of the arcuate channel.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an airfoil includes the steps of depositing multiple layers of powdered metal onto one another. The layers are joined to one another with reference to CAD data relating to a particular cross-section of an airfoil. The airfoil is produced with leading and trailing edges joined by spaced apart pressure and suction sides to provide an exterior airfoil surface. An exterior wall provides the exterior airfoil surface at the leading edge. An impingement wall is integrally formed with the exterior wall to provide an impingement cavity between the exterior wall and the impingement wall. Multiple impingement holes are provided in the impingement wall. The impingement holes are spaced laterally across the impingement wall.
Abstract:
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil with pressure and suction sides that are joined at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends a span from a support to an end in a radial direction. 0% span and 100% span positions respectively correspond to the airfoil at the support and at the end. The leading and trailing edges are spaced apart from one another an axial chord in an axial direction. A cross-section of the airfoil at a span location has a diameter tangent to the pressure and suction sides. The diameter corresponds to the largest circle fitting within the cross-section. A ratio of the diameter to the axial chord is at least 0.4 between 50% and 95% span location.
Abstract:
A Blade Outer Air Seal (BOAS) includes a body manufactured of a metal alloy, the body includes a face opposite a forward interface and an aft interface, the face includes a cavity. A non-metallic insert within the cavity such that the insert is flush with the face.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil that extends between a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall. A cooling circuit is disposed inside of the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes a first core cavity that radially extends inside of the airfoil. A first axial skin core is in fluid communication with the first core cavity at a first location of the first axial skin core and a second core cavity is in fluid communication with the first axial skin core at a second location of the first axial skin core.
Abstract:
A component for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil that extends between a leading edge, a trailing edge, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall. A cooling circuit is disposed inside of the airfoil. The cooling circuit includes a first core cavity that radially extends inside of the airfoil. A first axial skin core is in fluid communication with the first core cavity at a first location of the first axial skin core and a second core cavity is in fluid communication with the first axial skin core at a second location of the first axial skin core.