Abstract:
A blade for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed length member and a floating blade seal that is movable relative to the floating blade seal to change the length of the blade and vary the gap between the blade and an engine housing component.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for blade health monitoring are provided. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, a system may include a feature extraction module and an anomaly detection module in communication with the extraction module. The feature extraction module may be configured to continuously receive blade passing signal data associated with clearance of a blade and pre-process the blade passing signal data. Blade clearance feature data may be extracted from the blade passing signal data prior to transmission to the anomaly detection module. The anomaly detection module may be configured to normalize the blade clearance feature data received from the extraction module, analyze the blade clearance feature data to detect a shift in the clearance of the blade, and determine an abnormality of the blade based on the shift exceeding a predetermined shift threshold.
Abstract:
According to an aspect of an exemplary embodiment, there is provided a turbine seal assembly comprising: a seal installation groove formed inside a casing; at least one seal member that has at least one tip portion formed in a blade direction and is installed in the seal installation groove; at least one elastic member for elastically connecting the casing to the seal member, wherein an inlet for an inflow of compressed gas is formed in the seal installation groove, and wherein a first space which the compressed gas enters is formed in the seal member, and at least one flow pathway which connects the first space to a space between a blade and the seal member is formed in the seal member.
Abstract:
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing, a seal carrier secured to the housing and configured to be selectively biased from the housing, and a wedge seal secured to the seal carrier and configured to abut against at least two sealing surfaces. A method of sealing between adjacent components of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
Abstract:
The present application proposes an axial turbomachine compressor comprising a rotor with at least one annular row of rotor blades, a stator casing surrounding the row of rotor blades, the casing including a device for generating counter-vortexes. During operation of the compressor, the movement of the blades creates leakage vortexes at the blade tip. The generating device in turn injects counter-vortexes rotating in the opposite direction to the leakage vortexes in order to counter the leakage vortexes. This improves the surge margin of the compressor. The present application also provides a method for controlling the stability of a turbomachine compressor by counter-vortex injection.
Abstract:
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine with an axial centerline. This turbine engine assembly includes a blade outer air seal segment, a linkage, a rocker arm and an actuation device. The linkage is attached to the blade outer air seal segment. The rocker arm includes a first arm and a second arm engaged with the linkage. The actuation device is engaged with the first arm. The actuation device is configured to pivot the rocker arm and thereby radially move the blade outer air seal segment.
Abstract:
An aircraft jet propulsion system may comprise a thermoelectric cooler array coupled to a portion thereof, wherein the TEC array converts electrical energy to heat energy to create a temperature gradient and cools a turbine case using the temperature difference of the TEC array. The system may include a controller configured to control an input power provided to each TEC of the array of TECs, such that the array of TECs facilitates controlled cooling of the aircraft jet propulsion system in response to the input power provided to each TEC of the array of TECs. The TEC array may be powered by an alternator or by a thermoelectric generator.
Abstract:
Thermal control is provided for a gas turbine casing by supplying thermal control gas from a compressor to a space between an outer casing and an inner casing, and transferring the thermal control gas from the space through the opening in the inner casing via a plurality of holes defined through a plate attached to an outer surface of the inner casing. The holes are arranged with a predetermined non-uniform distribution corresponding to a desired preferential impingement pattern for providing non-uniform heat transfer. A gas turbine thermal control assembly includes structure providing preferential heat transfer from the inner casing during operation of the gas turbine via a thermal control gas flow path from radially outside of the inner casing into the interior of the gas turbine.
Abstract:
A rotary unit is rotatably accommodated within a supercharger casing of a supercharger for pressurizing an intake air of an engine. The rotary unit includes a supercharger rotary shaft, an impeller fixed to a tip end portion of the supercharger rotary shaft, a rotating component rotatable together with the supercharger rotary shaft independently of the impeller, and a nut member for pressing the impeller and the rotating component in a direction axially of the supercharger rotary shaft to thereby fix them to the supercharger rotary shaft. The nut member is formed with an adjustment portion for the rotational balance adjustment.
Abstract:
A gas turbine includes an insert element for fastening to a ring segment body of a turbine of the gas turbine. The ring segment body has a recess on a hot gas side. The insert element is designed to cover the recess. The insert element includes a cover plate, which has a concavely shaped front side and a back side, and at least one foot arranged on the back side for positioning on the ring segment body. A mounting method includes mounting the insert element where the insert element is fixed to a recess of a ring segment body of a turbine of a gas turbine.