Abstract:
According to the present invention, the shape of a passage in an intake-air duct communicated with the suction side of the intake-air filter is regulated so that snow is heaped up in the intake-air duct, and accordingly, the volume of snow reaching the intake-air filter is reduce in order to prevent the intake-air filter from clogging, and to prevent the flow rate of intake-air into a gas turbine from being lowered. In order to attain the above-mentioned purpose, there is provided, according to the present invention, an air-intake method for a gas turbine, in which intake-air 18 taken from a fresh air intake port is fed downward through a second intake-air duct in a substantially vertical direction, and then is fed in a substantially horizontal direction. Thereafter, dust is removed from the intake-air within an intake-air filter chamber, and then, is led into the gas turbine.
Abstract:
A turbine engine inlet system includes a curved duct 14 to deliver air to the engine, an inlet lip 16 to smooth the entry of air flowing into the duct, a forward inlet section 18 submerged within the aircraft skin contour to provide a degree of ram recovery to the duct, and a movable air deflector 20 which is flush with the forward inlet section 18 during normal flight conditions and extended to slightly above the inlet lip 16 during icing conditions.
Abstract:
An air intake for a gas turbine engine compressor comprises an arcuate primary duct which is in communication with the compressor of the gas turbine engine and which is provided with frangible wall portion. The frangible wall portion provides a barrier between the primary duct and a secondary duct and is so positioned and adapted as to be impacted and penetrated by a foreign body, such as a bird, which is above a predetermined weight and which has been ingested through the inlet of the primary duct. After penetrating the wall portion the foreign body passes through the secondary duct and is discharged therefrom at a location remote from the primary duct.
Abstract:
A fairing formed from a dihedron of which the faces, disposed in the extension of the intrados and extrados surfaces follow the aerodynamic profile of the blade. Such rejoin the blade at a small radius portion constituting a leading edge. The fairing imparts a characteristic enabling the optimum efficiency of the fan to be approached. The useful height of the dihedron is at least 5% of the height of the blade.
Abstract:
A permanently fixed fairing is provided extending across the air duct coinciding with the opening in the air duct to the air intake of a gas turbine engine. The fairing is in the form of an airfoil vane with a high pressure concave surface and a low pressure convex surface extending between the leading edge and trailing edge of the fairing and shaped such that the leading edge portion of the fairing is in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the air duct while the trailing edge portion of the fairing is in the direction of the air intake of the engine such that the fairing will divert air into the intake. A deflecting flap is hinged to the wall of the duct in a first position for a non-icing mode whereby the flap is clear of the air duct and in a second position whereby the trailing edge of the flap is adjacent the leading edge of the fairing during an icing mode.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are disclosed for limiting ingestion of debris into the inlet of a gas turbine engine. The invention includes providing first means in communication with a source of fluid under pressure for introducing at least one jet of fluid at a point aft of the leading edge of a nacelle associated with the engine inlet. The first means are adapted to discharge the fluid jet away from the leading edge and in the aft direction to establish a low pressure region aft of the leading edge and in sufficient proximity to a second vortex formation region so as to draw airflows from the second region into the low pressure region and away from the engine inlet.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an improvement to an installation for preventing the ingress of super-cooled water, ice, snow and other debris as taught in U.S. Pat. No. 3,329,377. In the patent, an inertial separator effect is used to prevent ingress of super cooled water, ice, snow and other debris to an aircraft engine. The effect is obtained by an installation including a duct formed in a sub-nacelle of the engine to extend generally longitudinally of the engine. An air deflecting surface in the duct confines the incoming air to a passage of reduced cross section, and an opening in the duct wall downstream of the deflecting surface is formed between the trailing edge of the deflecting surface and the leading edge of a rearward portion of the duct, the opening in the duct wall communicating with the engine air intake. In accordance with the present invention, any or all of the following improvements are made to the above installation:A. a cyclic ice shedder is provided to extend inwardly from the leading edge of the rearward portion;B. the rearward portion is formed in the shape of a hopper which is spaced from the outlet passage;C. a fairing is provided at the trailing edge of the deflecting surface; andD. a lower surface of the duct is contoured between the trailing edge of the deflecting surface and the discharge opening of the duct to provide a fairing between the cross sectional area of the duct at the trailing edge of the deflecting surface and the cross sectional area at the discharge opening.
Abstract:
IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME WAY TO IMPROVE THE RECOVERY OF THE INLET. THE FENCE MAY BE FIXEDLY MOUNTED IN ACTIVE POSITION OR MAY BE RETRACTABLE WITHIN OR FLUSH UPON THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE HOUSING.
SYSTEM INCLUDES A HOUSING WHICH COMPRISES ALL OR PART ON AN INLET THROAT FOR DIRECTING FLOW OF INTAKE AIR FROM AMBIENT ATMOSPHERE TO COMPRESSOR OF JET ENGINE, HOUSING HAS THIN, SLIGHTLY ROUNDED INLET LIP. AT STANDSTILL OR LOW GROUND ROLL SPEEDS, COMPRESSOR DEMAND PULLS AIR IN LATERALLY ACROSS INLET LIP AMD THIS AIR BREAKS AWAY FROM HOUSING INNER WALL AT SMALL CURVATURE OF LIP, DISTURBING TOTAL FLOW AND OFTEN CAUSING COMPRESSOR STALL AND ENGINE FLAMEOUT. PERFORATE FENCE, WHICH IS PREFERABLY WIRE SCREEN, EXTENDS ALNG PERIPHERY OF INLET LIP IN FORE AND AFT ATTITUDE, AND LATERALLY FLOWING AIR PASSES THROUGH IT. FENCE PRODUCES FINE TURBULENCE AND HIGH VELOCITY AND ENERGY WHICH ENERGIZES THE BOUNDARY LAYER WITHIN THE THROAT AND IMPROVES AIRFLOW TO COMPRESSOR. AT HIGH CRUISE SPEEDS, THE EXCESS AIR ADJACENT TO THE STREAM TUBE FLOWS LATERALLY OUTWARD ACROSS THE INLET LIP AND THE SAME PERFORATE FENCE STRAINS THIS AIRFLOW AND ENERGIZES THE BOUNDARY LAYER ON THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE HOUSING TO DELAY THE DRAG RISE OF THE INLET LIP. IN A STRONG CROSS WIND, THE SAME FENCE ACTS