Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for passively managing cooling air in a gas turbine engine. A cooling air supply line may supply cooling air to a component in the gas turbine engine. A metering coupon may have a negative coefficient of thermal expansion. The metering coupon may allow more airflow through the metering coupon and through the component in response to an increase in temperature.
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:
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 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 turbomachine which operates at enhanced operating temperatures includes a stationary component. A rotating component includes a clearance to avoid a rubbing contact between the stationary component and the rotating component, the clearance including a first value in a stationary state of the turbomachine and a second value in a steady-state operation of the machine, wherein during a transient operating phase between the stationary state and the steady-state operation, the clearance includes a value which traverses a curve having an extreme value on account of a different time variation of a rotational speed and a thermal expansion of different components. A compensating device includes a non-linear compensation mechanism configured to reduce or compensate the extreme value during the transient operating phase.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for determining axial clearance data between a rotor and a stator are disclosed. At least one radial clearance sensor is positioned on the stator and is configured to gather radial clearance data, i.e., measurements of a radial distance between the rotor and the stator taken at discrete time intervals. A computing device is operably connected with the at least one radial clearance sensor and is configured to use the radial clearance data to determine axial clearance data, i.e., an axial distance between the stator and the rotor. In one embodiment, the computing device uses, among other data points, an indication of a loss of signal from at least one radial clearance sensor to extrapolate the axial clearance data.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an impingement cooling arrangement for a gas turbine engine (6), and an engine provided with such an arrangement. The cooling arrangement comprises at least part of a casing (21) configured to define a flowpath for the passage of hot gases through the engine, and a manifold (22) configured to direct cooling air against an outer surface (23) of the casing for impingement cooling thereof. The arrangement is characterized by said manifold (22) being configured to direct a primary flow of cooling air (65) against a first area (64) of the casing outer surface (23) for impingement cooling of said first area, and to recirculate (66) at least a portion of said primary flow of cooling air after impingement against said first area (64) and to direct at least a portion of the recirculated flow against a second area (67) of the casing outer surface (23) for impingement cooling of said second area (67). In a preferred arrangement, the manifold (22) is spaced from said casing (21) so as to define a space (41) between the manifold and the outer surface (23) of the casing, and the manifold (22) further comprises a baffle (46) extending at least partially across said space, substantially towards said casing (21), so as to at least partially divide said space (41) into a first region (58) adjacent said first area (64), and a second region (59) adjacent said second area (67).