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公开(公告)号:US20190226349A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-25
申请号:US16371362
申请日:2019-04-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: Flow path assemblies and methods for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises a unitary outer wall including combustor and turbine portions that are integrally formed as a single unitary structure; a single piece, generally annular inner band; and a plurality of nozzle airfoils extending from the unitary outer wall to the inner band. Each nozzle airfoil interfaces with the inner band to position the inner band within the assembly. An exemplary assembly method comprises inserting an inner band into a flow path having a unitary outer wall as its outer boundary; inserting a plurality of nozzle airfoils into the flow path; and securing the nozzle airfoils with respect to the unitary outer wall. The inner band interfaces with an inner end of each nozzle airfoil to radially locate the inner band within the flow path.
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公开(公告)号:US20180238181A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15440218
申请日:2017-02-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon ALlanson Reynolds , Jonathan David Baldiga , Darrell Glenn Senile , Daniel Patrick Kerns , Michael Ray Tuertscher
CPC classification number: F01D9/042 , F01D5/147 , F01D5/282 , F01D5/284 , F01D5/3084 , F02C3/14 , F05D2230/60 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2300/6033 , F23R3/002 , F23R3/60 , F23R2900/00018 , Y02T50/672
Abstract: Flow path assemblies of gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall and a unitary outer wall that includes a combustor portion extending through a combustion section of the gas turbine engine and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. The combustor portion and the turbine portion are integrally formed as a single unitary structure. The flow path assembly further comprises a plurality of nozzle airfoils, each nozzle airfoil having an inner end radially opposite an outer end. The inner wall or the unitary outer wall defines a plurality of openings therethrough, and each opening is configured for receipt of one of the plurality of nozzle airfoils. Methods of assembling flow path assemblies also are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20220316397A1
公开(公告)日:2022-10-06
申请号:US17219988
申请日:2021-04-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: James Daniel Longhurst , Antonio C. Gominho , Jordan Paule Tesorero , Jonathan David Baldiga , Orin J. Hall
Abstract: Accelerators, methods of manufacturing accelerators, and gas turbine engines are provided. For example, an accelerator for a gas turbine engine defines a radial direction and an axial direction and comprises an annular outer wall, an annular inner wall, an annular channel defined between the outer and inner walls, and a plurality of vanes disposed within the channel. The channel has an inlet for ingress of a cooling fluid and an outlet for egress of the cooling fluid. Each vane extends from the outer wall to the inner wall adjacent the outlet, which is angled such that an exit angle of the cooling fluid is nonzero with respect to both the radial and axial directions. The accelerator may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing method. The accelerator outlet may be disposed immediately upstream of a first turbine rotor blade stage of a gas turbine engine to direct the cooling fluid thereto.
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公开(公告)号:US11384651B2
公开(公告)日:2022-07-12
申请号:US16371362
申请日:2019-04-01
Applicant: General Electric Company
Abstract: Flow path assemblies and methods for assembling a flow path assembly of a gas turbine engine are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises a unitary outer wall including combustor and turbine portions that are integrally formed as a single unitary structure; a single piece, generally annular inner band; and a plurality of nozzle airfoils extending from the unitary outer wall to the inner band. Each nozzle airfoil interfaces with the inner band to position the inner band within the assembly. An exemplary assembly method comprises inserting an inner band into a flow path having a unitary outer wall as its outer boundary; inserting a plurality of nozzle airfoils into the flow path; and securing the nozzle airfoils with respect to the unitary outer wall. The inner band interfaces with an inner end of each nozzle airfoil to radially locate the inner band within the flow path.
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公开(公告)号:US11143402B2
公开(公告)日:2021-10-12
申请号:US16398439
申请日:2019-04-30
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Mark Eugene Noe , Shawn Michael Pearson , Joshua Tyler Mook , Brandon ALlanson Reynolds , Jonathan David Baldiga
Abstract: Gas turbine engines, as well as outer walls and flow path assemblies of gas turbine engines, are provided. For example, an outer wall of a flow path comprises a combustor portion extending through a combustion section, and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section. The combustor and turbine portions are integrally formed as a single unitary structure that defines an outer boundary of the flow path. As another example, a flow path assembly comprises a combustor dome positioned a forward end of a combustor; an outer wall extending from the combustor dome through at least a first turbine stage; and an inner wall extending from the combustor dome through at least a combustion section. The combustor dome extends radially from the outer wall to the inner wall and is integrally formed with the outer and inner walls as a single unitary structure.
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公开(公告)号:US10794204B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-06
申请号:US14867137
申请日:2015-09-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Dylan James Fitzpatrick , David Scott Stapleton , Jonathan David Baldiga , Christopher Paul Tura
Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed to a gas turbine sealing assembly that includes a first static gas turbine wall and a second static gas turbine wall. A seal is disposed between the first static gas turbine wall and the second static gas turbine wall. The seal includes a shield wall constructed from a first material that includes a first shield wall portion and a second shield wall portion. A spring constructed from a second material includes a first spring portion and a second spring portion. The first shield wall portion is adjacent to the first spring portion, and the second shield wall portion is adjacent to the second spring portion.
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公开(公告)号:US20190338668A1
公开(公告)日:2019-11-07
申请号:US16513033
申请日:2019-07-16
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Victor Hugo Silva Correia , Jonathan David Baldiga
Abstract: A compliant seal component, a turbomachine including such compliant seal component, and an associated method for cooling the compliant seal component disposed in the turbomachine are disclosed. The compliant seal component includes a convoluted portion and a plurality of end portions spaced apart from each other. The plurality of end portions is joined to the convoluted portion. An end portion of the plurality of end portions includes a first section and a second section, the second section defining a plenum. The end portion further includes a plurality of inlet holes and a plurality of outlet holes. The plurality of inlet holes is configured to direct a portion of a cooling fluid to the plenum. The portion of the cooling fluid in the plenum is configured to cool the end portion. The plurality of outlet holes is configured to discharge the portion of the cooling fluid from the plenum.
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公开(公告)号:US10370990B2
公开(公告)日:2019-08-06
申请号:US15440320
申请日:2017-02-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon ALlanson Reynolds , Jonathan David Baldiga
Abstract: Flow path assemblies for gas turbine engines are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall and an outer wall defining an opening therethrough, as well as a nozzle airfoil having an inner end radially opposite an outer end that is positioned within the opening defined in the outer wall such that the outer end projects radially outwardly from the outer wall. The flow path assembly also comprises a pin and a first support member. The pin extends from the first support member to the outer end of the nozzle airfoil to support the nozzle airfoil. In some embodiments, the outer end of the nozzle airfoil defines a flange configured to receive the pin and a radial stop configured to press against a radially outward external support, and the pin is configured to transfer a load on the nozzle airfoil to an external structure.
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公开(公告)号:US20180238184A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-23
申请号:US15440258
申请日:2017-02-23
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon ALlanson Reynolds , Jonathan David Baldiga , Darrell Glenn Senile , Daniel Patrick Kerns , Michael Ray Tuertscher , Aaron Michael Dziech , Brett Joseph Geiser
CPC classification number: F01D9/044 , F01D5/282 , F01D5/284 , F01D9/023 , F01D11/005 , F01D25/24 , F05D2300/6033 , F23R3/14 , F23R3/16 , F23R3/346 , F23R3/60 , F23R2900/00017 , F23R2900/00018
Abstract: Flow path assemblies having features for positioning the assemblies within a gas turbine engine are provided. For example, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall and a unitary outer wall that includes an integral combustion portion and turbine portion, the combustor portion extending through a combustion section of the gas turbine engine and the turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section of the gas turbine engine. The flow path assembly further comprises at least two positioning members for radially centering the flow path assembly within the gas turbine engine. The positioning members extend to the flow path assembly from one or more structures external to the flow path assembly, constrain the flow path assembly tangentially, and allow radial and axial movement of the flow path assembly. Other embodiments for positioning flow path assemblies also are provided.
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公开(公告)号:US20180216823A1
公开(公告)日:2018-08-02
申请号:US15417437
申请日:2017-01-27
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon ALlanson Reynolds , Jonathan David Baldiga , Andrew Scott Bilse , Mark Eugene Noe , Brett Joseph Geiser
CPC classification number: F23R3/002 , F01D5/06 , F01D5/225 , F01D9/023 , F01D9/04 , F01D9/042 , F02C7/22 , F05D2230/30 , F05D2230/53 , F05D2240/35 , F05D2300/6033 , F23R2900/00018 , Y02T50/672 , Y02T50/673
Abstract: Flow path assemblies and gas turbine engines are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a flow path assembly comprises an inner wall and a unitary outer wall including a combustor portion extending through a combustion section and a turbine portion extending through at least a first turbine stage of a turbine section. The combustor portion and the turbine portion are integrally formed as a single unitary structure. The inner wall and the unitary outer wall define a combustor of the combustion section. In another exemplary embodiment, a flow path assembly comprises a unitary inner wall defining an inner boundary of a flow path and extending from a forward end of a combustor through a nozzle portion of a first turbine stage, and a unitary outer wall defining an outer boundary of the flow path and extending from the forward end of the combustor through at least the first turbine stage.
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