Abstract:
A ceramic composition of matter includes a solvent material and a solute material. The solvent material comprises zirconia or hafnia, or a mixture thereof, which is stabilized with a stabilizing oxide. The solute material comprises a metal oxide of the formula, XaOb, where X is a metallic element, O is oxygen, and “a” and “b” are stoichiometric coefficients. The difference in density between the solvent material and the solute material is less than about 30%.
Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for cleaning one or more cooling passages associated with a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The gas turbine engine has a compressor section upstream from the combustion section. The method includes receiving a pressurized fluid from a source and directing the pressurized fluid through an inlet of a chamber such that a portion of a plurality of particles within the chamber is entrained within the pressurized fluid. The method includes injecting the pressurized fluid with the entrained portion of the plurality of particles downstream from the compressor section through an end wall of a diffuser and deswirl system upstream from a combustor plenum of the combustion section to clean the one or more cooling passages associated with the combustion chamber.
Abstract:
A turbine engine, an engine structure, and a method of forming an engine structure are provided herein. In an embodiment, an engine structure includes a metal substrate, a thermal barrier coating layer, and a metal silicate protective layer. The thermal barrier coating layer overlies the metal substrate, and the thermal barrier coating layer has columnar grains with gaps defined between the columnar grains. The metal silicate protective layer is formed over the thermal barrier coating layer, and the metal silicate protective layer covers the columnar grains and the gaps between the columnar grains.