HEAT EXCHANGER(S) FOR RECOVERING WATER AND/OR HEAT ENERGY FROM TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTION PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240301808A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18117919

    申请日:2023-03-06

    发明人: Jon E. Sobanski

    IPC分类号: F01K23/10

    摘要: A turbine engine with an axis is provided. This turbine engine includes a fan section, a turbine engine core, a bypass flowpath, an engine housing, an evaporator, a condenser and a core flowpath. The turbine engine core is configured to power the fan section. The turbine engine core includes a core compressor section, a core combustor section and a core turbine section. The bypass flowpath is fluidly coupled with and downstream of the fan section. The engine housing includes a cavity radially outboard of and axially overlapping the fan section and/or the bypass flowpath. The evaporator module is within the cavity. The condenser module is within the cavity. The core flowpath extends sequentially through the core compressor section, the core combustor section, the core turbine section, the evaporator module and the condenser module.

    BOLTED JOINT OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    13.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240301805A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18181149

    申请日:2023-03-09

    IPC分类号: F01D25/24 F01D25/28

    摘要: A component of a gas turbine engine includes a continuous hoop portion extending at least partially around an engine central longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine and a bolting feature extending from the hoop portion, configured for securing the component to an adjacent component. The bolting feature includes a circumferential arm extending radially and circumferentially from the hoop portion. The circumferential arm defines a radial gap between the circumferential arm and the hoop portion. The circumferential arm includes a bolt opening for installation of a bolt therethrough. A connecting leg extends radially from the hoop portion across the radial gap toward the connecting arm. An arm interlocking feature is located at the circumferential arm and is configured to radially interlock with a complementary leg interlocking feature of the connecting leg. The arm interlocking feature and the leg interlocking feature have a radial interconnect gap therebetween in a free state.

    AIRFOIL TIP ARRANGEMENT FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240301799A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18118365

    申请日:2023-03-07

    IPC分类号: F01D5/20 F01D5/18

    摘要: A blade for a gas turbine engine, including: an airfoil having a leading edge, a pressure side, a suction side and a trailing edge that extend to a tip of the airfoil; a leading edge cavity located within the airfoil; at least one main body cavity located within the airfoil; pressure side skin core passages located within the airfoil; suction side skin core passages located within the airfoil, the at least one main body cavity being fluidly isolated from the pressure side skin core passages and the suction side skin core passages and the at least one main body cavity being located between the pressure side skin core passages and the suction side skin core passages; a trailing edge feed cavity located within the airfoil; and a tip plenum located proximate to the tip of the airfoil, the tip plenum being fluidly coupled to the at least one main body cavity, wherein the tip plenum is located above the pressure side skin core passages and the trailing edge feed cavity and extends to the trailing edge of the airfoil.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20240273845A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18108844

    申请日:2023-02-13

    IPC分类号: G06T19/20 G06T7/11

    摘要: A method of analyzing computed tomography data includes creating a mesh of a sampling surface that extends through a component to obtain a meshed surface; creating a plurality of additional surfaces that are different from each other and from the meshed surface, and that each correspond to one or more of a translation and a rotation of the meshed surface; querying an interpolant function, which is fitted to CT data of the component, at a plurality of points of the meshed surface to project the CT data onto the meshed surface; querying the interpolant function at a plurality of points of the additional surfaces to project the CT data onto the additional surfaces; and determining, for each of the plurality of points of the meshed surface, whether the point is a void based on the querying for the meshed surface and the querying for the additional surfaces.

    TURBINE ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR WITH OXYGEN CIRCUIT

    公开(公告)号:US20240271568A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-15

    申请号:US18108404

    申请日:2023-02-10

    IPC分类号: F02C7/22 F23R3/28

    摘要: A system is provided for an aerial vehicle. This system includes a splash plate, a fuel nozzle and a gas circuit. The splash plate includes a splash plate surface. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle orifice. The fuel nozzle is configured to direct fuel out of the nozzle orifice to impinge against the splash plate surface. The gas circuit includes a gas passage and a gas outlet. At least a portion of the gas passage is formed by and embedded within the splash plate. The gas passage extends through the splash plate to the gas outlet.

    INTERLOCKING PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER
    19.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240261846A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18107266

    申请日:2023-02-08

    IPC分类号: B21D53/04 F28D9/00 F28F3/08

    CPC分类号: B21D53/04 F28D9/0062 F28F3/08

    摘要: A method for making a heat exchanger includes machining a plate of material having a starting thickness and at least one alignment feature, the machining including machining down the starting thickness to produce a heat exchanger plate having at least one flow passage segment, and at least two ribs arranged extending along each side of the at least one flow segment; removing the at least one alignment feature to provide a trimmed heat exchanger plate; stacking the trimmed heat exchanger plate with a further heat exchanger plate with the at least two ribs interlocked with ribs of the further heat exchanger plate, and the at least one flow segment aligned with a flow segment of the further heat exchanger plate; and joining the at least two ribs of the trimmed heat exchanger plate and the ribs of the further heat exchanger plate together. The at least two ribs can be configured to interlock with ribs of an adjacent plate. Resulting heat exchangers can be produced wherein the plates define parting plate thicknesses that are thin and useful in space and weight constrained locations.

    MULTI-MEASUREMENT PROBE ASSEMBLY
    20.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240255383A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18104756

    申请日:2023-02-01

    IPC分类号: G01M15/14 G01D5/24 G01D5/26

    CPC分类号: G01M15/14 G01D5/24 G01D5/268

    摘要: A measurement system is provided that includes a probe assembly. The probe assembly includes a capacitance probe and an optical probe. The capacitance probe includes a capacitance sensor that forms a sensor face of the probe assembly. An aperture projects axially through the capacitance sensor to the sensor face. The optical probe is configured with an optical line of sight through the aperture into a volume adjacent the sensor face.