METHOD AND DECISION TOOL FOR TRACKING SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL USAGE AND EMISSIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20240409238A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-12

    申请号:US18333005

    申请日:2023-06-12

    Abstract: A decision tool models emissions for a sustainable aircraft fuel (SAF) for the lifecycle of the fuel. The decision tool includes a controller module configured to receive data related to at least one fuel pathway for the fuel wherein the fuel pathway considers emissions from initial feedstock production to fuel burn during flight and arrival. The decision tool determines at least one fuel pathway for the fuel used to fuel the aircraft during a flight, models an emission score for the at least one fuel pathway, and then outputs the emission score where a user can purchase the fuel or make other decisions based upon the fuel pathway provided by the decision tool.

    EROSION-SHIELDED TURBINE BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240229653A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US17973085

    申请日:2022-10-25

    CPC classification number: F01D5/286 F03D1/0675

    Abstract: A method of forming an erosion shield for a turbine blade includes depositing a layer of filler material defining an upper surface. The method also includes depositing a layer of erosion-resistant material across the upper surface of the layer of filler material. An interface is defined between the layer of filler material and the layer of erosion-resistant material and has a shape of the upper surface. The method also includes machining the layer of filler material to produce the erosion shield. The erosion shield has the layer of erosion-resistant material, the machined layer of filler material, and the interface defined therebetween. An inner surface of the erosion shield is defined by the machined layer of filler material that is sized and shaped for attaching to a leading edge of the turbine blade. Each of the interface and the inner surface extend a length of the erosion shield.

    EROSION-SHIELDED TURBINE BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240133299A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US17973085

    申请日:2022-10-24

    CPC classification number: F01D5/286 F03D1/0675

    Abstract: A method of forming an erosion shield for a turbine blade includes depositing a layer of filler material defining an upper surface. The method also includes depositing a layer of erosion-resistant material across the upper surface of the layer of filler material. An interface is defined between the layer of filler material and the layer of erosion-resistant material and has a shape of the upper surface. The method also includes machining the layer of filler material to produce the erosion shield. The erosion shield has the layer of erosion-resistant material, the machined layer of filler material, and the interface defined therebetween. An inner surface of the erosion shield is defined by the machined layer of filler material that is sized and shaped for attaching to a leading edge of the turbine blade. Each of the interface and the inner surface extend a length of the erosion shield.

    ANTI-ICING SYSTEMS AND AIRFOILS FOR A FAN SECTION OF A TURBINE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20230126549A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-27

    申请号:US17511850

    申请日:2021-10-27

    Abstract: An airfoil for a fan section of a turbine engine may include a fan blade or an outlet guide vane, and an edge guard attached thereto. The edge guard may include a heating conduit disposed within at least a portion of the edge guard. An anti-icing system for a plurality of fan blades or outlet guide vanes may include a fluid supply pathway configured to supply heating fluid to respective ones of a plurality of heating conduits within the edge guards attached to respective ones of a plurality of fan blades and/or to a plurality of outlet guide vanes. The heating fluid may include bleed air from a core air flowpath. A method of inhibiting icing on an airfoil may include flowing a heating fluid into a heating conduit disposed within an edge guard attached to the airfoil and heating the edge guard with the heating fluid.

    Ceramic matrix composite component including counterflow channels and method of producing

    公开(公告)号:US11326470B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-10

    申请号:US16722980

    申请日:2019-12-20

    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component and method of fabrication including a plurality of counterflow elongated functional features. The CMC component includes a plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies forming a densified body and a plurality of elongated functional features formed therein the densified body. Each of the plurality of functional features is configured longitudinally extending and in alignment with the plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies. Each of the plurality of elongated functional features includes an inlet configured in cross-ply configuration. The plurality of elongated functional features are configured to provide a flow of fluid from a fluid source to an exterior of the ceramic matrix composite component. The plurality of functional features are configured in alternating flow configuration.

    EROSION-SHIELDED TURBINE BLADES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240133297A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US17973198

    申请日:2022-10-24

    CPC classification number: F01D5/005 B23P6/007 F05D2230/10 F05D2230/22

    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an erosion-shielded turbine blade includes providing a turbine blade for use with a rotary machine. The turbine blade includes an airfoil extending between a root and a tip. The airfoil includes a pressure side and an opposite suction side, and each of the pressure and suction sides extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The method also includes printing a green body part by an additive manufacturing process by selectively depositing a binder solution across a particulate erosion-resistant material, and sintering the green body part to produce a post-sintering erosion shield that includes densified erosion-resistant material. The method also includes coupling the erosion shield to the leading edge of the turbine blade.

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