Method and apparatus to enhance laminar flow for gas turbine engine components

    公开(公告)号:US11466574B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-11

    申请号:US16983398

    申请日:2020-08-03

    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component has a component body configured to be positioned within a flow path of a gas turbine engine having an external pressure, and wherein the component body includes at least one internal cavity having an internal pressure. At least one inlet opening is formed in an outer surface of the component body to direct hot exhaust gas flow into the at least one internal cavity, and there is at least one outlet from the internal cavity. The internal pressure is less than an inlet external pressure at the inlet opening and the internal pressure is greater than an outlet external pressure at the outlet opening to controllably ingest hot exhaust gas via the inlet opening and expel the hot exhaust gas via the outlet opening to maintain a laminar boundary layer along the outer surface of the component body.

    Turbine airfoil with minicore passage having sloped diffuser orifice

    公开(公告)号:US10968752B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-06

    申请号:US16373008

    申请日:2019-04-02

    Abstract: A turbine airfoil includes an airfoil outer wall that defines leading and trailing ends and first and second sides that join the leading and trailing ends. At least one cooling passage is embedded in the airfoil outer wall and has a radially-elongated entrance manifold, a radially-elongated diffuser orifice that opens to an exterior surface of the airfoil outer wall, and a bank of sub-passages fluidly connecting the radially-elongated entrance manifold with the radially-elongated diffuser orifice. The radially-elongated diffuser orifice is sloped relative to the radially-elongated entrance manifold.

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