Abstract:
A gas turbine engine rotor includes a rotor that provides a cooling cavity. The cooling cavity has a first chamber and a second chamber that are fluidly connected to one another by a passageway. At least one of the first and second rotor portions is configured to support a blade that is fluidly isolated from the cavity. A phase change material is arranged in the cavity. The phase change material is configured to be arranged in the first chamber in a first state and in the second chamber in the second state. The passageway is configured to carry the phase change material between the second and first chambers once changed between the first and second states.
Abstract:
A compressor case to blade tip clearance system comprising a rotor having blades with tips, the case including an inner case comprising at least one surface feature fluidly coupled to a distribution manifold disposed in a cooling air passageway, the at least one surface feature configured to interact with the cooling air, and a tip clearance located between the tips and the inner case; wherein the tip clearance is maintained responsive to a flow of the cooling air over the at least one surface feature.
Abstract:
A compressor case to blade tip clearance system comprising a rotor having blades with tips, the case including an inner case comprising at least one surface feature fluidly coupled to a distribution manifold disposed in a cooling air passageway, the at least one surface feature configured to interact with the cooling air, and a tip clearance located between the tips and the inner case; wherein the tip clearance is maintained responsive to a flow of the cooling air over the at least one surface feature.
Abstract:
An example method of cooling a compressor section of a gas turbine engine includes diverting a flow from a compressor through a heat exchanger, the flow moving from the compressor in a first direction, and moving the flow from the heat exchanger back to the compressor in a second direction. An example spacer for a compressor of a gas turbine engine includes a first side portion, a second side portion spaced apart from the first side portion, and a middle web arranged between the first and second side portions. At least one of the first and second side portions and the middle web include at least one orifice to communicate flow in a direction that is different from a core flowpath flow direction. An example compressor including the spacer is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a rotor having at least one rotor bore cavity and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is fluidically connected to a conditioning air source and to the rotor bore cavity for flowing air from the conditioning air source to the rotor bore cavity. The heat exchanger is also fluidically connected to a hot fluid source and a cool fluid source for selectively heating and cooling conditioning air flowing to the rotor bore cavity.
Abstract:
An example method of cooling a compressor of a gas turbine includes, among other things, diverting a flow from a compressor, and directing the flow at the compressor in a direction, the direction having a circumferential component and an axial component.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine is disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a first rotor supporting a first plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor blades and a second rotor disposed axially downstream of the first rotor and supporting a second plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor blades, a first bore cavity between the first rotor and the second rotor, a first fluid passageway configured to provide cooled air to the first bore cavity and a first anti-vortex component positioned proximate the first bore cavity and configured to increase pressure of the cooled air as the cooled air traverses radially outward from the first bore cavity.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine rotor includes a rotor that provides a cooling cavity. The cooling cavity has a first chamber and a second chamber that are fluidly connected to one another by a passageway. At least one of the first and second rotor portions is configured to support a blade that is fluidly isolated from the cavity. A phase change material is arranged in the cavity. The phase change material is configured to be arranged in the first chamber in a first state and in the second chamber in the second state. The passageway is configured to carry the phase change material between the second and first chambers once changed between the first and second states.
Abstract:
An example method of cooling a compressor of a gas turbine includes, among other things, diverting a flow from a compressor, and directing the flow at the compressor in a direction, the direction having a circumferential component and an axial component.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a rotor having at least one rotor bore cavity and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is fluidically connected to a conditioning air source and to the rotor bore cavity for flowing air from the conditioning air source to the rotor bore cavity. The heat exchanger is also fluidically connected to a hot fluid source and a cool fluid source for selectively heating and cooling conditioning air flowing to the rotor bore cavity.