Abstract:
A cooled turbine blade (440) is disclosed herein. The cooled turbine blade having a base (442) and an airfoil (441), the base including cooling air inlets (481) and channels (483), and the airfoil including an multi bend heat exchange path (470) beginning at the base and ending at a cooling air outlet (471) at the trailing edge (447) of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes a skin (460) that encompasses a tip wall (461) and an inner spar (462).
Abstract:
A compressor system (10) includes a gas compressor (18) with dry gas seals (66, 68) about a driveshaft (64). The compressor system (10) also includes a fugitive gas system (30) having a gas conduit (36) in fluid communication with a collection cavity (34, 35) in a collector (32) coupled to the gas compressor (18) to receive fugitive gas leaked through a pressurized gas leakage path (67, 69). The fugitive gas system (30) may be structured for flaring the gas, and includes a pressure control system (42) with an accumulator tank (44), and a vent line (46) for venting gas pressure and having a backpressure regulator (52) therein. Fugitive combustible gas is conveyed through a flow restriction orifice (96, 100) downstream of the compressor (18).
Abstract:
A control system (12) for preventing electrical power supply disruptions in an electrical power system (10) includes an electronic control unit (14) structured to receive a power signal indicative of reactive power in an electrical generator (34) that is produced in response to a change in an electrical load of an electrical power bus (40). The electronic control unit (14) is further structured to determine voltage commands based on the power signal and vary output voltage of the electrical generator (34) non-linearly such that occurrence of a reactive power shutdown condition is inhibited.
Abstract:
A modular building structure (200) for a turbomachinery equipment (400) includes a first prefabricated structure (102), a second prefabricated structure (102'), and a plurality of guides (106) to align and couple the first prefabricated structure (102) to the second prefabricated structure (102'). The first prefabricated structure (102) includes a first rigid frame (104) formed from first linear members, and defines first pin receiving holes (120). The second prefabricated structure (102') includes a second rigid frame (104') formed from second linear members, and defines second pin receiving holes (120'). Each guide (106) includes a plate (130) having an opening (134) extending through the plate (130), and an elongated member (132) extending through the opening (134) of the plate (130). The elongated member (132) includes a first end portion (138) extending inside a corresponding first pin receiving hole (120) and a second end portion (140) extending inside a corresponding second pin receiving hole (120') for coupling the first prefabricated structure (102) with the second prefabricated structure (102').
Abstract:
A method of monitoring a turbomachinery system (50) is disclosed herein. The method includes periodically receiving sensor data for the turbomachinery system (50) at a monitoring device (800) from a monitoring system server (740). The method also includes the monitoring device (800) determining whether the tags for each group of a plurality of groups are in the sensor data and correlating the tags with the groups. The method further includes displaying one of the groups on an output display of the monitoring device (800) including the tag name and the sensor value for each tag correlated with the group displayed.
Abstract:
A metal insert tube (460) of a turbine vane (452) is disclosed. The insert tube (460) includes a pressure side wall (461), a suction side wall (464) opposite and spaced apart from the pressure side wall (461), a leading edge (462), and a trailing edge (463) opposite the leading edge (462). The insert tube (460) includes a plurality of cooling channels spaced along the pressure side wall (461). The insert tube (460) includes an indented portion (467) located between the trailing edge (463) and the pressure side wall (461).
Abstract:
A vane (110) for an Inlet Guide Vane (IGV) (112) of a multistage compressor (100) includes a root portion (114), a tip portion (116), and an airfoil (118) extending therebetween. The vane (110) is configured such that a ratio of the maximum thickness of the airfoil (118) to a chord length (Tmax/C) at 50% of the span height (H) taken from the tip portion (116) of the vane (110) is configured to lie in the range of 0.11 to 0.12. In addition to the ratio (Tmax/C) at 50% of the span height (H) being in range of 0.11 to 0.12, a ratio of the maximum thickness to the chord length (Tmax/C) at various points along the airfoil (118) varies with span height (H) of the vane (110) i.e., distance taken from the tip portion (116) of the vane (110) and the local chord length C present at that span height H of the vane (110) taken from the tip portion (116).
Abstract:
A fuel injector for a combustor assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The fuel injector includes a first component, a second component, and a braze layer. The first component has a sidewall. The second component also has a sidewall. The braze layer is formed between the sidewall of the first component and the sidewall of the second component. The braze layer is being formed from a Nickel (Ni) alloy brazing material containing non-metallic constituents. The braze layer also has a eutectic-free region with substantially all of the non-metallic constituents diffused away from a centerline area between the first component and the second component.
Abstract:
A system and methods for the condition based lifing of a gas turbine engine component is disclosed. The system and methods determine the stress and caused by fatigue and creep for each load cycle of the gas turbine engine, and use a ductility exhaustion method to combine the fatigue and creep strain rates determined from the fatigue and creep stresses to determine the remaining useful of the gas turbine engine component.
Abstract:
A system and methods for lifing a single crystal turbine blade of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system and methods determine the anisotropic strain of the single crystal turbine blade caused by fatigue and creep by resolving the shear stresses on each of the primary slip systems of the single crystal turbine blade. The system and methods use a ductility exhaustion method to combine the anisotropic fatigue and creep strains to determine the operating life of the single crystal turbine blade.