Abstract:
A heat shield for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a first edge with a first set of cantilevered members and a second edge with a second set of cantilevered members.
Abstract:
A combustor liner which reduces cooling flow to a combustion chamber and augments pressure drop split between impingement holes and effusion holes is disclosed. The combustor liner may further include accelerating channels, trip strips, pedestals, and cone-shaped effusion holes to provide further cooling of the liner. The combustor liner may reduce NOx production and the temperature of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine or the like.
Abstract:
A turbine airfoil includes a plurality of cooling circuits (22) embedded within the pressure and suction sidewalls (28,30) and a first and a second flow passage (32f,32g). The first flow passage (32f) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the pressure sidewall (28) and the second flow passage (32g) feeds the coolant fluid to the cooling circuits (22) that are embedded only within the suction sidewall (30).
Abstract:
An improved cooling design and method for cooling airfoils within a gas turbine engine is provided which includes an embedded microcircuit that traverses a tip (36) between a suction sidewall (44) and a pressure sidewall (42) of the airfoil (54). The microcircuit includes at least one inlet (70) disposed proximate to the tip (36) and one of the sidewalls (44) for receiving cooling air from an internal cooling cavity of the airfoil and at least outlet (72) disposed proximate to the tip (36) through which the cooling air ejects into a region outside the airfoil.
Abstract:
A turbine airfoil (13) includes a span wise extending cavity (35a) formed from a ceramic mold and a slot (34) extending from the cooling air cavity (35a) to a trailing edge (16) being formed by a refractory metal core (11). The refractory metal core (11) facilitates the reduction in the size of the slot (34) and also in the reduction in the size of pedestals (19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26) which pass transversely through the slot (34) to interconnect the pressure side to the suction side of the airfoil (13). The blade has a cutback feature to expose a back surface (35) on the inner side of the suction side wall (33) with raised projections (41) being formed on the back surface (35) so as to enhance heat transfer characteristics thereof. Provision is made for fabricating the raised projections (41) by way of a photo etching process.
Abstract:
An improved cooling design and method for cooling airfoils within a gas turbine engine is provided which includes a plenum (80) longitudinally located within the leading edge (46) of the airfoils. Within the plenum (80) are positioned a plurality of turbulence promoters (86) to provide enhanced heat transfer within the leading edge (46). Also, the cooling design includes a plurality of inlets (72,76) to receive cooling air from an internal cavity (36) of the airfoil as well as a plurality of outlets (64,66) located within a trench on the exterior surface of the leading edge (46) through which the cooling air exists to film cool the leading edge.