Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine including at least one porous element located in a cavity containing at least one rotating component receiving a flow of the lubricant, the porous element being located across a path taken by a portion of the lubricant expelled from the at least one respective rotating component such that the portion of the lubricant circulates therethrough, the at least one porous element being made of a material resistant to a temperature of the lubricant, the at least one porous element reducing a velocity of the portion of the lubricant circulating therethrough.

Abstract: A scavenge gear pump and its method of operation is described. The scavenge gear pump defines a pump chamber in which a pair of toothed gears are rotatably driven to pump an oil-air mixture from an inlet passage where the oil mixture is at low pressure, to an outlet passage where the air and oil has separated and is at high pressure. The gears are intermeshed in a meshing area between the inlet and the outlet passages and an oil nozzle is provided in a downstream region disposed in relation to the gear meshing area to inject oil under pressure in that area to occupy the volumes between the intermeshed gear teeth whereby to prevent air bubbles from being carried back to an upstream region adjacent the inlet passage. Accordingly, the volumetric efficiency of the pump is improved and it is more tolerant to back pressure.

Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine including at least one porous element located in a cavity containing at least one rotating component receiving a flow of the lubricant, the porous element being located across a path taken by a portion of the lubricant expelled from the at least one respective rotating component such that the portion of the lubricant circulates therethrough, the at least one porous element being made of a material resistant to a temperature of the lubricant, the at least one porous element reducing a velocity of the portion of the lubricant circulating therethrough.

Abstract: An integrated roller bearing and fluid transfer sleeve adapted for supporting and transferring fluid to a rotating shaft in a gas turbine engine reduction gearbox. The integrated roller bearing and fluid transfer sleeve comprises a fluid transfer sleeve having a sleeve casing defining therein an annular fluid plenum open radially outwardly, and at least two spaced apart roller bearing assemblies each comprising an annular outer race integral with the sleeve casing and each assembly comprising a plurality of roller elements supported by the outer race. Each roller bearing assembly is disposed within the sleeve casing, one at each opposing end thereof, and the plurality of roller elements in each assembly define a first inner diameter substantially equal to an outer diameter of the rotating shaft adapted to be supported by the roller elements.

Abstract: An integrated roller bearing and fluid transfer sleeve adapted for supporting and transferring fluid to a rotating shaft in a gas turbine engine reduction gearbox. The integrated roller bearing and fluid transfer sleeve comprises a fluid transfer sleeve having a sleeve casing defining therein an annular fluid plenum open radially outwardly, and at least two spaced apart roller bearing assemblies each comprising an annular outer race integral with the sleeve casing and each assembly comprising a plurality of roller elements supported by the outer race. Each roller bearing assembly is disposed within the sleeve casing, one at each opposing end thereof, and the plurality of roller elements in each assembly define a first inner diameter substantially equal to an outer diameter of the rotating shaft adapted to be supported by the roller elements.

Abstract: A bearing device for supporting a rotating shaft substantially arranged in a vertical direction in a vertical rotation machine is disclosed. The bearing device enables the vertical rotation machine to operate in a stable and contamination-free condition by preventing leakage of lubricant as well as to decrease the lubricant consumption. The bearing device comprises a roller bearing for supporting the rotating shaft and a labyrinth seal provided below the bearing. An oil dam is provided at a bottom portion of a bearing chamber to surround the sealing. An oil suction pipe for discharging lubricant from the oil dam, a sealing gas supply passage for supplying sealing gas into the bearing chamber from below by way of the sealing, and a sealing gas vent port opening at an upper area of the bearing chamber are provided.