Having Means To Direct Flow Along Inner Surface Of Liner Patents (Class 60/755)
  • Patent number: 11965429
    Abstract: A turbomachine component has a wall outer surface and an internal coolant source. A film-cooling hole is in the wall and extends from the internal coolant source to the wall outer surface. The film-cooling hole includes a metering section in fluid communication with the internal coolant source, and a diffuser section in fluid communication with the metering section and including a first internal surface spaced from a second internal surface. A coating collector receives part of a coating and is part of the diffuser section. The film-cooling hole also includes a hood section including a member extending outwardly from the wall outer surface. The member may include a hood internal surface contiguous with the first internal surface of the diffuser section and a hood outer surface parallel to the wall outer surface. The hood section reduces, and possibly prevents, the coating from filling the film-cooling hole during application thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Brad Wilson VanTassel
  • Patent number: 11536455
    Abstract: A combustor component according to at least one embodiment of the present invention includes a cylindrical body which internally includes a combustion chamber, and includes a weld part where a plurality of through holes opening to the combustion chamber are formed, and a housing which is disposed on an outer circumferential side of the cylindrical body to cover a part of the weld part, and defines an acoustic damping space communicating with the combustion chamber via at least one of the through holes. The plurality of through holes in the weld part has a formation density which is higher in a first region of the weld part covered with the housing than in a second region of the weld part positioned outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kentaro Tokuyama, Hiroaki Kishida, Taiki Kinoshita, Hiroki Shibata, Toshinobu Ohara
  • Patent number: 11320145
    Abstract: A method for forming a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a combustor wall of the combustor. The combustor wall includes a component, projecting from a surface of the combustor wall, and a support structure in communication with the component and the surface of the combustor wall. The support structure is a lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 11313561
    Abstract: A combustor has an axial fuel staging system to allow a fuel-air mixture to be injected from two axially spaced stages using an injector for injection of a secondary fuel-air mixture. The combustor includes a liner defining a combustion chamber; a transition piece coupled to a rear end of the liner; a flow sleeve defining an annular channel by surrounding the liner and the transition piece; and at least one injector disposed on a circumferential position of the flow sleeve to inject a mixture of fuel and air into the combustion chamber. Each of the at least one injector includes an injection pipe extending radially and passing through both the flow sleeve and either of the liner and the transition piece; a plate coupled to the injection pipe; and a plurality of mixing passages formed through the plate. The combustor improves fuel-air mixing and prevents flash back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventor: U Jin Roh
  • Patent number: 11209161
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a combustor capable of improving impingement cooling performance by reducing the influence of a cross-flow on a jet flow. The combustor includes a combustion liner, in which fuel sprayed from fuel nozzles of a gas turbine is mixed with compressed air and the mixture is combusted, a sleeve surrounding the outer surface of the combustion liner while being spaced apart therefrom in order to form a flow passage for compressed air, a cooling hole formed in the sleeve to introduce compressed air discharged from a compressor into the flow passage, and a first auxiliary hole formed upstream of the cooling hole in the airflow direction. Compressed air discharged from the compressor is introduced into the flow passage through the first auxiliary hole, impinges with compressed air flowing through the flow passage, and forms an air column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. LTD
    Inventor: Jongho Uhm
  • Patent number: 11125434
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one liner segment that has an external wall dimensioned to bound a combustion chamber. The external wall extends between leading and trailing edges in an axial direction and extends between opposed mate faces in a circumferential direction. A cooling circuit is defined by the external wall. A plurality of heat transfer features are distributed in the cooling circuit to define a first restricted flow region that tapers from the leading edge to the trailing edge and to define at least one prioritized flow region that extends substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge such that the at least one prioritized flow region is bounded by a perimeter of the first restricted flow region, and the at least one prioritized flow region has a lesser concentration of the plurality of heat transfer features than the first restricted flow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laengheng Khoun, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Joshua E. Kinnaman
  • Patent number: 10816203
    Abstract: A thimble assembly, which directs fluid flow through a combustor liner, includes a thimble boss and a thimble. The thimble boss is mounted an outer surface of the liner and surrounds a liner opening, thus defining a thimble boss passage. The thimble is disposed through the passage and the liner opening. The thimble wall extends from an inlet portion to an outlet of the thimble. The inlet portion has a greater diameter than the outlet and defines an inlet plane and a parallel intermediate plane. A terminal plane, parallel to the intermediate plane, includes an array of points most distant from a corresponding array of points defining the intermediate plane. The thimble wall has a non-uniform length, such that the outlet of the thimble is oriented at an oblique angle relative to the terminal plane. The thimble wall may have an arcuate shape defined as one-fourth of an ellipse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charlie Edmond Jones, James Harper, Matthew Bernard Wilson, Robert Wade Clifford, Yon Han Chong, Gilbert Otto Kraemer
  • Patent number: 10760436
    Abstract: An annular turbine engine combustion chamber wall including air admission orifices to create zones of steep temperature gradient, and cooling orifices to enable the air flowing on the cold side to penetrate to the hot side in order to form a film of cooling air along the annular wall, the annular wall being further includes, in the zones of steep temperature gradient, multi-perforation holes having respective bends of an angle ? greater than 90°, the angle ? being measured between an inlet axis Ae and an outlet axis As of the multi-perforation hole, the outlet axis of the multi-perforation hole being inclined at an angle ?3 relative to the normal N to the annular wall through which the multi-perforation holes with bends are formed, in a “gyration” direction that is at most perpendicular to the axial flow direction D of the combustion gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Patrice Andre Commaret, Jacques Marcel Arthur Bunel, Romain Nicolas Lunel
  • Patent number: 10753612
    Abstract: A plate-shaped structural component of a gas turbine with a base body that, at least in one edge area, is provided in one piece with a side bar that is embodied to ne substantially rectangular to the surface of the base body, wherein the base body has a different thickness than the side bar, wherein a supporting body, which is connected in one piece with the base body and the side bar and is provided with a substantially triangular cross section, is arranged between the side bar and the base body, being provided with multiple slit-like recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventor: Kay Heinze
  • Patent number: 10677462
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a support shell with an angled shell interface; a first liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the first liner panel including a first rail that extends from a cold side of the first liner panel adjacent to the angled shell interface; and a second liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the second liner panel including a second rail that extends from a cold side of the second liner panel adjacent to said first rail, the second rail adjacent to the angled shell interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: San Quach, Jeffrey T. Morton, Matthew D. Parekh
  • Patent number: 10571125
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular land. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The land extends vertically between the shell and the heat shield. The land extends laterally between a land outer surface and an inner surface, which at least partially defines a quench aperture in the combustor wall. A lateral distance between the land outer surface and the inner surface varies around the quench aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10451281
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a combustor wall including a first layer vertically connected with a second layer. A first portion of the first layer overlaps and is vertically spaced from the second layer by a cavity. A second portion of the first layer is substantially vertically inline with an adjacent portion of the second layer. The second portion of the first layer at least partially forms a quench aperture vertically through the combustor wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Stanislav Kostka
  • Patent number: 10386072
    Abstract: A cooling arrangement provides cooling around a dilution hole defined in a liner circumscribing a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The cooling arrangement comprises a hollow boss projecting from an outer surface of the liner about the dilution hole. The hollow boss defines an internal cavity extending circumferentially around the dilution hole. The internal cavity has an inlet in fluid flow communication with an air plenum surrounding the liner and an outlet in fluid flow communication with the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Michael Papple, Si-Man Amy Lao, Sri Sreekanth
  • Patent number: 10317078
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a body, a shell and a heat shield panel. The panel is attached to the shell with a tapered cooling cavity between the shell and the panel. The panel defines a cooling aperture configured to direct air out of the cooling cavity to impinge against the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Stanislav Kostka, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10260751
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine comprises a single skin liner defining a combustion chamber. The single skin liner has an inner surface facing the combustion chamber and an outer surface exposed to a coolant flow discharged in a plenum extending from the outer surface of the single skin liner to the engine casing. Cooling holes extend through the single skin liner. Cooling protuberances, such as fins or pin fins, project integrally from the outer surface of the single skin liner into the plenum, the cooling fins being interspersed between the cooling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Tin-Cheung John Hu, Si-Man Amy Lao, Sri Sreekanth, Michael Papple
  • Patent number: 10094563
    Abstract: A combustor component of a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a heat shield panel. The heat shield panel defines a bend and a microcircuit flow path within a thickness of the heat shield panel. The microcircuit flow path includes an inlet and an outlet radially outward of the inlet. The microcircuit flow path at the bend is positioned radially between the inlet and the outlet, and the microcircuit flow path follows the bend. A method of cooling a combustor of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Patent number: 9988982
    Abstract: A turbine engine has inner and outer annular covers containing an annular combustion chamber and an annular nozzle. The combustion chamber is held in position inside the outer annular cover between two radial holder rings that are nested at least in part one within the other and that have their radially outer first ends secured to the outer annular cover by fasteners and their radially inner second ends in the form of combs holding in position between them a transverse rim of the annular combustion chamber so as to enable a cooling stream to flow towards the annular nozzle and so as to hold the annular combustion chamber axially while leaving it free to move at least radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventor: Frederic Delaunay
  • Patent number: 9840927
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a component having an internal cavity and an array of pedestals extending into the cavity includes; defining external and core geometries of the component; using a powder-bed additive layer manufacturing method, building the component from a plurality of layers laid on a first-plane; and removing excess powder from the core in a first powder extraction direction along the first-plane. The core geometry is adapted for improved powder removal; including a main core passage, an array of pedestals extending into the passage and passage wall extending from the first-plane, one or more pedestals coinciding with the passage wall, having a cross-section in a plane parallel to the first-plane which is altered with respect to the cross-section of non-coinciding pedestals to extend a face of the pedestal which faces away from the powder extraction direction to intersect the passage wall at an obtuse angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Matthew D Tucker
  • Patent number: 9097424
    Abstract: A system for supplying a working fluid to a combustor includes a combustion chamber, a liner that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the combustion chamber, and a flow sleeve that circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the liner. A tube provides fluid communication for the working fluid to flow through the flow sleeve and the liner and into the combustion chamber, and the tube spirals between the flow sleeve and the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Lucas John Stoia, Richard Martin DiCintio
  • Patent number: 9027350
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a combustor with a combustion liner having inner and outer walls is disclosed herein. The gas turbine engine further includes a swirler system adapted to receive a fuel injector and a flow splitter operable to bifurcate an airflow exiting the swirler system into a first bifurcated flow and a second bifurcated flow. A shroud is positioned downstream of the flow splitter and is configured to deflect the first bifurcated flow in a first direction radially inward and the second bifurcated flow in a second direction radially outward. The second bifurcated flow cools both of the inner and outer walls of the combustor liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Carl Roesler
  • Patent number: 9021783
    Abstract: The engine (10) includes at least one firing tube (12) wherein an exhaust stream (32) from the firing tube (12) drives a turbine (30). A scroll ejector attenuator (40) is secured between and in fluid communication with an outlet end (28) of the firing tube (12) and an inlet (76) of the turbine (30). The attenuator (40) defines a turning, narrowing passageway (72) that extends a distance the exhaust stream (32) travels before entering the turbine (30) to attenuate shockwaves and mix the pulsed exhaust stream (32) into an even stream with minimal temperature differences to thereby enhance efficient operation of the turbine (30) without any significant pressure decline of exhaust stream (32) pressure and without any backpressure from the attenuator (40) on the firing tube (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Hill, Michael J. Cuozzo
  • Patent number: 9016067
    Abstract: A gas-turbine combustion chamber has a cooling-air supply device delivering cooling air to a combustion chamber wall 6 to be cooled. The cooling-air supply device includes at least one air-supply duct 8 which, in respect of its flow axis, is arranged vertically to the combustion chamber wall 6, with the air-supply duct 8 being flow-connected to at least one cooling duct 9. The air-supply duct 8 forms a throttle and has a smaller diameter than the cooling duct 9. The cooling duct 9 issues at a shallow angle, relative to its flow axis, to the surface of the combustion chamber wall 6 in a recess 10 of the combustion chamber wall 6, with the cooling duct 9 being designed to impart a swirl to the air flowing through it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Miklos Gerendas
  • Publication number: 20150107262
    Abstract: The invention refers to a transition piece of a combustor of a gas turbine including an impingement cooling zone, a sequential disposed liner having at least one cooling arrangement and a closing plate with respect to the sequential disposed liner. The sequential disposed liner has a cooling channel structure. The cooling channel structure forms a closed loop cooling scheme or a quasi-closed loop cooling scheme. The cooling channel structure is operatively connected to a cooling medium to cool at least one part of the sequential disposed liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventor: Michael Thomas MAURER
  • Patent number: 9010122
    Abstract: A turbine engine assembly includes a combustor and a stator vane arrangement having a plurality of stator vanes. The combustor includes a combustor wall that extends axially from a combustor bulkhead to a distal combustor wall end, which is located adjacent to the stator vane arrangement. The combustor wall includes a support shell with a plurality of impingement apertures, and a heat shield with a plurality of effusion apertures. The combustor wall end includes a plurality of circumferentially extending film cooled regions. At least one of the film cooled regions is circumferentially aligned with one of the stator vanes and includes a cooling aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Bangerter, Dennis J. Duhamel, Robert M. Sonntag, Reza Rezvani
  • Publication number: 20150101336
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor is provided in which product reliability and heat transfer promotion are compatible while suppressing an increase in pressure loss. In a gas turbine combustor comprising a combustor liner, an outer tube provided around an outer periphery of the combustor liner, and an annular flow passage in which a cooling medium (cooling air) flows and which is formed between an outer surface of the combustor liner and an inner surface of the outer tube, the outer tube includes an inner diameter reduced portion and a taper portion smoothly connecting the inner diameter reduced portion and an inner peripheral portion on an upstream side, and is provided at an inner surface of the taper portion with longitudinal vortex generating means generating a vortex that has a central rotation axis in a flowing direction of the cooling medium (cooling air).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Shohei NUMATA, Osami YOKOTA, Tetsuma TATSUMI, Akinori HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20150075171
    Abstract: A turbomachine combustor assembly includes a combustor body, and a combustor liner arranged within the combustor body. The combustor liner defines a combustion chamber having a head end and a discharge end. A plurality of combustor nozzles are arranged in an annular array at the head end of the combustion chamber, and a fluid delivery nozzle is arranged substantially centrally within the annular array at the head end of the combustion chamber. The fluid delivery nozzle includes a first end portion that extends to a second end portion through a wall portion. The wall portion includes at least one combustion chamber outlet. The fluid delivery nozzle is configured to deliver a non-combustible fluid into the at least one of the plurality of combustor nozzles and the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Alexander Nikolay Sokolov, Dmitry Vladlenovich Tretyakov, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy
  • Patent number: 8978385
    Abstract: A combustor component of a gas turbine engine includes a refractory metal core (RMC) microcircuit for self-regulating a cooling flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Frank J. Cunha
  • Publication number: 20150068212
    Abstract: A combustion liner includes a substantially cylindrical body having forward and aft ends, the forward end provided with plural, circumferentially-shaped stops adapted for connection to a flow sleeve surrounding the substantially cylindrical body. Each stop includes a radially-projecting strut having an end remote from the substantially-cylindrical body provided with a tab having a shape different than the strut. Each strut is received in a slot formed in the flow sleeve, with the tab on an exterior surface of the flow sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Leonid Yulevich Ginesin, Borys Borysovich Shershnyov
  • Patent number: 8959888
    Abstract: An emissions control system for a gas turbine engine including a flow-directing structure (24) that delivers combustion gases (22) from a burner (32) to a turbine. The emissions control system includes: a conduit (48) configured to establish fluid communication between compressed air (22) and the combustion gases within the flow-directing structure (24). The compressed air (22) is disposed at a location upstream of a combustor head-end and exhibits an intermediate static pressure less than a static pressure of the combustion gases within the combustor (14). During operation of the gas turbine engine a pressure difference between the intermediate static pressure and a static pressure of the combustion gases within the flow-directing structure (24) is effective to generate a fluid flow through the conduit (48).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter R. Laster, Reinhard Schilp, David J. Wiebe
  • Patent number: 8955333
    Abstract: A base plate is more effectively cooled, and the efficiency of cooling the base plate is further improved. In a heat exchange bulkhead 1 that includes a base plate 20 and a plurality of pin-fins 21 provided upright on the surface 20a of the base plate 20, a cooling medium 18 flows in the length direction of the base plate 20 along the surface 20a of the base plate 20, and each of the pin-fins 21 is entirely or partially inclined backward to the downstream side such that the top face thereof is located at the downstream side of the bottom face thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Miyake
  • Patent number: 8955330
    Abstract: A combustion chamber liner (41) with a forward section (44) and an aft section (46). The aft section has an array of aft axial cooling fins (62) covered by a tubular support ring (52), thus forming an array of aft axial grooves (66) between the aft axial fins. Inlet holes (54) in the front end of the support ring may admit coolant (37) into an upstream end of the aft axial cooling fins. An impingement plenum (61) may receive the coolant just before the aft axial cooling fins. Each aft axial fin may include a plurality of axially spaced bumpers (64) that contact the support ring. Spaces or grooves (68) between the bumpers provide circumferential cross flow of coolant between the grooves. The aft axial grooves may discharge the coolant as film cooling along the inner wall (76) of a transition duct (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Narcus, Kristel Negron-Sanchez, John Pula, Neal Therrien
  • Patent number: 8955331
    Abstract: A nut (64) is affixed to an outer surface of a transition impingement sleeve forward ring (50) that encircles, and is affixed to, a forward end (44) of a tubular transition impingement sleeve (45). The nut has a threaded hole (63) aligned with a hole (66) in the impingement sleeve forward ring. A machine screw (68) is threaded into the nut and extends through the hole (66), and has a radially inner end with a wear pad (70), and a radially outer end with a turning tool engagement element (72). The wear pad contacts an outer surface of an aft portion of a transition piece forward outer ring (52) that is surrounded by the transition impingement sleeve forward ring (50). The rotational position of the machine screw (68) sets a radial gap (76) between the transition impingement sleeve forward ring and the transition piece forward outer ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Moehrle, John Pula, Jeremy Lefler, Martin Konen
  • Patent number: 8955332
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor including a fuel nozzle for injecting mixed gas of fuel and air, a cylindrical liner for burning and reacting the mixed gas of fuel and air in a combustion chamber, a transition piece which is a flow path for leading combustion gas generated in the liner to turbine blades, and a transition piece flow sleeve for wrapping an outside surface of the transition piece, wherein a plurality of air introduction holes for introducing air into the transition piece flow sleeve are formed in regions of the transition piece flow sleeve excluding regions which are corner portions of the transition piece flow sleeve in a sectional direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Saitou, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Shouhei Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150007573
    Abstract: An annular combustion chamber (1) for a gas turbine, the chamber having an outer shell (12) which has at least one inlet opening (4) for a burner (3) and an outlet (7) which opens into a turbine chamber (8), wherein ducts (14) which can be closed, which are oriented substantially parallel to the symmetry axis (2) of the annular combustion chamber (1), and through which final compressor air is guided into the annular combustion chamber (1) are provided in the outer shell (12) in the region of the outlet (7). Ring segments around the outer shell have projections selectively movable to at least partially block and open the ducts. A gas turbine is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Francois Benkler, Thomas Brandenburg, Olga Deiss, Thomas Grieb, Marco Link, Nicolas Savilius, Daniel Vogtmann, Jan Wilkes
  • Patent number: 8925326
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine combustor, which includes a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region, a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner, an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve, and an aerodynamic mounting assembly disposed in the air passage. The aerodynamic mounting assembly is configured to retain the combustion liner within the flow sleeve. The aerodynamic mounting assembly includes a flow sleeve mount coupled to the flow sleeve and a liner stop coupled to the combustion liner. The flow sleeve mount includes a first portion of an aerodynamic shape and the liner stop includes a second portion of the aerodynamic shape, which is configured to direct an airflow into a wake region downstream of the aerodynamic mounting assembly. The flow sleeve mount and the liner stop couple with one another to define the aerodynamic shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David William Cihlar, Patrick Benedict Melton, Robert Joseph Rohrssen
  • Patent number: 8919127
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine combustor, which includes a combustion liner disposed about a combustion region, a flow sleeve disposed about the combustion liner, an air passage between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve, and a structure between the combustion liner and the flow sleeve. The structure obstructs an airflow through the air passage. The gas turbine combustor also includes a wake reducer disposed adjacent the structure. The wake reducer directs a flow into a wake region downstream of the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Benedict Melton, Ronald James Chila, Abdul Rafey Khan, Carolyn Ashley Antoniono
  • Patent number: 8904800
    Abstract: A combustor dome heat shield and a louver are separately metal injection molded and then fused together to form a one-piece combustor heat shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Bhawan B. Patel, Lorin Markarian, Melissa Despres
  • Patent number: 8904802
    Abstract: A turbomachine combustor assembly includes a combustor body, and a combustor liner arranged within the combustor body and defining a combustion chamber. The combustor liner includes a venturi portion arranged within the combustion chamber. A fluid passage is defined between the combustor body and the combustor liner, and at least one turbulator is arranged in the fluid passage. The at least one turbulator is configured and disposed to create vortices in the fluid passage. A vortex modification system is arranged at the fluid passage and is configured and disposed to disrupt the vortices in the fluid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sridhar Venkat Kodukulla, Ronald James Chila, Sarah Lori Crothers, Shreekrishna Jayakumar Rao, Shivakumar Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 8904799
    Abstract: A combustion device used in gas turbine engines includes an annular combustor that contains the combustion process of air and fuel and then guides the hot gas products to a first stage turbine subsection of a gas turbine engine. The annular combustor has an inner/outer shell having corrugated surfaces that extend radially outward and inward across an entire hot gas stream inside the annular combustor. The corrugations twist about the engine centerline in a longitudinal direction of travel of the engine. The resulting flow path accelerates and turns the hot gas stream to conditions suitable for introduction into the first stage turbine blades, which eliminate the need for first stage turbine vanes. The annular combustor is configured with a system of fuel and air inlet passages and nozzles that results in a staged combustion of premixed fuel and air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventors: Majed Toqan, Brent Allan Gregory, Ryan Sadao Yamane, Jonathan David Regele
  • Publication number: 20140331681
    Abstract: A wake manipulating structure for a turbine system includes a combustor liner defining a combustor chamber. Also included is an airflow path located along an outer surface of the combustor liner. Further included is a wake generating component disposed in the airflow path and proximate the combustor liner, wherein the wake generating component generates a wake region located downstream of the wake generating component. Yet further included is a venturi structure or section disposed in the airflow path configured to reduce the wake region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nishant Govindbhai Parsania, Chandrasekhar Pushkaran
  • Publication number: 20140318139
    Abstract: A novel and improved combustion liner for use in a gas turbine engine is provided in which the premixer assembly is removably fastened to the combustion liner. Apparatus and method for removably securing the premixer assembly to the combustion liner is provided. A combustor dome plate, swirler assembly and inlet ring basket are coupled together by a plurality of removable fasteners in order to increase accessibility to portions of the combustion liner for inspection and repair processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: JEREMY METTERNICH, KHALID OUMEJJOUD
  • Publication number: 20140318140
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for altering the natural frequency of a dome plate portion of a premixer assembly of a gas turbine combustor. The plate assembly has a dome plate with a central pilot mixer and a plurality of extension tabs extending radially outward from the pilot mixer. A plurality of radially extending struts are secured to the extension tabs in order to alter the natural frequency of the dome plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: JEREMY METTERNICH, KHALID OUMEJJOUD, BRIAN RICHARDSON
  • Patent number: 8839626
    Abstract: A gas turbine combustor comprising a fuel nozzle for injecting mixed gas of fuel and air, a cylindrical liner for burning and reacting the mixed gas of fuel and air in a combustion chamber, a transition piece which is a flow path for leading combustion gas generated in the liner to turbine blades, and a transition piece flow sleeve for wrapping an outside surface of the transition piece, wherein a plurality of air introduction holes for introducing air into the transition piece flow sleeve are formed in regions of the transition piece flow sleeve excluding regions which are corner portions of the transition piece flow sleeve in a sectional direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Saitou, Yasuyuki Watanabe, Shouhei Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8839627
    Abstract: An annular combustor includes an annular outer shell that includes a first flange that defines an inner diameter IDOS and an annular inner shell that includes a second flange that defines an outer diameter ODIS. An annular hood includes a radially outer hood flange and a radially inner hood flange. A bulkhead includes a radially outer bulkhead flange that defines an outer diameter ODB and a radially inner bulkhead flange that defines an inner diameter IDB. The first flange is secured at a radially outer joint between the radially outer hood flange and the radially outer bulkhead flange. The second flange is secured at a radially inner joint between the radially inner hood flange and the radially inner bulkhead flange. The IDOS and the ODB define a ratio R1 of IDOS/ODB that is 0.998622-1.001129, and the IDB and the ODIS define a ratio R2 of IDB/ODIS that is 0.998812-1.001388.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Joey Wong, Robert M. Sonntag
  • Patent number: 8826668
    Abstract: A system for cooling a wall (24) of a component having an outer surface with raised ribs (12) defining a structural pocket (10), including: an inner wall (26) within the structural pocket and separating the wall outer surface within the pocket into a first region (28) outside of the inner wall and a second region (40) enclosed by the inner wall; a plate (14) disposed atop the raised ribs and enclosing the structural pocket, the plate having a plate impingement hole (16) to direct cooling air onto an impingement cooled area (38) of the first region; a cap having a skirt (50) in contact with the inner wall, the cap having a cap impingement hole (20) configured to direct the cooling air onto an impingement cooled area (44) of the second region, and; a film cooling hole (22) formed through the wall in the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Jay A. Morrison
  • Patent number: 8813502
    Abstract: It is required for a gas turbine combustor to exhaust low NOx. The gas turbine combustor is provided with a combustion tube which has a cooling passage through which cooling air flows in a double wall structure. The cooling passage has a main cooling air supply opening opened to a side of a combustion zone. The cooling air supplied from the main cooling air supply opening is guided to a direction along an inner wall surface of the combustion tube by a guide. The cooling air flows through the cooling passage inside the combustion tube, and then is reused for film cooling along the inner wall surface. Thus, it is possible to save cooling air. Therefore, a more part of the air supplied from a compressor can be used as air for combustion and it becomes possible to exhaust low NOx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsuo Ishiguro, Katsunori Tanaka, Kotaro Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20140223914
    Abstract: A combustor assembly in a gas turbine engine includes a liner defining a combustion zone, at least one fuel injector for providing fuel, and a flow sleeve. An inner surface of the flow sleeve defines an outer boundary for an air flow passageway. Upon the air reaching a head end of the combustor assembly at an end of the air flow passageway the air turns 180 degrees to flow into the combustion zone where it is burned with the fuel. The combustor assembly further includes an inlet assembly positioned radially between the liner and the flow sleeve. The inlet assembly defines an inlet to the air flow passageway and includes a plurality of overlapping conduits that are arranged such that the air entering the air flow passageway passes through radial spaces between adjacent conduits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventors: Rajesh Rajaram, Juan Enrique Portillo Bilbao, Danning You
  • Patent number: 8800293
    Abstract: Floatwall panel assemblies and related systems are provided. A floatwall panel assembly includes a panel formed of porous ceramic material, the porous ceramic material exhibiting a porosity gradient along at least one of a length, a width and a depth of the panel, the panel lacking a substrate, formed of a material other than porous ceramic material, for supporting the porous ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Dierberger, Kevin W. Schlichting, Melvin Freling
  • Publication number: 20140216043
    Abstract: A combustor liner (30) for a can-annular gas turbine engine (10) and a method for constructing such a liner are provided. The combustor liner includes an annular wall member (32) A cooling channel (34, 42, 50, 54, 56, 58) is formed through the wall member and extends from an inlet end of the liner to an outlet end of the liner A property of the cooling channel may be varied along a length of the cooling channel. The cooling channel may be formed through the combustor liner using an electro-chemical machining (ECM) process or a three dimensional printing process (3DP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Weidong Cai, Krishna C. Miduturi, David M. Ritland
  • Patent number: 8794544
    Abstract: A combustor nozzle includes a downstream surface having an axial centerline. A plurality of passages extend through the downstream surface and provide fluid communication through the downstream surface. A plurality of slits are included in the downstream surface, and each slit connects to at least two passages. A method for modifying a combustor nozzle includes machining a plurality of slits in a downstream side of a body. The method further includes connecting each slit to at least two passages that pass through the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Benedict Melton, Scott Robert Simmons, Russell DeForest, Donald Mark Bailey