Abstract: Airfoil bodies having a first core cavity within the airfoil body and a second core cavity located within the airfoil body and adjacent the first core cavity, wherein the second core cavity is defined by a first cavity wall, a second cavity wall, a first exterior wall, and a second exterior wall, wherein the first cavity wall is located between the second core cavity. The first cavity wall includes a first surface angled toward the first exterior wall and a second surface angled toward the second exterior wall and at least one first cavity impingement hole is formed within the first surface. A funneling feature extends the second core cavity along the first exterior wall to funnel the first impingement flow along the first exterior wall.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 3, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 28, 2020
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COPRORATION
Inventors:
Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Carey Clum, Timothy J. Jennings
Abstract: A fuel mixer for mixing a fuel and an oxidizer prior to detonation in a rotating detonation engine includes a combustion channel configured to transport a final mixture of the fuel and the oxidizer for combustion. The fuel mixer also includes a mixture channel positioned upstream from the combustion channel and configured to transport a first mixture having at least some of the fuel and at least some of the oxidizer. The fuel mixer also includes a secondary outlet positioned upstream from the combustion channel and configured to output a supplemental mixture of the fuel and the oxidizer that includes at least one of the fuel or the oxidizer such that the first mixture and the supplemental mixture combine in the combustion channel to form the final mixture.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 21, 2020
Assignee:
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES COPRORATION
Inventors:
Adam Takashi Holley, Christopher Britton Greene, Peter A T Cocks