Patents by Inventor Frederic Beule

Frederic Beule has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7155913
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine annular combustion chamber (1) comprising an outer axial wall (2), an inner axial wall (4), and a chamber bottom end (8) connecting the said walls, the chamber bottom end being provided with several passages (34,36,72) enabling initiation of a cooling air film (D2) along the hot inner surface (30) of the outer axial wall and initiation of a cooling air film (D1) along the hot inner surface (32) of the inner axial wall, the outer axial wall and the inner axial wall being multi-perforated roughly over their full length in order to enable reinforcement of the cooling air films. According to the invention, the outer axial wall and the inner axial wall are provided, in an upstream part, with a first zone (54,40) of perforations (38) formed such that cooling air is introduced inside the combustion chamber in reverse flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Frederic Beule, Michel Desaulty
  • Patent number: 7114337
    Abstract: A system for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a turbomachine combustion chamber, including a hollow tubular structure for the flow of the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber; a fuel injection device placed at an upstream end of the hollow tubular structure, and an air injection device placed downstream of the fuel injection device. The system also includes a cold plasma generator placed downstream of the air injection device so as to generate active species in the flow of the air/fuel mixture and to cause prefragmentation of the molecules of the air/fuel mixture. The system further includes a device for controlling the cold plasma generator depending on the speed of operation of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Snecma Moteurs
    Inventors: Michel Cazalens, Frederic Beule
  • Publication number: 20050044854
    Abstract: System for injecting an air/fuel mixture into a turbomachine combustion chamber, comprising a hollow tubular structure for the flow of the air/fuel mixture into the combustion chamber fuel injection means placed at an upstream end of the hollow tubular structure air injection means placed downstream of the fuel injection means cold plasma generating means placed downstream of the air injection means so as to generate active species in the flow of the air/fuel mixture and to cause prefragmentation of the molecules of the air/fuel mixture and, means for controlling the said cold plasma generating means depending on the speed of operation of the turbomachine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Publication date: March 3, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA-MOTEURS
    Inventors: Michel Cazalens, Frederic Beule
  • Publication number: 20050042076
    Abstract: The invention relates to a turbomachine annular combustion chamber (1) comprising an outer axial wall (2), an inner axial wall (4), and a chamber bottom end (8) connecting the said walls, the chamber bottom end being provided with several passages (34,36,72) enabling initiation of a cooling air film (D2) along the hot inner surface (30) of the outer axial wall and initiation of a cooling air film (D1) along the hot inner surface (32) of the inner axial wall, the outer axial wall and the inner axial wall being multi-perforated roughly over their full length in order to enable reinforcement of the cooling air films. According to the invention, the outer axial wall and the inner axial wall are provided, in an upstream part, with a first zone (54,40) of perforations (38) formed such that cooling air is introduced inside the combustion chamber in reverse flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Applicant: SNECMA MOTEURS
    Inventors: Frederic Beule, Michel Desaulty
  • Patent number: 5209067
    Abstract: A combustion chamber wall structure is formed of a plurality of segments, each segment having an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The upstream portion is attached to an outer surface of an adjacent wall segment at its downstream portion in an overlapping fashion such that the overlapping portions form a cooling air chamber. The main cooling air holes are defined by the upstream portion so as to communicate with the cooling chamber, which has an exit to direct the cooling air along an inner surface of the downstream portion of the wall segment. A primary air hole is defined by the downstream portion of the segment and is located adjacent to the main cooling air holes. This location maximizes the distance between the primary air hole and an upstream portion of the same segment, which, in turn, maximizes the distance along the inner surface of the segment on which the cooling air may flow without being disrupted by air passing through the primary air hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Societe Nationale d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviation S.N.E.C.M.A.
    Inventors: Gerard Y. G. Barbier, Frederic Beule, Michel A. A. Desaulty, Jean M. C. M. P. Latour, Bruno R. H. Masse