Combustor with grommet having projecting lip

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10088162-B2
Application number	US-201314432527-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2013
Priority date	Oct 1, 2012
Publication date	Oct 2, 2018
Grant date	Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

A combustor includes a shell that bounds at least a portion of a combustion chamber. The shell includes a wall that has an orifice that opens to the combustion chamber. A grommet includes a body portion and a lip that projects from the body portion. The body portion and the lip carry a surface that extends around a passage through the grommet. At least a portion of the lip extends within the orifice of the wall of the shell.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combustor comprising:
a shell bounding at least a portion of a combustion chamber, the shell including a wall having an orifice opening to the combustion chamber; and
a grommet including a body portion and a lip projecting from the body portion, the body portion and the lip carrying a surface that extends around a passage through the grommet, at least a portion of the lip extending radially into the orifice of the wall of the shell with respect to a central axis of the passage.

2. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surface flares at the lip.

3. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surface transitions at a junction from a uniform section of the passage to a flared section of the passage.

4. The combustor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the junction is a corner edge.

5. The combustor as recited in claim 3 , wherein the junction is a rounded corner.

6. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the surface curves at the lip.

7. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , wherein the passage extends from a first side of the grommet at the lip to a second side of the grommet opposite of the lip, and at least one of the first side and the second side is non-planar.

8. The combustor as recited in claim 7 , wherein the first side is convex.

9. The combustor as recited in claim 7 , wherein the first side is concave.

10. The combustor as recited in claim 7 , wherein the other of the first side and the second side is planar.

11. The combustor as recited in claim 10 , wherein the first side is planar and the second side is non-planar.

12. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a radial gap between the lip and the wall of the shell with respect to the central axis of the passage.

13. The combustor as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a shoulder projecting from the body portion and extending circumferentially around the lip.

14. A turbine engine comprising:
a compressor section;
a combustor in fluid communication with the compressor section; and
a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor,
the combustor including,
a shell bounding at least a portion of a combustion chamber, the shell including a wall having an orifice opening to the combustion chamber;
a grommet including a body portion and a lip projecting from the body portion, the body portion and the lip carrying a surface that extends around a passage through the grommet, at least a portion of the lip extending radially into the orifice of the wall of the shell with respect to a central axis of the passage.

15. A heat shield for a combustor, the heat shield comprising:
a first heat shield panel including an orifice; and
a second heat shield panel including a wall and a grommet integral with the wall, the grommet projecting from the wall and defining a through-hole there through that is arranged with respect to the orifice to communicate fluid through the orifice, wherein the grommet has a thickness between an exterior-facing surface and an interior-facing surface, and the thickness is stepped-down in multiple annular locations that are radially exterior of the through-hole.

16. The heat shield as recited in claim 15 , wherein a first step-down forms a lip, a second step-down from the first step-down forms a shoulder and a third step down transitions the grommet to the wall.

17. The heat shield as recited in claim 16 , wherein an outer diameter of the shoulder is larger than the orifice in the first heat shield panel and an outer diameter of the lip is smaller than the orifice in the first heat shield panel.

18. The heat shield as recited in claim 17 , wherein the shoulder bears against the first heat shield panel such that the lip extends through the orifice and there is a radial gap between the lip and the orifice.

19. The heat shield as recited in claim 16 , wherein an exterior end of the through-hole adjacent a tip of the lip transitions to an axially exterior edge of the lip by way of a chamfer.

20. The heat shield as recited in claim 19 , wherein the chamfer extends a full axial height of the lip and about half of a radial thickness of the lip.

21. The heat shield as recited in claim 16 , wherein an exterior end of the through-hole adjacent a tip of the lip transitions to an axially exterior edge of the lip by way of a fillet that extends a full axial height of the lip and full radial thickness of the lip and forms a quarter-round surface.

22. The heat shield as recited in claim 16 , wherein an exterior end of the through-hole adjacent a tip of the lip transitions to an axially exterior edge of the lip by way of a fillet that extends a full radial thickness of the lip and forms a half-round surface.

23. The heat shield as recited in claim 16 , wherein an exterior end of the through-hole adjacent a tip of the lip transitions to an axially exterior edge of the lip by way of two fillets that extend a partial radial thickness of the lip, with a chamfer radially intermediate the two fillets.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Bangerter James P
• Low Kevin Joseph
• Jause Jonathan M
• Sonntag Robert
• Rezvani Reza
• Kwoka David

Classifications

• F23R2900/03045

  Convection cooled combustion chamber walls provided with turbolators or means for creating turbulences to increase cooling · CPC title

• F23R3/002 Primary

  Wall structures (F23R3/02 and F23R3/007 take precedence) · CPC title

• F23R2900/00017

  Assembling combustion chamber liners or subparts · CPC title

• F23R2900/03043

  Convection cooled combustion chamber walls with means for guiding the cooling air flow · CPC title

• F23R3/005 Primary

  Combined with pressure or heat exchangers · CPC title