Blade outer air seal cooling passage

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10309255-B2
Application number	US-201415104092-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2014
Priority date	Dec 19, 2013
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

A gas turbine engine component includes a structure including a first wall and a second wall that provide a cooling passage. The cooling passage extends a length from a first end to a second end. A cluster of impingement inlet holes is provided in the second wall at the first end. An outlet is provided at the second end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas turbine engine component comprising:
a structure including a first wall and a second wall that provide a cooling passage, the cooling passage extends a length from a first end to a second end, a cluster of impingement inlet holes is provided in the second wall at the first end, and an outlet is provided at the second end wherein a first region is provided within the cooling passage beneath the cluster of impingement inlet holes, and a second region includes turbulators, the first region extends in the range of 25-65% of the length and has lower fluid friction than the second region, and the first region is without the turbulators, wherein the structure includes multiple parallel discrete cooling passages each having the outlet and the cluster of impingement inlet holes arranged on opposite sides of the structure.

2. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the structure is a blade outer air seal.

3. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 2 , wherein the cooling passage extends in a circumferential direction and is provided between lateral walls, the outlet provided in one of the lateral walls.

4. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 3 , wherein the structure includes multiple parallel cooling passages.

5. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 2 , wherein the first wall includes a sealing surface, and the second wall provides an outer wall configured to be in fluid communication with a cooling source.

6. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first and second walls includes turbulators arranged downstream from the cluster of impingement inlet holes.

7. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 6 , wherein the turbulators are chevrons.

8. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 1 , wherein the second region has a Darcy friction factor that is higher than a Darcy friction factor of the first region.

9. The gas turbine engine component according to claim 8 , wherein the first region has a Darcy friction factor of around 1.0, and the second region has a Darcy friction factor of around 8.4.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Romanov Dmitriy A

Classifications

• F05D2240/127

  Vortex generators, turbulators, or the like, for mixing · CPC title

• F05D2260/2212

  by creating turbulence · CPC title

• F05D2260/201

  by impingement of a fluid · CPC title

• F05D2240/11

  Shroud seal segments · CPC title

• F05D2260/22141

  using fins or ribs · CPC title