Gas turbine engine component cooling circuit with respirating pedestal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370981-B2
Application number	US-201515112497-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2015
Priority date	Feb 13, 2014
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a pedestal that traverses a flow channel disposed between a first wall and a second wall. The pedestal includes at least one interior bore configured to communicate a cooling fluid inside of the pedestal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A component, comprising:
an airfoil section having an outer wall and an inner wall; and
a pedestal that traverses across a flow channel from said outer wall to said inner wall, said flow channel disposed between said outer wall and said inner wall, said pedestal including a body and a head that extends transversely from said body, said head including at least one interior bore in fluid communication with said flow channel, and said body including a second bore extending from said head to said inner wall,
wherein said at least one interior bore is configured to receive a cooling fluid from said flow channel and communicate said cooling fluid inside of said pedestal through said second bore and into a cavity formed inside of said inner wall.

2. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said at least one interior bore feeds said cooling fluid from a cavity inside of said inner wall.

3. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein a head of said pedestal is received in a trough formed in said outer wall.

4. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said pedestal is disposed at a leading edge region or a trailing edge region of said component.

5. The component as recited in claim 1 , wherein said head includes a curved outer surface received within a trough formed on an interior surface of said outer wall.

6. The component as recited in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of pedestals arranged in rows inside of said component, each of said plurality of pedestals traversing said flow channel.

7. A gas turbine engine, comprising:
an airfoil including a cooling circuit configured to cool said airfoil with a cooling fluid, said cooling circuit including:
a flow channel disposed between an outer wall and an inner wall of said airfoil and
a pedestal that extends from said outer wall to said inner wall across said flow channel between said outer wall and said inner wall, wherein said pedestal includes a hollow portion in fluid communication with said flow channel, wherein said pedestal includes a body and a head that extends transversely from said body, said head including at least one interior bore fluidly connecting said flow passage with said hollow portion,
wherein said flow channel connects between a first cavity and a second cavity formed inside of said airfoil, and said at least one interior bore is configured to receive a cooling fluid from the flow channel and communicate said cooling fluid inside said pedestal through said hollow portion and into a third cavity opposite said flow channel from said inner wall.

8. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 7 , wherein said flow channel is a microcircuit.

9. The gas turbine engine as recited in claim 7 , wherein said cooling circuit excludes film cooling holes.

10. A method of cooling a gas turbine engine component, comprising:
communicating a first cooling fluid in a first direction through a flow channel of a cooling circuit disposed within an airfoil of the gas turbine engine component, wherein the flow channel is disposed between an outer wall and an inner wall of said airfoil;
cooling the first cooling fluid with a second cooling fluid that is communicated in a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction inside a pedestal that traverses across the flow channel from the outer wall to the inner wall, wherein the pedestal includes a head and a body that extends transversely from the head;
extracting the second cooling fluid from the first cooling fluid inside of the flow channel through the head;
communicating the second cooling fluid through the body in the second direction; and
expelling in said second direction the second cooling fluid into an inner cavity formed within the inner wall of said airfoil.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , comprising:
communicating the first cooling fluid within a first cavity of the cooling circuit;
communicating the first cooling fluid across the pedestal within the flow channel; and
expelling the first cooling fluid into a second cavity of the cooling circuit.

12. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein the gas turbine engine component is cast using a casting article that is manufactured layer-by-layer using an additive manufacturing process.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Slavens Thomas N
• Snyder Brooks E

Classifications

• F01D25/30

  Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like · CPC title

• F01D5/187 Primary

  Convection cooling · CPC title

• F01D25/12

  Cooling · CPC title

• F05D2230/211

  by precision casting, e.g. microfusing or investment casting · CPC title

• Y02T50/676

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic