Exhaust duct and exhaust duct assembly and aircraft using the exhaust duct

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11319897-B2
Application number	US-202016834180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 30, 2020
Priority date	Jan 10, 2020
Publication date	May 3, 2022
Grant date	May 3, 2022

Abstract

Provided are an exhaust duct, an exhaust duct assembly, and an aircraft using the exhaust duct. The exhaust duct has a structure that enables combustion gas to be diverged and discharged from an inlet end to a first outlet end and a second outlet end at respective sides of the exhaust duct. The exhaust duct includes a first housing including a first body forming an outer wall of the inlet end, and further includes second bodies respectively extending on respective sides from the first body and respectively forming the first outlet end and the second outlet end; a second housing spaced apart from the first body, forming an inner wall of the inlet end, and extending curvedly toward the second bodies; and a connection housing connecting the first housing to the second housing and including at least one recess portion recessed toward the inlet end.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exhaust duct through which combustion gas is diverged and discharged from an inlet end to a first outlet end and a second outlet end at respective sides of the exhaust duct, the exhaust duct comprising:
a first housing including a first body forming an outer wall of the inlet end, and further including second bodies respectively extending on respective sides from the first body and respectively forming the first outlet end and the second outlet end;
a second housing spaced apart from the first body, forming an inner wall of the inlet end, and extending curvedly toward the second bodies; and
a connection housing connecting the first housing to the second housing and including at least one recess portion recessed toward the inlet end,
wherein the at least one recess portion includes:
a splitter which is adjacent to the inlet end, the splitter configured to diverge the combustion gas to the respective sides of the exhaust duct; and
flow guides arranged on a side of the splitter towards the first outlet end and a side of the splitter towards the second outlet end, respectively, the flow guides each having a preset inclination,

wherein the splitter has a shape recessed toward the inlet end such as to have a curvature radius with respect to an outer curvature center of the splitter,
wherein an inner curvature center of the splitter is spaced a first distance d 1 perpendicular to a central axis of the exhaust duct,
wherein the exhaust duct further comprises an inner ring located at an inner side from the inlet end and spaced a second distance d 2 perpendicular to the outer curvature center, and
wherein the first distance d 1 and the second distance d 2 satisfy a relationship of 0.6875d 2 <d 1 <1.875d 2 .

2. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess portion is arranged at a center of a virtual extension line that extends from the first outlet end to the second outlet end.

3. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein the at least one recess portion of the connection housing includes a pair of recess portions, and the pair of recess portions is arranged to face each other and arranged to connect the first outlet end and the second outlet end.

4. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein each of the flow guides has a preset inclination angle with respect to an axial direction of the exhaust duct.

5. The exhaust duct of claim 4 , wherein the preset inclination angle of each of the flow guides is greater than or equal to 30°.

6. The exhaust duct of claim 5 , wherein the preset inclination angle of each of the flow guides is less than or equal to 40°.

7. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein a tangent line at a first end of the splitter is parallel to an outer surface of one of the flow guides, and a tangent line at a second end of the splitter is parallel to an outer surface of another of the flow guides.

8. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein
each of the at least one recess portion has a curvature radius having a curvature center arranged inside the first body, the curvature radius of each of the at least one recess portion connecting the first body to the second housing, and
the connection housing has surfaces arranged along a virtual extension line extending from the first outlet end and the second outlet end at the respective sides of the exhaust duct, wherein the virtual extension line has a curvature radius having a curvature center arranged outside the connection housing, and the curvature radius of the virtual extension line is greater than the curvature radius of each of the at least one recess portion.

9. The exhaust duct of claim 8 , wherein the curvature radius of the virtual extension line is greater than the curvature radius of each of the at least one recess portion and the curvature radius of the splitter.

10. The exhaust duct of claim 1 , wherein
each of the at least one recess portion has a curvature radius having a curvature center arranged inside the first body, the curvature radius of each of the at least one recess portion connecting the first body to the second housing,
the exhaust duct is configured to satisfy a relationship of r 1 <r 2 <1.35r 1 , wherein r 1 is the curvature radius of each of the at least one recess portion and r 2 is the curvature radius of the splitter.

11. An exhaust duct assembly comprising:
an exhaust duct configured to exhaust combustion gas by diverging and discharging the combustion gas from an inlet end to a first outlet end and a second outlet end at respective sides of the exhaust duct;
a housing in which the exhaust duct is arranged and which includes mounting ports into which the first outlet end and the second outlet end are inserted, respectively; and
a first reinforcement body and a second reinforcement body, one side of the first reinforcement body mounted onto the housing and another side of the first reinforcement body supporting an end portion of the first outlet end, and one side of the second reinforcement body mounted onto the housing and another side of the second reinforcement body supporting an end portion of the second outlet end,
wherein the exhaust duct comprises:
a first housing including a first body forming an outer wall of the inlet end, and further including second bodies respectively extending on respective sides from the first body and respectively forming the first outlet end and the second outlet end;
a second housing spaced apart from the first body, forming an inner wall of the inlet end, and extending curvedly toward the second bodies; and
a connection housing connecting the first housing to the second housing and including at least one recess portion recessed toward the inlet end,

wherein the at least one recess portion comprises:
a splitter which is adjacent to the inlet end, the splitter configured to diverge the combustion gas to the respective sides of the exhaust duct; and
flow guides arranged on a side of the splitter towards the first outlet end and a side of the splitter towards the second outlet end, respectively, the flow guides each having a preset inclination,

wherein the splitter has shape recessed toward the inlet end such as to have a curvature radius with respect to an outer curvature center of the splitter,
wherein an inner curvature center of the splitter is spaced a first distance d 1 perpendicular to a central axis of the exhaust duct,
wherein the exhaust duct further comprises an inner ring located at an inner side from the inlet end and spaced a second distance d 2 perpendicular to the outer curvature center, and
wherein the first distance d 1 and the second distance d 2 satisfy a relationship of 0.6875d 2 <d 1 <1.875d 2 .

12. The exhaust duct assembly of claim 11 , wherein the at least one recess portion of the connection housing includes a pair of recess portions, and the pair of recess portions is arranged to face each other and arranged to connect the first outlet end and the second outlet end.

13. An aircraft comprising:
a propeller arranged at a front end thereof;
a driving engine connected to the propeller; and
an exhaust duct configured to exhaust combustion gas discharged from the driving engine, to an outside,
wherein the exhaust duct is configured to diverge and discharge the combustion gas from an inlet end to a first outlet end and a second outlet end at respective sides of the exhaust duct, and the exhaust duct comprises:
a first housing including a first body forming an outer wall of the inlet end, and further including second bodies respectively extending on respective sides from the first body and respectively forming the first outlet end and the second outlet en

Assignees

• Hanwha Aerospace Co Ltd
• Pratt & Whitney Canada

Inventors

• Joo Young Jung
• Chung Hee Yoon
• Akcayoz Eray

Classifications

• F02K1/40 Primary

  Nozzles having means for dividing the jet into a plurality of partial jets or having an elongated cross-section outlet · CPC title

• F05D2250/52

  Outlet · CPC title

• F05D2220/324

  to drive unshrouded, low solidity propeller · CPC title

• F01D25/30 Primary

  Exhaust heads, chambers, or the like · CPC title

• F02K1/78

  Other construction of jet pipes · CPC title