Gas turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11732650-B2
Application number	US-202017770412-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	Oct 21, 2019
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a gas turbine engine including a main passage through which compressed air extracted from a compressor is guided to a bearing; and an oil supply device that supplies oil to the main passage. The oil supply device includes a pressure reducer in the main passage; an oil tank a divider that is movable and divides an internal space of the container into an oil chamber storing the oil and an air chamber; an extruder including a cylinder and a piston that divides an internal space of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber; a switching mechanism that switches between a first state where the first chamber communicates with a low-pressure space whose pressure is lower than pressure in the air chamber and a second state where the first chamber communicates with a high-pressure space whose pressure is higher than pressure in the downstream passage.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas turbine engine in which a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine are arranged so as to be lined up along a rotating shaft,
the gas turbine engine comprising:
a casing accommodating the compressor, the combustor, and the turbine;
a bearing arranged inside the casing;
a main passage through which compressed air extracted from the compressor is guided to the bearing; and
an oil supply device that supplies oil to the main passage, wherein
the oil supply device includes
a pressure reducer that is disposed at the main passage and makes pressure in a downstream passage of the main passage lower than pressure in an upstream passage of the main passage, the downstream passage being a portion located downstream of the pressure reducer, the upstream passage being a portion located upstream of the pressure reducer,
an oil tank including a container and a divider that divides an internal space of the container into an oil chamber storing the oil and an air chamber, the divider being movable toward the oil chamber when pressure in the air chamber is higher than pressure in the oil chamber,
an extruder including a cylinder and a piston that divides an internal space of the cylinder into a first chamber and a second chamber,
a switching mechanism that switches between a first state and a second state, the first state being a state where the first chamber communicates with a low-pressure space whose pressure is lower than the pressure in the air chamber, and the second chamber communicates with the oil chamber, the second state being a state where the first chamber communicates with a high-pressure space whose pressure is higher than the pressure in the downstream passage, and the second chamber communicates with the downstream passage, and
a controller that controls the switching mechanism such that the switching mechanism switches between the first state and the second state.

2. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the air chamber communicates with the upstream passage;
the low-pressure space is the downstream passage; and
the high-pressure space is the oil chamber.

3. The gas turbine engine according to claim 2 , wherein:
the switching mechanism is a switching valve; and
the switching valve switches among a first operation position, a second operation position, and a neutral position, the first operation position being a position at which the first chamber communicates with the downstream passage, and the second chamber communicates with the oil chamber, the second operation position being a position at which the first chamber communicates with the oil chamber, and the second chamber communicates with the downstream passage, the neutral position being a position at which the first chamber and the second chamber are separated from the downstream passage and the oil chamber.

4. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein:
the low-pressure space is open to an atmosphere; and
the high-pressure space is the upstream passage.

5. The gas turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure reducer is a check valve that prevents the compressed air from flowing from the downstream passage to the upstream passage.

Assignees

• Kawasaki Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Fujii Hiroshi
• Fujii Takafumi
• Okuwa Tatsuya
• Maesato Hikaru

Classifications

• F05D2260/98

  Lubrication · CPC title

• F16N7/32

  Mist lubrication (splash lubrication F16N7/26) · CPC title

• F16N2210/02

  Turbines · CPC title

• F16N2210/14

  Bearings · CPC title

• F02C6/08

  the gas being bled from the gas-turbine compressor · CPC title