Stud film cooling for double wall combustors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12228076-B2
Application number	US-202318356109-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2023
Priority date	Jul 20, 2023
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A combustor panel is disclosed herein. The combustor panel includes a top side, a bottom side opposite the top side, a feature coupled to the top side and extending orthogonally away from the top side, the feature defining a first space on the bottom side beneath the feature, a first plurality of cooling holes extending in a first direction from the top side to the bottom side, a second plurality of cooling holes extending in a second direction from the top side to the bottom side, the second direction being rotated about 1° to about 60° counter-clockwise from the first direction, and a third plurality of cooling holes extending in a third direction from the top side to the bottom side, the third direction being about rotated 1° to about 60° clockwise from the first direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combustor panel, comprising:
a top side,
a bottom side opposite the top side,
a feature coupled to the top side and extending orthogonally away from the top side, the feature defining a first space on the bottom side beneath the feature,
a first plurality of cooling holes extending in a first direction from the top side to the bottom side,
a second plurality of cooling holes extending in a second direction from the top side to the bottom side, the second direction being rotated about 1° to about 60° counter-clockwise from the first direction, and
a third plurality of cooling holes extending in a third direction from the top side to the bottom side, the third direction being about rotated 1° to about 60° clockwise from the first direction, wherein each of the first plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes, and the third plurality of cooling holes has a pentagonal-shaped cross section.

2. The combustor panel of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of cooling holes is configured to form a first portion of a cooling film over the bottom side.

3. The combustor panel of claim 2 , further comprising a first void on the bottom side that overlaps at least a portion of the first space and is defined by the second plurality of cooling holes and the third plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes and the third plurality of cooling holes being configured to form a second portion of the cooling film on opposite sides of the first void on the bottom side.

4. The combustor panel of claim 3 , further comprising a second void on the bottom side adjacent the first void that is defined by the first portion of the cooling film and the second portion of the cooling film.

5. The combustor panel of claim 3 , wherein the first void is void of cooling holes.

6. The combustor panel of claim 1 , wherein the top side is a cold side and the bottom side is a hot side.

7. The combustor panel of claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of cooling holes is adjacent a first side of the feature and the third plurality of cooling holes is adjacent a second side of the feature, the feature being between the first plurality of cooling holes and the second plurality of cooling holes.

8. The combustor panel of claim 1 , wherein the pentagonal-shaped cross section extends an entire length of each of the first plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes, and the third plurality of cooling holes.

9. A combustor of a gas turbine engine, comprising:
a combustion chamber,
an outer shell disposed around the combustion chamber, and
an inner shell disposed around the combustion chamber and between the combustion chamber and the outer shell, the inner shell including:
a top side facing the outer shell,
a bottom side facing the combustion chamber,
a stud coupled to the top side of the inner shell and extending toward the outer shell, the stud configured to secure the outer shell to the inner shell,
a first plurality of cooling holes disposed adjacent a first side of the stud and extending through the inner shell in a first direction that is rotated about 1° to about 45° counter-clockwise from an axial direction, and
a second plurality of cooling holes disposed adjacent a second side of the stud and extending through the inner shell in a second direction that is rotated about 1° to about 45° clockwise from the axial direction, wherein each of the first plurality of cooling holes and the second plurality of cooling holes has a pentagonal-shaped cross section.

10. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein the inner shell further comprises:
a third plurality of cooling holes extending through the inner shell in the axial direction, wherein the first plurality of cooling holes is disposed between the stud and the third plurality of cooling holes, wherein each of the third plurality of cooling holes has the pentagonal-shaped cross section.

11. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 10 , wherein the first plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes, and the third plurality of cooling holes are configured to form a cooling film over the bottom side of the inner shell.

12. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 11 , wherein the stud defines a space on the bottom side that is void of cooling holes.

13. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 12 , wherein the space defines a void in the cooling film formed by airflow through the first plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes, and the third plurality of cooling holes.

14. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein each of the first plurality of cooling holes is rotated counter-clockwise from the axial direction by a different amount.

15. The combustor of the gas turbine engine of claim 9 , wherein each of the second plurality of cooling holes is rotated clockwise from the axial direction a different amount.

16. A gas turbine engine, comprising:
a fan section,
a compressor section adjacent the fan section, and
a combustor section adjacent the compressor section, the combustor section including:
a combustion chamber,
an outer shell disposed around the combustion chamber, and
an inner shell disposed around the combustion chamber and between the combustion chamber and the outer shell, the inner shell including:
a top side facing the outer shell,
a bottom side facing the combustion chamber,
a stud coupled to the top side of the inner shell and extending toward the outer shell, the stud configured to secure the outer shell to the inner shell,
a first plurality of cooling holes disposed adjacent a first side of the stud and extending through the inner shell in a first direction that is rotated about 1° to about 45° counter-clockwise from an axial direction, and
a second plurality of cooling holes disposed adjacent a second side of the stud and extending through the inner shell in a second direction that is rotated about 1° to about 45° clockwise from the axial direction, wherein each of the first plurality of cooling holes and the second plurality of cooling holes has a pentagonal-shaped cross section.

17. The gas turbine engine of claim 16 , wherein the inner shell further comprises:
a third plurality of cooling holes extending through the inner shell in the axial direction, wherein the first plurality of cooling holes is disposed between the stud and the third plurality of cooling holes, wherein each of the third plurality of cooling holes has the pentagonal-shaped cross section.

18. The gas turbine engine of claim 17 , wherein the first plurality of cooling holes, the second plurality of cooling holes, and the third plurality of cooling holes are configured to form a cooling film over the bottom side of the inner shell.

19. The gas turbine engine of claim 16 , wherein each of the first plurality of cooling holes is rotated counter-clockwise from the axial direction by a different amount.

20. The gas turbine engine of claim 16 , wherein each of the second plurality of cooling holes is rotated clockwise from the axial direction a different amount.

Assignees

• Raytheon Tech Corp
• Rtx Corp

Inventors

• Snyder Timothy S
• Coffey Roger O
• Tafur Bermudez Lourdes M
• Lundgreen Ryan Kimball
• Joshi Dibesh D

Classifications

• F23R3/002 Primary

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

• F05D2260/232

  characterized by the cooling medium · CPC title

• F05D2240/35

  Combustors or associated equipment · CPC title

• F23R2900/00018

  Manufacturing combustion chamber liners or subparts · CPC title

• F23R2900/03042

  Film cooled combustion chamber walls or domes · CPC title