Turbine engine with a blade

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023399954-A1
Application number	US-202217836049-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 9, 2022
Priority date	Jun 9, 2022
Publication date	Dec 14, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

A turbine engine includes an engine core extending along an engine centerline and includes a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A temperature sensor is provided within the engine and configured to detect a gas temperature within the engine core. A set of blades is circumferentially arranged in the turbine section. A blade in the set of blades includes an outer wall bounding an interior, a cooling conduit within the interior, and a plurality of film holes fluidly coupled to the cooling conduit.

First claim

1 . A turbine engine, comprising:
an engine core extending along an engine centerline and including a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement; a temperature sensor within the engine and configured to detect an exhaust gas temperature (EGT) within the engine core; a set of nozzles circumferentially arranged in the turbine section and defining a number of nozzles (NN); and a set of blades circumferentially arranged in the turbine section adjacent to, and downstream of, the set of nozzles, with the set of blades defining a number of blades (NB); wherein a blade in the set of blades comprises:
an outer wall bounding an interior and having an exterior surface, with the outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and also extending between a tip and a root to define a span-wise direction;
a cooling conduit within the interior;
a plurality of film holes comprising a corresponding plurality of passages extending between a corresponding plurality of inlets and a corresponding plurality of outlets, with the plurality of inlets fluidly coupled to the cooling conduit and the plurality of outlets located on the exterior surface, wherein the plurality of outlets comprises a first subset of outlets at least partially extending along the chord-wise direction proximate the tip, and also comprises a second subset of outlets extending at least partially along the span-wise direction and intersecting the first subset of outlets;
a tip radius (TR) defined between the engine centerline and the tip under standard day conditions of 15° C. at mean sea level altitude and 101.3 kPa atmospheric pressure;
a radial length (R) defined by a span-wise line extending between a first location on the outer wall and a second location on the outer wall, with the first location and the second location having a common chord-wise position;
a surface length (L max ) defined by a contour line along the outer wall between the first location and the second location at the common chord-wise position; and
a blade parameter (BP) defined as a ratio of the surface length to the radial length (BP=L max /R);
wherein the engine exhaust gas temperature EGT, the number of blades NB, the number of nozzles NN, the tip radius TR, and the blade parameter BP define a blade tip durability factor (BTDF) by the following expression:

BTDF
=

(

TR
EGT

)

×

(

NB
NN

)

×
BP

;

wherein the blade tip durability factor BTDF is between 0.020-0.033 in/° C., and the blade parameter BP is between 1-1.234.

2 . The turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the first subset of outlets and the second subset of outlets define a pattern group of outlets.

3 . The turbine engine of claim 2 , further comprising multiple pattern groups of outlets arranged chord-wise along the outer wall.

4 . The turbine engine of claim 3 , wherein the multiple pattern groups of outlets comprise multiple L-shaped geometric profiles.

5 . The turbine engine of claim 3 , wherein the multiple pattern groups of outlets collectively form an undulating geometric profile on the exterior surface having at least a span-wise peak and at least a span-wise valley.

6 . The turbine engine of claim 5 , further comprising a dividing rib located within the interior, wherein the span-wise valley is located downstream of the dividing rib.

7 . The turbine engine of claim 1 , further comprising a span-wise length defined along the outer wall from the tip to the root, wherein the first subset of outlets is spaced from the tip between 0-10% of the span-wise length.

8 . The turbine engine of claim 1 , further comprising:
an average passage width defined for the plurality of passages; and a plurality of spacing distances defined between corresponding pairs of adjacent passages in the plurality of passages; wherein each spacing distance in the plurality of spacing distances is between 1-7 times the average passage width.

9 . The turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the number of blades NB is between 60 and 64, and wherein the number of nozzles NN is between 38 and 42.

10 . The turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust gas temperature EGT is between 990° C. and 1090° C., the tip radius TR is between 15.25 and 15.75 in, the surface length L max is between 0.205-0.253 in, and the radial length R is between 0.205-0.224 in.

11 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . A turbine engine, comprising:
an engine core extending along an engine centerline and including a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement; a temperature sensor within the engine and configured to detect an exhaust gas temperature (EGT) within the engine core; a set of nozzles circumferentially arranged in the turbine section and defining a number of nozzles (NN); and a set of blades circumferentially arranged in the turbine section adjacent to, and downstream of, the set of nozzles, with the set of blades defining a number of blades (NB); wherein a blade in the set of blades comprises:
an outer wall bounding an interior, with the outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and also extending between a tip and a root to define a span-wise direction;
a tip radius (TR) defined between the root and the tip under standard day conditions of 15° C. at mean sea level altitude and 101.3 kPa atmospheric pressure;
a radial length (R) defined by a span-wise line extending between a first location on the outer wall and a second location on the outer wall, with the first location and the second location having a common chord-wise position;
a surface length (L max ) defined by a contour line along the outer wall between the first location and the second location at the common chord-wise position; and
a blade parameter (BP) defined as a ratio of the surface length to the radial length (BP=L max /R);
wherein the engine exhaust gas temperature EGT, the number of blades NB, the number of nozzles NN, the tip radius TR, and the blade parameter BP define a blade tip durability factor (BTDF) by the following expression:

BTDF
=

(

TR
EGT

)

×

(

NB
NN

)

×
BP

;

wherein the blade tip durability factor BTDF is between 0.020-0.033 in/° C., and wherein the blade parameter BP is between 1-1.234.

Assignees

• Gen Electric

Inventors

• Rausch Jonathan Michael
• Webster Zachary Daniel
• Feldmann Kevin Robert
• Perry Andrew David
• Gallier Kirk Douglas
• Osgood Daniel Endecott

Classifications

• F01D5/187 Primary

  Convection cooling · CPC title

• F05D2260/202

  by film cooling · CPC title

• F05D2240/30

  Characteristics of rotor blades, i.e. of any element transforming dynamic fluid energy to or from rotational energy and being attached to a rotor · CPC title

• F01D5/186

  Film cooling (F01D5/187 takes precedence) · CPC title