Cooling-air guidance in a housing structure of a turbomachine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9488069-B2
Application number	US-201314059988-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	Oct 23, 2012
Publication date	Nov 8, 2016
Grant date	Nov 8, 2016

Abstract

A housing structure for a turbomachine, the housing structure annularly surrounding, at least partially, a flow channel ( 14 ) in which guide vanes and rotor vanes are arranged. The housing structure has an inner wall ( 2 ) that delimits the flow channel and an outer wall ( 1 ) that is closed off vis-à-vis the environment. A heat-protection plate ( 3 ) is arranged on the radial outside of the inner wall, and insulation ( 4 ) is arranged between the heat-protection plate and the outer wall. At least one cooling-air channel ( 6 ) is formed between the insulation and the radial inside of the outer wall, the cooling-air channel ( 6 ) having at least one air-guiding element ( 5 ) resting against the insulation.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A housing structure of a turbomachine, the housing structure annularly surrounding, at least partially, a flow channel, guide vanes and rotor vanes being arranged in the flow channel, the housing structure comprising:
an inner wall delimiting the flow channel;
an outer wall closed off vis-à-vis the environment;
a cooling-air channel formed at a distance from the inner wall and having at least one air-guiding element, the cooling-air channel guiding the cooling air exclusively at a distance from the inner wall;
a heat-protection plate and insulation, wherein the insulation is arranged between the heat-protection plate and the cooling-air channel, wherein the cooling-air channel is formed between the insulation and a radial inside of the outer wall, the cooling-air channel having the at least one air-guiding element resting against the insulation.

2. The housing structure as recited in claim 1 wherein the air-guiding element is configured as an air baffle annularly surrounding the flow channel at least partially.

3. The housing structure as recited in claim 2 wherein the baffle annularly surrounds the flow channel completely.

4. The housing structure as recited in claim 3 wherein the air baffle has spacers towards a radial inside of the outer wall.

5. The housing structure as recited in claim 1 wherein the air-cooling channel is configured in the area of the rotor vanes.

6. The housing structure as recited in claim 1 wherein the cooling-air channel has an inlet end to admit the cooling air and an outlet end to convey the cooling air further into adjacent housing sections, the outlet end configured in such a way that the cooling air flows out at least partially in an axial direction.

7. The housing structure as recited in claim 6 wherein the cooling air flows out completely in the axial direction.

8. A housing structure of a turbomachine, the housing structure annularly surrounding, at least partially, a flow channel, guide vanes and rotor vanes being arranged in the flow channel, the housing structure comprising:
an inner wall delimiting the flow channel;
an outer wall closed off vis-à-vis the environment;
a cooling-air channel formed at a distance from the inner wall and having at least one air-guiding element, the cooling-air channel guiding the cooling air exclusively at a distance from the inner wall;
wherein the at least one air guiding element includes several air-guiding elements in the form of tube elements.

9. A housing structure of a turbomachine, the housing structure annularly surrounding, at least partially, a flow channel, guide vanes and rotor vanes being arranged in the flow channel, the housing structure comprising:
an inner wall delimiting the flow channel;
an outer wall closed off vis-à-vis the environment;
a cooling-air channel formed at a distance from the inner wall and having at least one air-guiding element, the cooling-air channel guiding the cooling air exclusively at a distance from the inner wall; and
several heat-protection plates arranged radially one behind the other.

Assignees

• MTU Aero Engines AG

Inventors

• Feldmann Manfred
• Schinko Norbert
• Eichler Christian
• Kaltenbach Sebastian

Classifications

• F01D25/145

  Thermally insulated casings · CPC title

• F01D25/246

  Fastening of diaphragms or stator-rings · CPC title

• F01D25/12 Primary

  Cooling · CPC title

• F05B2260/221

  Improvement of heat transfer · CPC title

• F01D25/14 Primary

  Casings modified therefor (double casings F01D25/26) · CPC title