Vented tangential on-board injector for a gas turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9945248-B2
Application number	US-201514609926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2015
Priority date	Apr 1, 2014
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

An on-board injector that delivers discharge air toward a turbine rotor of a gas turbine engine includes a second wall spaced form a first wall to define an annular inlet about an engine longitudinal axis and a multiple of airfoil shapes between the first wall and the second wall to segregate discharge air from the annular inlet, and a multiple of bypass apertures each along a radial axis transverse to the engine longitudinal axis through each of the multiple of airfoil shapes and the respective first wall, the second wall.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. An on-board injector that delivers discharge air toward a turbine rotor of a gas turbine engine, comprising:
a first wall;
a second wall spaced from said first wall to define an annular inlet about an engine axis; and
a multiple of airfoil shapes between said first wall and said second wall to segregate discharge air from said annular inlet, and a multiple of bypass apertures each along an axis transverse to said engine axis, one of each of said multiple of apertures extends through one of said multiple of airfoil shapes and said respective first and second wall.

2. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said multiple of airfoil shapes include a trailing edge arranged 80 degrees with respect to the engine axis.

3. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said multiple of airfoil shapes include a trailing edge arranged 10 degrees with respect to a circumferential direction about the engine axis.

4. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of airfoil shapes define a cascade exit to segregate the discharge air.

5. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of said multiple of airfoil shapes include a pressure side and a suction side, said pressure side in a rotational downstream position with respect to a coverplate about said engine axis.

6. The on-board injector as recited in claim 5 , wherein said first wall includes a first wall portion with a multiple of apertures.

7. The on-board injector as recited in claim 6 , further comprising an outer rim that extends from said first wall portion.

8. The on-board injector as recited in claim 7 , further comprising a static seal that extends radially inward from said outer rim that extends from a radial portion of said first wall.

9. The on-board injector as recited in claim 8 , further comprising a knife edge that extends from said coverplate to seal with said static seal.

10. The on-board injector as recited in claim 7 , wherein said outer rim, a radial first wall portion and said first wall define a generally U-shape in cross-section.

11. The on-board injector as recited in claim 5 , wherein said coverplate includes a multiple of coverplate apertures to receive the discharge air.

12. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein said second wall includes an extended portion with a multiple of apertures.

13. The on-board injector as recited in claim 1 , wherein said multiple of bypass apertures are circular.

14. A system for a gas turbine engine comprising:
a coverplate for a turbine rotor defined about an engine longitudinal axis, said coverplate including a multiple of coverplate apertures; and
an on-board injector with a multiple of airfoil shapes between a first wall and a second wall to define an annular inlet about the engine longitudinal axis, said multiple of airfoil shapes operable to segregate and direct discharge air from the annular inlet toward said multiple of coverplate apertures, said on-board injector including a multiple of bypass apertures each along a radial axis transverse to the engine longitudinal axis, one of each of said multiple of apertures extends through one of said multiple of airfoil shapes, said first wall, and said second wall.

15. The engine as recited in claim 14 , wherein each of said multiple of airfoil shapes include a pressure side and a suction side, said pressure side in a rotational downstream position with respect to said coverplate about said engine axis.

16. The engine as recited in claim 13 , wherein said multiple of airfoil shapes define a cascade exit to segregate the discharge air.

Assignees

• United Technologies Corp

Inventors

• Mccaffrey Michael G

Classifications

• F05D2260/601

  using an ejector or a jet pump · CPC title

• F01D5/081 Primary

  Cooling fluid being directed on the side of the rotor disc or at the roots of the blades (F01D5/087 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F01D11/001

  for sealing space between stator blade and rotor · CPC title

• F05D2260/6022

  of leakage having past a seal · CPC title

• F01D1/02

  with stationary working-fluid guiding means and bladed or like rotor, {e.g. multi-bladed impulse steam turbines}(F01D1/24 takes precedence; without stationary working-fluid guiding means F01D1/18) · CPC title