Fluid intake system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9976480-B2
Application number	US-201414566916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 11, 2014
Priority date	Dec 16, 2013
Publication date	May 22, 2018
Grant date	May 22, 2018

Abstract

A fluid intake system including a fluid collector scoop designed to be fastened on an inside surface of a wall in order to collect the fluid flowing on the outside of the wall; and an extraction duct suitable for directing the fluid from an inlet orifice into the duct to at least one outlet orifice from the duct, is provided. The scoop is arranged so as to direct the collected fluid towards the inlet orifice of the extraction duct. In this system, at least one outlet orifice is of substantially elliptical section with a ratio of the major diameter of the ellipse over its minor diameter being greater than 1.5.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fluid intake system comprising:
a fluid collector scoop designed to be fastened on an inside side of an opening arranged in an outer wall of a gas turbine engine in order to collect a fluid including ambient air flowing on an outside of the outer wall; and
an extraction duct suitable for directing the fluid from an inlet orifice into said extraction duct to an outlet orifice from said extraction duct,
wherein the fluid collector scoop is arranged so as to direct the fluid towards the inlet orifice of the extraction duct,
wherein the outlet orifice comprises an elliptical section with a ratio of a major diameter of the elliptical section over a minor diameter of the elliptical section being between 1.5 and 8.0,
wherein the extraction duct includes:
a transfer portion having a first cross-sectional area that is constant or that increases in a linear manner as a first function of a curvilinear abscissa position along a neutral axis of the extraction duct, the first cross-sectional area of the transfer portion being rectangular, and
a diffuser extending from a transition section of the extraction duct to an outlet section, the diffuser having a second cross-sectional area that increases in a convex manner from an upstream end to a downstream end as a second function of the curvilinear abscissa position along the neutral axis of the extraction duct, the second cross-sectional area of the diffuser being rectangular at the upstream end and elliptical at the downstream end.

2. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein the transfer portion extends from the inlet orifice.

3. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet orifice of the extraction duct is singular, wherein a first width L t of the transition section satisfies:
0.95* L i ≤L t ≤1.05* L i

where L i is a second width of the inlet orifice.

4. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein the outlet orifice of the extraction duct is singular, wherein a third cross-sectional area A t of the transition section perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct satisfies:
A t ≤1.09* A i

where A i is a fourth cross-sectional area of the inlet orifice perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct.

5. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein a third cross-sectional area A o of the outlet orifice of the diffuser perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct satisfies:
A o ≤10* A t

where A t is a fourth cross-sectional area of the transition section perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct.

6. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein an angle of divergence formed between two straight lines passing respectively on either side of the neutral axis of the extraction duct via outer limit points of the transition section and of the outlet orifice of the diffuser lies in a range of 25° to 90°.

7. The fluid intake system according to claim 1 , wherein a third cross-sectional area A so of a total section of said outlet orifice perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct satisfies:
A so ≤10* A i

where A i is a fourth cross-sectional area of the inlet orifice perpendicular to the neutral axis of the extraction duct.

Assignees

• Snecma

Inventors

• Prouteau Jackie Raymond Julien
• Mouchoux Pierrick

Classifications

• B64D13/00

  Arrangements or adaptations of air-treatment apparatus for aircraft crew or passengers, or freight space · CPC title

• F02C7/04 Primary

  Air intakes for gas-turbine plants or jet-propulsion plants · CPC title

• B60Y2200/50

  Aeroplanes, Helicopters · CPC title

• Y10T137/0536

  Highspeed fluid intake means [e.g., jet engine intake] · CPC title

• B64D2241/00

  NACA type air intakes · CPC title