Cooling a quench aperture body of a combustor wall
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsFrank J. Cunha, Stanislav Kostka, Jr.
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. A combustor wall of the turbine engine assembly includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular body engaged with the shell and the heat shield. The annular body extends through the combustor wall. The annular body at least partially defines a quench aperture along a centerline through the combustor wall. The annular body also at least partially defines a cooling aperture in fluid communication with the quench aperture. At least a portion of the cooling aperture extends radially outward from the quench aperture relative to the centerline.
Claims15
An assembly for a turbine engine, the assembly comprising:
- a combustor wall including a shell, a heat shield and an annular body engaged with the shell and the heat shield;
- the annular body extending vertically through the combustor wall and at least partially defining a quench aperture along a centerline through the combustor wall, and a cooling aperture in fluid communication with the quench aperture;
- wherein at least a portion of the cooling aperture extends radially outward from the quench aperture relative to the centerline;
- wherein the annular body includes an inner surface and a shelf surface vertically recessed within the combustor wall relative to an exterior surface of the heat shield, the exterior surface of the heat shield configured to form a portion of a peripheral boundary of a combustion chamber of the turbine engine;
- wherein the annular body extends vertically to an exterior surface of the annular body and laterally to the inner surface that at least partially defines the quench aperture;
- wherein the inner surface and the shelf surface define a peripheral inner channel in the annular body, the shelf surface facing toward the combustion chamber;
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- wherein the exterior surface of the annular body is flush with an exterior surface of the shell, the exterior surface of the shell facing away from the combustion chamber.
An assembly for a turbine engine, the assembly comprising:
- a combustor wall including a shell, a heat shield and an annular body engaged with the shell and the heat shield;
- the annular body extending through the combustor wall and at least partially defining a quench aperture and a cooling aperture, and the annular body including an inner surface that at least partially defines the quench aperture and a shelf surface;
- the quench aperture extending along a centerline through the combustor wall from an exterior surface of the annular body to an exterior surface of the heat shield facing a combustion chamber in the turbine engine, the exterior surface of the annular body being flush with an exterior surface of the shell, the exterior surface of the shell facing away from the combustion chamber;
- the cooling aperture in fluid communication with the quench aperture, and at least a portion of the cooling aperture extending radially outward from the quench aperture relative to the centerline;
- the shelf surface vertically recessed within the combustor wall relative to the exterior surface of the heat shield;
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- the inner surface and the shelf surface defining a peripheral inner channel in the annular body, the shelf surface facing toward the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.