Turbine engine hanger
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsJonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
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Abstract
A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
Claims15
A hanger for a turbine engine having an engine centerline, comprising:
- a first surface confronting a cooling airflow;
- a second surface facing a heated airflow;
- a third surface radially outward of the second surface relative to the engine centerline;
- a cyclonic separator, comprising:
- a cyclone body at least partially defined by the third surface and having a conical portion, a cylindrical portion, and a separator centerline extending through the conical portion and the cylindrical portion, with the separator centerline unaligned with the engine centerline;
- a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet in the cylindrical portion;
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- a scavenge outlet in the conical portion;
- a wall adjacent the cyclone body and a bleed hole extending through the wall, with the bleed hole positioned radially inward of the scavenge outlet;
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- a cooling air circuit having a cooling air inlet on the first surface and a cooling air outlet on the second surface and extending through the cyclonic separator between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet.
A hanger for a turbine engine having an engine centerline, comprising:
- a monolithic body comprising a first surface facing a cooling airflow and a second surface facing a heated airflow, the monolithic body defining a wall at least partially forming an air chamber, and also defining a cyclonic separator between the first surface and the wall comprising a cyclone body within the air chamber;
- a dirty air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a scavenge outlet in the cyclone body, with the scavenge outlet positioned radially outward from the clean air outlet with respect to the engine centerline and emitting to the air chamber;
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- a bleed hole extending through the wall and fluidly coupling the scavenge outlet to a benign region located externally of the hanger, with the bleed hole positioned radially inward of the scavenge outlet.
A shroud and hanger assembly for a turbine engine defining an engine centerline, comprising:
- a hanger, comprising:
- a first surface confronting a cooling airflow;
- a second surface facing a heated airflow;
- a third surface radially outward of the second surface relative to the engine centerline;
- a cyclonic separator, comprising:
- a cyclone body at least partially defined by the third surface and having a conical portion, a cylindrical portion, and a separator centerline extending through the conical portion and the cylindrical portion, with the separator centerline unaligned with the engine centerline;
- a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet in the cylindrical portion;
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- a scavenge outlet in the conical portion;
- a wall adjacent the cyclone body and a bleed hole extending through the wall, with the bleed hole positioned radially inward of the scavenge outlet;
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- a hanger cooling air circuit having a cooling air inlet on the first surface and a cooling air outlet on the second surface and extending through the cyclonic separator between the dirty air inlet and the clean air outlet;
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- a shroud, comprising:
- an inner surface confronting the second surface of the hanger;
- a heated surface facing the heated airflow;
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- a shroud cooling circuit fluidly coupled to the hanger cooling air circuit and extending through the shroud between a shroud inlet on the inner surface and a shroud outlet on the heated surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.