Fuel-cooled engine component(s)
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsDustin W. Davis, Lance L. Smith, Won-Wook Kim
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine with a flowpath. This assembly includes a fuel source and an engine component. The engine component forms a peripheral boundary of the flowpath. The engine component includes a component internal passage. The engine component is configured to receive fuel from the fuel source. The engine component is configured to crack at least some of the fuel within the component internal passage thereby cooling the engine component and providing at least partially cracked fuel. The assembly is configured to direct the at least partially cracked fuel into the flowpath for combustion.
Claims15
An assembly for a turbine engine with a flowpath, comprising:
- a fuel source;
- and
- a blade outer air seal forming a peripheral boundary of the flowpath, the blade outer air seal comprising a seal internal passage, the blade outer air seal configured to receive fuel from the fuel source, and the blade outer air seal configured to crack at least some of the fuel within the seal internal passage thereby cooling the blade outer air seal and providing at least partially cracked fuel;
- wherein the assembly is configured to direct the at least partially cracked fuel into the flowpath for combustion.
An assembly for a turbine engine with a flowpath, comprising:
- a fuel source;
- and
- a shroud forming a peripheral boundary of the flowpath, the shroud comprising a shroud internal passage, the shroud configured to receive fuel from the fuel source, and the shroud configured to crack at least some of the fuel within the seal internal passage thereby cooling the shroud and providing at least partially cracked fuel;
- the assembly configured to direct the at least partially cracked fuel into the flowpath for combustion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.