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Gas turbine propulsion unit with devices for branching off compressor air for cooling of hot parts
Assignee: MTU Aero Engines AG
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Filing: 1986-04-18
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Granted: 1988-08-09
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Expires: 2006-04-18
Abstract
Abstract In a gas turbine propulsion unit with means for branching off compressor air for purposes of cooling hot parts of the turbine, the cooling air is conducted to the hot parts to be cooled along a detour by way of structural parts of high heat capacity and large surface area. It is achieved therewith that with a jump-like change of the cooling air temperature as, for example, during an acceleration operation, the cooling air gives off a portion of its heat content along the detour to the structural parts so that the thermal time behavior of the cooling air is slowed down.
Inventors
- 👤 Dietmar Hennecke
- 👤 Klaus Pfaff
- 👤 Dietrich Grigo
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 09:35
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C7/00; F02C7/12; F02C7/16; F02C7/18; F02C7/185; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T50/00; Y02T50/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
A gas turbine propulsion unit, comprising: compressor means; combustion chamber means; turbine means; and heat exchange path means for branching off compressor air for cooling hot parts of the turbine means; said heat exchange path means being in heat exchange relationship with heated structural parts of the propulsion unit, which parts substantially retain their heat content even upon an initiation of increase in loading on the propulsion unit, to maintain substantially constant the temperature of the branched off cooling compressor air upon changes in loading of the propulsion unit to avoid sudden changes in the temperature of the cooling air fed to the hot parts of the turbine and wherein said heat exchange path leads from an outlet area of said compressor in heat exchange relationship along a backside of the compressor, through a hollow blade of a compressor diffusor to an area adjacent a frontside of the compressor and from there to the turbine means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
A gas turbine propulsion unit, comprising: compressor means; combustion chamber means; turbine means; and heat exchange path means for branching off compressor air for cooling hot parts of the turbine means; said heat exchange path means being in heat exchange relationship with heated structural parts of the propulsion unit, which parts substantially retain their heat content even upon an initiation of increase in loading on the propulsion unit, to maintain substantially constant the temperature of the branched off cooling compressor air upon changes in loading of the propulsion unit to avoid sudden changes in the temperature of the cooling air fed to the hot parts of the turbine and wherein said heat exchange path leads from an outlet area of said compressor in heat exchange relationship along a backside of the compressor, through a hollow blade of a compressor diffusor to an area adjacent a frontside of the compressor and from there to the turbine means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the hot parts of the turbine means include a turbine rotor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the heated structural parts are propulsion unit components.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 3, wherein the propulsion unit components include at least one of compressor disks, shafts, and housing walls.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
59 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 4, wherein the compressor means includes a radial compressor rotor and wherein the heat exchange path means leads the branched off cooling air initially along the back side of the radial compressor rotor, thereupon by way of hollow blades of a radial compressor diffusor and finally along housing walls of the compressor means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 5, wherein the heated structural parts are walls inserted into a cooling air path means and lengthening the flow path of the cooling air.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 6, wherein the heated structural parts include surface configurations increasing the heat transfer to the cooling air.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 7, wherein said surface configurations include at least one of ribs, pimples, pin-fins and the like.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the heated structural parts are gas-permeable structures in the manner of heat-exchanger matrices.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 9, wherein permeable porous materials are inserted into the cooling air flow path means as gas-permeable structures.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 9, wherein layers of wire mesh are inserted into the cooling air flow path means as gas-permeable structures.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 9, wherein a globular fill is used as gas-permeable structure.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
54 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the compressor means includes a radial compressor rotor and wherein the heat exchange path means leads initially along the back side of the radial compressor rotor, thereupon by way of hollow blades of a radial compressor diffusor and finally along housing walls of the compressor means.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
30 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the heated structural parts are walls inserted into the cooling air flow path and lengthening the flow path of the cooling air.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
23 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the heated structural parts include surface configurations increasing the heat transfer to the cooling air.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
22 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 15, wherein said surface configurations include at least one of ribs, pimples, pin-fins and the like.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
A propulsion unit according to claim 1, wherein the heated structural parts are insulated with respect to other cooling medium streams.
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