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Multi-port proportional flow control valve
Assignee: Dana Inc
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Filing: 1995-11-14
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Granted: 1997-12-09
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Expires: 2015-11-14
Abstract
Abstract A flow control valve for multiport injection of pressurized liquid through an array of injection nozzles for a gas turbine engine is connected by nozzle ports to the engine. In accordance with a first embodiment, the valve includes a slidable valve spool which progressively opens and closes a plurality of radially opening first ports. In accordance with a second embodiment the valve employs a rotatable disc which progressively opens and closes a plurality of axially opening first ports. Both embodiments utilize non-circular apertures to effect opening of the first ports. A plurality of second ports communicate with a chamber containing the valve spool or rotatable disc, the second ports communicating with individual compensators that are also in communication with the first ports and nozzle ports. The compensators connect the first ports to the nozzle ports through a variable flow valve which is biased to the fully open opposition against the pressure of liquid in the second ports. By so configuring the flow control valve, pressure in the chamber compensates for pressure surges in the pressurized liquid by reducing flow through the variable flow valve in response to pressure increases in the pressurized fluid.
Inventors
- 👤 Matthew S. Schultz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:05
CPC Classifications
F; F02; F02C; F02C9/00; F02C9/26; F02C9/263; F02C7/00; F02C7/22; F02C7/228; F05; F05D; F05D2250/00; F05D2250/10; F05D2250/11; F05D2250/14; F05D2250/141; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T137/00; Y10T137/2496; Y10T137/2559; Y10T137/265; Y10T137/2652; Y10T137/2657; Y10T137/8593; Y10T137/86493; Y10T137/86863
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
215 words
In a flow control valve useful for supplying pressurized liquid to a gas turbine engine, the flow control valve being connected to a multiport injection system through an array of injection nozzles connected by more than two nozzle ports to the flow control valve, the improvement in the flow control valve comprising: a chamber in the flow control valve for receiving the pressurized fluid from a single inlet port; a rotatable disc in the chamber for controlling the volume of pressurized liquid flowing to the nozzle ports, the rotatable disc having a non-circular aperture for each nozzle port therein extending circumferentially adjacent the periphery of the disc; compensator valves disposed between the nozzle ports and controller, the compensator valves each having a through passage and a pressure passage, the pressure passage opposing the through passage; a moveable member in each of the compensators, the moveable member being disposed between the pressure passage and the through passage of each compensator and being biased toward the pressure passage in a direction to widen the through passage; and passages connecting the through passages and pressure passages to the chamber with the passages connecting the pressure passages being always open and the passage connecting the through passages being openable and closeable by the non-circular apertures in the rotatable disc.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
215 words
In a flow control valve useful for supplying pressurized liquid to a gas turbine engine, the flow control valve being connected to a multiport injection system through an array of injection nozzles connected by more than two nozzle ports to the flow control valve, the improvement in the flow control valve comprising: a chamber in the flow control valve for receiving the pressurized fluid from a single inlet port; a rotatable disc in the chamber for controlling the volume of pressurized liquid flowing to the nozzle ports, the rotatable disc having a non-circular aperture for each nozzle port therein extending circumferentially adjacent the periphery of the disc; compensator valves disposed between the nozzle ports and controller, the compensator valves each having a through passage and a pressure passage, the pressure passage opposing the through passage; a moveable member in each of the compensators, the moveable member being disposed between the pressure passage and the through passage of each compensator and being biased toward the pressure passage in a direction to widen the through passage; and passages connecting the through passages and pressure passages to the chamber with the passages connecting the pressure passages being always open and the passage connecting the through passages being openable and closeable by the non-circular apertures in the rotatable disc.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
45 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the passages connecting the through passages to the chamber have inlets connected through the non-circular apertures in the rotatable disc which are in communication with the chamber, the inlets being progressively opened and closed by rotating the rotatable disc.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The improvement of claim 2, wherein the inlets each have a sleeve therein biased into engagement with the rotatable disc at a location alignable with the non-circular apertures.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
The improvement of claim 3, wherein the sleeves have first and second ends, the first ends being engaged by a coil springs having one end seated in the inlets and the second ends being in metal-to-metal contact with the disc.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
11 words
The improvement of claim 4, wherein the non-circular openings are triangular.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the non-circular openings are identical and wherein the non-circular openings each converge in the same circumferential direction and each diverge in the opposite circumferential direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein the moveable member in each of the compensator valves is a piston disposed therein, each piston being biased by a spring and having a portion for covering the through passage when urged by pressure from the pressure passage against the bias of the spring.
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