Transitional multihole combustion liner

• US 6,145,319 A
• Filed: 07/16/1998
• Issued: 11/14/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Thompson, James E., Burns, Craig P., Duncan, Beverly S., Wiehe, Glenn E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Thorpe, Timothy S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TORRENTE, DAVID JOHN
• Application Number:
  US09/116,509
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 60/762, 60/754, 60/755
• US Class Current: 60/755
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/002 Wall structures F23R3/02 and F23R3/007 take precedence

Abstract

A combustor liner includes a wall having an outboard surface and an opposite inboard surface. A plurality of first holes are inclined through the wall in a multihole pattern to channel cooling fluid therethrough to form a cooling film layer along the inboard surface. A second hole extends perpendicularly through the wall within the multihole pattern to form a shadow along the inboard surface devoid of the first holes. A transition hole extends through the wall in the shadow at a greater inclination than the first holes for cooling the wall at the shadow.

Claims

1. A combustor liner comprising:

a wall having an outboard surface over which is flowable a cooling fluid, and a opposite inboard surface for facing combustion gases;

a plurality of first holes inclined through said wall at an acute inclination angle from said surfaces thereof in a multihole pattern to channel said cooling fluid therethrough to form a cooling film layer of said cooling fluid along said inboard surface;

a second hole extending perpendicularly through said wall within said multihole pattern to form a shadow along said inboard surface devoid of said first holes in which said film layer is locally interrupted; and

a transition hole extending through said wall in said shadow at a greater inclination than said first holes for cooling said wall at said shadow, and having an outlet at said inboard surface spaced no closer to said second hole than an inlet thereof at said outboard surface.

2. A liner according to claim 1 wherein:

said second hole is larger in diameter than said first holes, and said shadow extends laterally thereacross; and

said shadow includes a plurality of said transition holes spaced apart from each other to cool said wall at said shadow.

3. A liner according to claim 2 wherein:

said first holes have a length over diameter aspect ratio greater than 1.0;

said second hole has a length over diameter aspect ratio less than 1.0; and

said transition holes have a length over diameter aspect ratio therebetween.

4. A liner according to claim 3 wherein said first holes and said transition holes have equal diameters.

5. A liner according to claim 3 wherein:

said first holes have an inclination angle through said wall of about 20°

; and

said transition holes are arranged in three rows having corresponding inclination angles through said wall of 32.5°

, 45°

, and 90°

from said first holes toward said second hole in turn.

6. A liner according to claim 3 wherein said shadow extends downstream from said second hole and includes a plurality of rows of said transition holes spaced apart between said second hole and said first holes, and changing in inclination angle from row to row thereof, with an aft row of said transition holes having outlets spaced further from said second hole than corresponding inlets thereof.

7. A liner according to claim 6 wherein said transition holes progressively decrease in inclination downstream from said second hole from row to row thereof.

8. A liner according to claim 7 wherein said transition holes include a forward row adjacent said second hole extending perpendicularly through said wall.

9. A liner according to claim 8 wherein:

said first holes are inclined at about 20°

through said wall; and

said transition holes in said aft row adjacent said first holes are inclined at about 32.5°

through said wall.

10. A liner according to claim 9 wherein said second hole is an igniter sort.

11. A liner according to claim 10 wherein said transition holes include a third row inclined at about 45°

through said wall, and disposed between said two forward and aft rows at 90° and

32.5°

.

12. A liner according to claim 3 wherein:

said second hole is a dilution hole;

and only two rows of said transition holes are disposed in said shadow and inclined at about 45°

through said wall.

13. A liner according to claim 3 wherein:

said second hole is a borescope hole;

and only two rows of said transition holes are disposed in said shadow and inclined at about 45°

through said wall.

14. A liner according to claim 3 wherein said transition holes are disposed solely in said shadow within the diameter of said second hole, and said first holes circumferentially adjoin said shadow.

15. A method of using said combustor liner according to claim 3 comprising:

surrounding said second hole with said first holes to a physical limit preventing additional ones of said first holes from being used during operation in said shadow which would create local stress concentrations adversely affecting liner strength; and

spacing said transition holes from of said second hole to physically fit in said shadow for cooling said wall thereat while still maintaining adequate strength of said liner.

16. A method according to claim 15 further comprising inclining said transition holes through said wall to distribute outlets thereof between said second hole and said first holes for restarting said film layer locally interrupted by said second hole.

17. A combustor liner comprising:

a wall having an outboard surface over which is flowable a cooling fluid, and a opposite inboard surface for facing combustion gases flowable in a downstream direction therealong;

a plurality of first holes inclined through said wall at an acute downstream inclination angle from said surfaces thereof in a multihole pattern to channel said cooling fluid therethrough to form a cooling film layer of said cooling fluid along said inboard surface;

a second hole extending perpendicularly through said wall within said multihole pattern to form a shadow along said inboard surface devoid of said first holes in which said film layer is locally interrupted; and

a plurality of rows of transition holes inclined downstream through said wall in said shadow, and having inlets on said outboard surface spaced closer to said second hole than corresponding outlets thereof on said inboard surface.

18. A liner according to claim 17 wherein:

said first holes have a length over diameter aspect ratio greater than 1.0;

said second hole is larger in diameter than said first holes, and has a length over diameter aspect ratio less than 1.0; and

said transition holes have a length over diameter aspect ratio therebetween.

19. A liner according to claim 18 wherein said first holes and said transition holes have equal diameters.

20. A liner according to claim 19 wherein:

said first holes have an inclination angle through said wall of about 20°

; and

said transition holes are disposed in two rows between said second hole and said first holes having corresponding inclination angles of 45° and

32.5°

for transitioning in turn to said 20°

first holes.