Flow sleeve impingement cooling baffles

• US 8,794,006 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2012
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis LLC (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Chokshi, Jaisukhlal V., Smith, Craig F., Figueroa, Carlos G., George, Larry C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gartenberg, Ehud
• Assistant Examiner(s): Goyal, Arun
• Application Number:
  US13/553,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20130000310A1
• Time in Patent Office: 747 Days
• Field of Search: 60/392.3, 607/52, 60754-760, 607/72, 608/04
• US Class Current: 60/758
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 2900/03044 Impingement cooled combustion chamber walls or subassemblies
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/06 Arrangement of apertures along the flame tube
• CPC Class Codes: F23R 3/08 between annular flame tube sections, e.g. flame tubes with telescopic sections

Abstract

A combustor assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor liner, a flow sleeve and a baffle ring. The flow sleeve surrounds the combustor liner. An annulus is formed between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner. A plurality of row of cooling holes are formed in the flow sleeve. The baffle ring radially surrounds the combustor liner and is located in the annulus.

Claims

1. A baffle ring for directing cooling air onto a combustor liner, the baffle ring comprising:

a ring having a forward end and an opposite aft end;

a plurality of circumferentially spaced lands on the ring, each land extending from the forward end to the aft end; and

a plurality of circumferentially spaced baffles extending radially inwardly from the ring, each baffle located between adjacent lands and comprising;

a pair of side walls extending from a region near the forward end to a region near the aft end, a pair of end walls, a pocket, a stepped bottom, and a first flow hole formed in the bottom, wherein the side walls of each baffle are longer than the end walls.

2. The baffle ring of claim 1, wherein each baffle further comprises:

a second flow hole formed in the bottom of the baffle.

3. The baffle ring of claim 2, wherein the stopped bottom comprises a forward bottom surface and an aft bottom surface, and wherein the forward bottom surface has a radial depth different from the aft bottom surface, and wherein the first flow hole is formed in the forward bottom surface and the second flow hole is formed in the aft bottom surface.

4. The baffle ring of claim 3, wherein a radial distance between the second flow hole and the ring is greater than a radial distance between the first flow hole and the ring.

5. The baffle ring of claim 4, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

6. The baffle ring of claim 4, wherein the first flow hole has a first flow hole diameter and the second flow hole has a second flow hole diameter, and wherein the first flow hole diameter is smaller than the second flow hole diameter.

7. The baffle ring of claim 6, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

8. The baffle ring of claim 4, wherein each baffle further comprises a sloped transition section extending between the forward bottom surface and the aft bottom surface.

9. The baffle ring of claim 8, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

10. The baffle ring of claim 3, wherein the first flow hole has a first flow hole diameter and the second flow hole has a second flow hole diameter, and wherein the first flow hole diameter is smaller than the second flow hole diameter.

11. The baffle ring of claim 10, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

12. The baffle ring of claim 3, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

13. The baffle ring of claim 2, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

14. The baffle ring of claim 1, wherein the baffle ring is a one-piece assembly.

15. The baffle ring of claim 1, wherein the pair of side walls, the pair of end walls and the bottom of the baffle form a pocket.