EP3953617A1 - Joint d'etancheite a labyrinthe comportant un element abradable a densite variable de cellules - Google Patents
Joint d'etancheite a labyrinthe comportant un element abradable a densite variable de cellulesInfo
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft.
- the wipers 5 are carried by a rotor element 1 of the turbomachine 10, which rotates around an axial direction A within a stator element 3 and are surrounded by abradable elements 7 such as blocks or a coating of abradable material carried by this stator element 3.
- the abradable elements 7 are intended to protect the wipers 5 from the risks of wear by contact with the stator element 3 which surrounds them . Contact with the abradable elements 7 can be avoided or, on the contrary, sought after, for example to optimize the radial clearances J around the wipers.
- the types of abradable elements 7 and wipers 5 can be adapted accordingly.
- This technology can be used to seal the tops of the blades of a rotor wheel, these blades carrying annular wipers, possibly sectored, which are surrounded by abradable elements carried by a stator casing (see in particular FR-A1 - 3,001,759). It can also be used to provide a seal between a portion of the shaft or journal and a stator of the turbomachine.
- the number and dimensions of the wipers depend in particular on the radial space available between the elements to be sealed.
- the wiper and the abradable element placed opposite each other are annular pieces of the same axial direction, denoted A in Figure 1.
- the wiper extends radially towards the abradable element.
- the radial end of the wiper that faces the abradable member has the function of disturbing the flow of gas which attempts to flow between the upstream to downstream rotor and stator elements. This creates turbulence in the gas flow which generates pressure drops and thus improves the seal of the joint.
- the abradable element 27 has a cylindrical shape around the axial direction A.
- the abradable element 27 may comprise a plurality of cells 20 which extend in a substantially radial direction.
- the cells 20 have walls 22 and are arranged adjacent to one another along the axial direction A and an ortho-radial direction O. The presence of the cells 20 contributes to creating turbulence in the gas flow.
- the cells can have a honeycomb shape.
- Figure 4 shows an axial section of an abradable element 47 and a wiper 41 located opposite.
- the abradable element and the wiper 41 have the function of disturbing the flow of gas 43 which attempts to flow between the abradable element 47 and the wiper 41 upstream. downstream, i.e. from left to right in the drawing.
- the end 45 of the wiper 41 creates turbulence in the gas flow which generates pressure drops and thus improves the seal of the joint.
- the gas flow 43 is disturbed upstream of the wiper 41 the gas flow passing inside a cell 40 of the abradable element 47 along the walls 42 of a cell 40, then downstream of the wiper 41 following the sudden increase in the passage section after crossing the wiper.
- An area 44 located at the edge of the cell of the abradable element and facing the end 45 of the wiper corresponds to an area where the air is disturbed and does not allow a normal and total flow of the air. not entering the cells 40 until the downstream side of the wiper 41.
- Figure 3a shows a ring-shaped abradable member 37a in the situation where the ring has been axially cut at a particular angle and then opened and laid flat.
- the abradable element 37a comprises cells 30a disposed adjacent to each other along the direction DA of the axis of rotation A and an ortho-radial direction O.
- the wiper 35a shown in a perspective view rotates to the left. interior of the abradable element 37a.
- the dotted line 39a represents the position of the points located at the end of the wiper 35a located in front of the abradable element 37a. In this situation, the dotted line 39a follows an orthoradial direction, which means that the end of the wiper 37a has the shape of a regular circle, as shown on the wiper 35a in the perspective view.
- the temperatures reached in operation can force wipers to be made from materials offering particularly high thermal resistance.
- the shape of the radial end of the wiper intended to be placed facing the element abradable may have irregularities and its shape may deviate from the shape of a regular circle.
- FIG. 3b represents an abradable element 37b of annular shape, which as previously has been cut axially at a particular angle then opened and laid flat.
- the abradable element 37b comprises cells 30b disposed adjacent to each other along the direction DA of the axis of rotation A and an ortho-radial direction O.
- the wiper 35b rotates inside the element.
- the dotted line 39b represents the position of the points located at the outer radial end of the wiper 35b located in front of the abradable element 37b. In this situation, the dotted line 39b does not exactly follow an orthoradial direction and has a corrugation in the axial direction whose bellies 33 are indicated in FIG. 3b.
- This axial extent E3 can be calculated as the length along the axis of rotation of the turbomachine of the corrugation, or in an equivalent manner as the projection of line 39b on the direction DA of the axis of rotation A.
- a tolerancing can be associated with this axial extent so that when manufacturing a wiper, the axial extent of the outer radial end of the wiper is less than the tolerancing.
- the present invention provides an improvement in the tightness of the joint in the situation where the shape of the outer radial end of the wiper has an axial corrugation and a non-zero axial extent associated with this corrugation.
- a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine in particular of an aircraft, comprising a rotor element and a stator element extending around the element.
- the rotor element being adapted to rotate relative to the stator element about an axis of rotation in an axial direction
- the rotor element comprising an annular wiper having an outer radial end extending towards an abradable element carried by the stator element, the outer radial end of the annular wiper having a corrugation in the axial direction and a non-zero axial extent associated with the corrugation
- the abradable element comprising a plurality of cells arranged adjacent to each other along the axial direction and an ortho-radial direction, the cells comprising walls which extend in a substantially radial direction, the cells being distributed in lon a first density of cells in a first densified annular zone of the abradable element, said densified annular zone being situated opposite
- the labyrinth seal may have one of the following characteristics or one of the possible combinations of these characteristics:
- the cells are distributed according to a second density and a third density of cells respectively in a second densified annular zone and a third densified annular zone of the abradable element, each of the first, second and third densified annular zones being adapted to be located facing the outer radial end of the wiper during different flight phases of the aircraft, the second density and the third density each being greater than the reference density;
- At least one densified annular zone has an axial extent of between 40% and 100% of the axial extent of the outer radial end of the wiper;
- a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine in particular an aircraft, comprising a rotor element and a stator element extending around of the rotor element, the rotor element being adapted to rotate relative to the stator element about an axis of rotation in an axial direction, the rotor element comprising an annular wiper having an outer radial end extending towards an abradable element carried by the stator element, the outer radial end of the annular wiper having a corrugation in the axial direction and a non-zero axial extent associated with the corrugation, the abradable element comprising a plurality cells arranged adjacent to each other along the axial direction and in an ortho-radial direction, the cells comprising walls which extend in a substantially radial direction, the p rocédé comprising
- the abradable element comprising a first densified annular zone located opposite the outer radial end of the wiper, said densified annular zone having a first density of cells, said densified annular zone having an axial extent less than or equal to l The axial extent of the outer radial end of the wiper, the cells being distributed according to a reference density of cells outside the first densified annular zone less than the first density of cells.
- the manufacturing process can have one of the following characteristics or one of the possible combinations of these characteristics:
- the manufacture of the abradable element comprises the manufacture of cells having the shape of a honeycomb
- the manufacture of the abradable element comprises the manufacture in a densified annular zone of cells having a disc, square, triangle or diamond shape; It is also proposed, according to a third aspect of the invention, a turbomachine comprising a labyrinth seal as just described above.
- FIG. 2 already discussed, represents an abradable element.
- Figure 3a already discussed, shows an open and flattened abradable element as well as the outer radial end of a facing wiper.
- Figure 3b shows an open and flattened abradable element as well as the outer radial end of a facing wiper.
- Figure 4 already discussed, shows an axial section of an abradable element and a wiper opposite.
- Figure 5 shows an open and flattened abradable element and the position of the outer radial end of a wiper opposite.
- Figure 6 shows an abradable element opened and flattened.
- FIG. 7 shows an abradable element opened and laid flat.
- FIG. 5 shows an abradable element 57 open and flattened and the position of the end of a facing wiper symbolized by the dotted line 59.
- the dotted line 59 does not follow an orthoradial direction and has a corrugation.
- the outer radial end of the wiper has gaps in the shape of a regular circle. The deviation from the shape of a regular circle can be characterized by the axial extent Es of the outer radial end of the wiper which is the projection of line 59 in direction D A.
- a labyrinth seal 10 for a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft comprising a rotor element 1 and a stator element 3 extending around the engine.
- rotor element 1 the rotor element 1 being adapted to rotate relative to the stator element 3 about an axis of rotation A
- the rotor element comprising an annular wiper 5 having an outer radial end extending towards an abradable element 7, 57 carried by the stator element 3, the outer radial end of the annular wiper having a corrugation in the axial direction and a non-zero axial extent Es associated with the corrugation
- the abradable element comprising a plurality of cells 20, 50a, 50b disposed adjacent to each other along the direction DA of the axis of rotation A and a ortho-radial direction O
- the cells 20, 50a, 50b comprising walls 22 which extend in an essentially radial direction R
- the cells 20, 50a, 50b being distributed according to a first density of
- the walls 22 of the cells of the abradable element extend in an essentially radial direction meaning that the wall or walls 22 participating in the definition of a cell is a surface which has a direction of elongation which is close to the radial direction.
- a direction close to another direction here means that the angle separating the two directions is less than 2 degrees.
- the first densified annular zone Z51 shown in FIG. 5 corresponds to cells 50b of the abradable element which are smaller in size than the cells 50a located outside this first densified annular zone Z51, in the zones Z SR . It is therefore possible to place a larger number of cells per unit area in the first densified annular zone Z51, ie to obtain a first density greater than the reference density.
- the densified annular zone Z51 is located opposite the radial end of the wiper is reflected in FIG. 5 by the fact that in the axial direction A, the first densified annular zone Z51 and the dotted line 59 are centered at the same position.
- the difference in position between the central axis of the first densified annular zone Z51 and the central axis of the dotted line 59 can be chosen to be less than 0.5mm, or even a lower value.
- the densified annular zone Z51 can be characterized by its axial extent, that is to say the width of the zone in the axial direction. This axial extent of the densified zone is chosen to be less than or equal to the axial extent of the radial end of the wiper.
- the technical effect associated with a higher density of cells of the abradable element opposite the wiper is to improve the seal of the joint.
- the gas flow that tries to flow between the abradable element 57 and the wiper from upstream to downstream of the turbomachine encounters more disturbances due to the greater number of cells 50b present.
- a greater density of cells of the abradable element further upstream or further downstream of the wiper does not appreciably modify the tightness of the seal, so that it is not necessary for the densified annular zone to present a axial extent greater than the axial extent of the radial end of the wiper
- FIG. 6 shows an abradable element 67 flattened.
- the position of the end of a wiper opposite has not been shown but in this situation, the radial end of the wiper has an axial undulation or deviations in the form of a regular circle.
- FIG. 6 shows an abradable element 67 flattened. The position of the end of a wiper opposite has not been shown but in this situation, the radial end of the wiper has an axial undulation or deviations in the form of a regular circle. As in the case of FIG.
- the abradable element 67 comprises a plurality of cells 60a, 60b arranged adjacent to each other along the direction DA of the axis of rotation A and an ortho-radial direction O , the cells 60a, 60b being distributed according to a first density of cells in a first densified annular zone Z ⁇ I of the abradable element, said densified annular zone Z ⁇ I being situated opposite the radial end of the wiper, the cells being distributed according to a reference density of cells outside said first zone Z ⁇ I , the first density being greater than the density of reference cells.
- an abradable element of a labyrinth seal as presented previously and in which, moreover, the cells 60a, 60b are further distributed according to respectively a second density and a third density of cells in respectively a second densified annular zone I bi and a third densified annular zone Z ⁇ 3 of the abradable element, each of the first, second and third densified annular zones Z M , li, T- bi being adapted to be located opposite of the radial end of the wiper during different flight phases of the aircraft, the second density and the third density each being greater than the reference density.
- the turbomachine is stressed to a greater or lesser extent so that the temperature and the expansion of the parts change within the turbomachine.
- the temperature is lower in the cold phase, that is to say when the turbomachine is started, than in the cruising phase, that is to say when the turbomachine is in speed which allows flight.
- the temperature is lower in the cruising phase than in the climb phase, that is to say when the turbomachine is in speed which allows take-off.
- the position of the wiper relative to the abradable element in the direction D A of the axis A of rotation changes according to the phase of flight.
- Three axial positions in cold, cruise and climb of the wiper relative to the abradable element can be identified for each of the cold flight, cruise and climb phases, the axial cruise position being between the other two cold and climb axial positions.
- the abradable element has only one densified annular zone, and if, while passing from a first phase of flight to a second phase of flight, the wiper is no longer located in front of the densified annular zone then the improvement in the tightness of the seal obtained during the first phase of flight is lost during the second phase of flight.
- the technical effect associated with the presence of three densified annular zones located opposite the three cold axial positions, cruise and climb, of the wiper is to maintain the improvement of the seal tightness during each of the three phases of cold flight, cruise and climb.
- the labyrinth seals proposed in this application have at least one densified annular zone, the axial extent of which can be more precisely defined.
- the ratio between the axial extent of the densified annular zone and the axial extent of the outer radial end is between 40% and 100%.
- the presence of a densified annular zone located opposite the outer radial end of the wiper improves the sealing of the joint.
- the greater number of walls within the abradable element present in front of the wiper decreases the abradability or abradability of the abradable element.
- the abradability here corresponds to the fact that in the event of contact between the abradable element and the wiper, it is the abradable element which loses material and deteriorates on contact with the wiper and not vice versa.
- a ratio between the axial extent of the densified annular zone and the axial extent of the outer radial end of between 40% and 100% allows an interesting compromise between the abradability of the abradable element and the tightness of the gasket.
- a ratio of between 40% and 80% allows an interesting compromise for systems where the differential expansions are important and where the need for abradability is great.
- a ratio of between 80 to 100% allows an interesting compromise when it is certain that the abradable element and the wiper do not or almost do not come into contact with each other and that we can therefore increase the sealing quality.
- Honeycomb shape i.e. regular hexagon shape can be chosen.
- Other geometric shapes can be chosen such as a disc, a square, a triangle or a rhombus.
- part of cells may be of one shape and part of cells may be of another shape.
- FIG. 7 represents an abradable element of a labyrinth seal as presented above, with zones Z7 R where the cells of the abradable element are distributed according to the reference density.
- cells 70a have the shape of a honeycomb.
- the abradable element further comprises three densified annular zones Z71 Z72 Z73. Each densified annular zone corresponds to a different shape of cells. In zone Z71 the cells 70b have a disc shape.
- zone Z72 the cells 70c have a shape given by the intersection of a periodic array of wavy lines.
- zone Z73 the cells 70d have a more complex and angular shape having many points where the shape has an acute angle of cut of its contour.
- a labyrinth seal for a turbomachine in particular an aircraft, comprising a rotor element and a stator element extending around the rotor element, the rotor element.
- rotor being adapted to rotate relative to the stator element about an axis of rotation, the rotor element comprising an annular wiper having an outer radial end extending towards an abradable element carried by the stator element, the outer radial end of the annular wiper having a corrugation in the axial direction and a non-zero axial extent associated with the corrugation, the abradable element comprising a plurality of cells disposed adjacent to each other along the direction of the 'rotation axis and in an ortho-radial direction, the cells comprising walls which extend in an essentially radial direction, the method comprising the following steps:
- the abradable element comprising a first densified annular zone located opposite an outer radial end of the wiper, said densified annular zone having a first density of cells, said densified annular zone having an axial extent less than or equal to l The axial extent of the outer radial end of the wiper, the cells being distributed according to a reference density outside the first annular reference zone less than the first density of cells.
- the manufacture of the abradable element may further comprise the manufacture respectively of a second densified annular zone and of a third densified annular zone of the abradable element, the cells being distributed according to respectively a second density and a third density of cells. , each of the first, second and third densified annular zones being situated opposite the outer radial end of the wiper during different flight phases of the aircraft, the second density and the third density each being greater than the density of reference.
- the method of manufacturing a labyrinth seal as just presented may further include the following steps:
- the method of manufacturing a labyrinth seal as just presented may further comprise determining a cell density of at least one densified annular zone by taking into account the measurement of the cell density. axial extent of the outer radial end of the wiper.
- the manufacturing process can be adapted to make cells of different shapes in honeycomb, disc, square, triangle or diamond.
- the greater the density of cells the more the sealing of the gasket is improved and the less the abradable element exhibits an abradable character. It is possible to use the compromise between the abradability of the abradable element and the tightness of the gasket to fix the density of abradable cells.
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PCT/EP2020/060312 WO2020208224A1 (fr) | 2019-04-12 | 2020-04-10 | Joint d'etancheite a labyrinthe comportant un element abradable a densite variable de cellules |
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