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GB2460634A
GB2460634A GB0809901A GB0809901A GB2460634A GB 2460634 A GB2460634 A GB 2460634A GB 0809901 A GB0809901 A GB 0809901A GB 0809901 A GB0809901 A GB 0809901A GB 2460634 A GB2460634 A GB 2460634A
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Luca Tentorio
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
    • F02C7/22—Fuel supply systems
    • F02C7/232—Fuel valves; Draining valves or systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16K—VALVES; TAPS; COCKS; ACTUATING-FLOATS; DEVICES FOR VENTING OR AERATING
    • F16K11/00—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves
    • F16K11/02—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit
    • F16K11/06—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves, i.e. sliding closure elements
    • F16K11/065—Multiple-way valves, e.g. mixing valves; Pipe fittings incorporating such valves with all movable sealing faces moving as one unit comprising only sliding valves, i.e. sliding closure elements with linearly sliding closure members
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/2496—Self-proportioning or correlating systems
    • Y10T137/2559—Self-controlled branched flow systems
    • Y10T137/2564—Plural inflows
    • Y10T137/2567—Alternate or successive inflows
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    • Y10T137/2496—Self-proportioning or correlating systems
    • Y10T137/2559—Self-controlled branched flow systems
    • Y10T137/2574—Bypass or relief controlled by main line fluid condition
    • Y10T137/2605—Pressure responsive
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86493—Multi-way valve unit
    • Y10T137/86501—Sequential distributor or collector type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86493—Multi-way valve unit
    • Y10T137/86815—Multiple inlet with single outlet

Abstract

A fuel valve for a turbine engine has a fuel inlet 42 connected to supply of fuel and a purge inlet 52 connected to a supply of purge air. Opening and closing means within the valve selectively supplies air or fuel to valve outlet 44. The opening and closing means are movable in sequence from a first position where both the purge air and fuel to the outlet 44 is disabled to a second position where the purge air is enabled and the fuel is disabled to a third position where the purge air is disabled and the fuel is enabled.

Description

Combustion Apparatus This invention relates to fuel supply valves for turbine engines.
With reference to Figure 1, a ducted fan gas turbine engine generally indicated at 10 comprises, in axial flow series, an air intake 1, a propulsive fan 2, an intermediate pressure compressor 3, a high pressure compressor 4, combustion equipment 5, a high pressure turbine 6, an intermediate pressure turbine 7, a low pressure turbine 8 and an exhaust nozzle 9.
Air entering the air intake 1 is accelerated by the fan 2 to produce two air flows, a first air flow into the intermediate pressure compressor 3 and a second air flow that passes over the outer surface of the engine casing 12 and which provides propulsive thrust. The intermediate pressure compressor 3 compresses the air flow directed into it before delivering the air to the high pressure compressor 4 where further compression takes place.
Compressed air exhausted from the high pressure compressor 4 is directed into the combustion equipment 5, where it is mixed with fuel and the mixture combusted. The resultant hot combustion products expand through and thereby drive the high 6, intermediate 7 and low pressure 8 turbines before being exhausted through the nozzle 9 to provide additional propulsive thrust. The high, intermediate and low pressure turbines respectively drive the high and intermediate pressure compressors and the fan by suitable interconnecting shafts.
Modern fuel injectors 18 now commonly comprise an injector head 22 mounted on a stalk 20. The head 22 has a set of pilot nozzles adapted to eject fuel at a low power requirement and a set of main nozzles adapted to eject fuel into the combustor at cruise and at higher power levels.
Typically the pilot nozzles also supply fuel to the combustor at high power requirements. The use of two sets of nozzles provides a highly efficient injector with acceptable emissions.
Fuel is supplied to both sets of nozzles through tubes running the length of the injector stalk. A check valve is located at the end of the stalk opposing the head end. The check valves hold fuel in their upstream manifolds in order to avoid having to prime the manifolds following a demand from the engine controller for more power.
One of the problems with having stagnant fuel in the injector fuel galleries is that at operational temperatures of the engine the fuel can undergo thermal breakdown leading to deposition of carbon in the manifolds in a process known as coking. Heavy coking can block the fuel passages causing, ultimately, failure of the injector amongst other problems.
The fuel upstream of the valve is located in a position cool enough not to suffer from coking and the flow of the pilot fuel is sufficient to keep the temperature of the stagnant fuel below the coking temperature. Downstream of the valve the temperature is high enough for the fuel to coke and it is desirable to purge the galleries and conduits downstream of the valve to remove stagnant fuel.
In US5243816 a valve is provided and is opened and closed by the pressure difference between the fuel supply and the pressure of air coming from the compressor and upstream of the injector. A spring is used to bias the valve into the fuel off position. As will be appreciated from this document whenever the fuel is not flowing into the injector head the purge air is continually flowing through the injector. This arrangement is acceptable in an injector having just one set of nozzles e.g. pilot or main, but in an injector having both sets the continual flow of hotter air through the galleries will increase the temperature of fuel flowing (sometimes slowly) in adjacent galleries above its coking temperature and heatshields which are provided to avoid this situation are bypassed.
It is an object of the present invention to seek to provide an improved fuel valve and injector that addresses these and other problems.
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a fuel valve for a turbine engine, the valve having a fuel inlet and an outlet the fuel inlet being suitable for connecting to a supply of fuel, the valve having a purge inlet suitable for connecting to a supply of purge air, the valve having an opening and closing means which enables or disables the supply of fuel and purge air from their respective inlets to the outlet, the opening and closing means being movable in sequence from a first position where both the purge air and fuel to the outlet is disabled to a second position where the purge air is enabled and the fuel is disabled to a third position where the purge air is disabled and the fuel is enabled.
Preferably the opening and closing means comprises a spool moveable within valve.
The spool may have at least one aperture that in turn aligns with the purge inlet and fuel inlet as the spool moves within the valve.
Preferably the spool is moveable in a linear translation. As an alternative or in combination the spool may rotate within the valve to align aperture(s) with the fuel and purge inlets.
Preferably the supply of fuel exerts a pressure on the spool wherein the spool is moveable by a pressure difference between the pressure in the fuel inlet and the pressure in the outlet.
A spring is located to bias against the opening means.
Any appropriate spring means may be used for the spring.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a of staging a fuel valve, the method having the steps of sequentially opening a flow of purge air to the injector, closing the flow of purge air to the injector, opening a flow of fuel to the injector for injection from the injector into a combustion chamber, closing the flow of fuel to the injector, opening a flow of purge air to the injector, closing the flow of purge air to the injector.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Fig. 2 depicts a fuel injector stalk and head Figs 3 to 6 depict the opening and closing sequence of a valve according to the invention: Fig. 3 is a schematic of a valve closed to both air and fuel flow; Fig. 4 is a schematic of the valve of Fig. 3 opening where the valve is open to purge air but closed to fuel flow; Fig. 5 is a schematic of the valve of Fig. 3 and 4 opened where the valve is closed to purge air but open to fuel flow; Fig. 6 is a schematic of the valve closing where the valve is open to purge air but closed to fuel flow; Referring to Figure 2 the fuel injector 18 comprises a head 22 and a stalk 20. A passage 24 inside the stalk 20 connects nozzles (not shown) in the head with a fuel manifold 26. A fuel supply valve 28 in the stalk controls the supply and ejection of fuel to the nozzles for ejection into the combustion chamber 5. A port 30 supplies pressurised air to the valve which controls when the air is used to purge the injector galleries.
The pressurised air flowing to the injector at operating conditions has a pressure of around l7bar (26Opsi) and a temperature of the order 720K. The air pressure in the combustor and just downstream of the valve is about 95% that of the air inlet pressure to the valve i.e. of the order 16.1 bar. It will be appreciated that these conditions are exemplary and particular injectors and engines will have different pressure and temperature values.
Fig. 3 depicts a control valve according to the invention for the mains fuel supply circuit. The valve has a fuel inlet connected to a fuel manifold 26 (Fig. 2) . The valve has a further fuel inlet 42 which helps to increase the refill time and the speed of response when the valve is opened to supply fuel. The fuel inlet has a pressure Pinanjfcd which in the closed position of the valve is less than the air pressure at the outlet of the valve 44, which is at a pressure close to that of the injector head outlet Politlet.
There is typically a 5% drop in air pressure across the injector.
A spool 46 is mounted within the sleeve 48 of the valve and is movable linearly within the sleeve. The primary driver of the spool is the pressure difference between the fuel pressure in the manifold Pman�fotd and the pressure at the outlet Poutjet. If desired a biasing spring may be provided which biases the spool in a closed or open position.
The spool has a plurality of apertures 49, 50 that in the closed position do not match up with the fuel inlets 42 or the purge air inlet 52. In the closed position there is no fuel nor air flow through the nozzle fuel gallery 44 valve outlet.
The closed position of the valve is of primary use where the engine is at low power requirements and fuel is injected into the combustor through the pilot circuit. A stop is provided to prevent the valve sliding further than desired.
When a demand for greater thrust is sent by the pilot to the engine controller, the controller causes an increase in the fuel pressure and the pressure aijfo1d. Once riarjfo1d is greater than outiet the valve spool 46 begins to move within the sleeve 48. In a transitional phase, shown in Fig. 4, the aperture 50 in the spool moves over the purge air inlet 52 allowing purge air to flow through the valve to the valve outlet 44. The apertures 49 which align with the fuel supply ports 42 are, in this transitional state, not aligned and fuel supply to the outlet is not enabled.
The purge air flows through the valve driven by the pressure difference Pair - With an aperture 50 having a diameter of 3mm and a pressure drop of 5.Sbar the aperture remains open for approximately 0.5 seconds and permits a total flow of around 0.2litres to flow through the valve body.
As the state depicted in Fig. 4 is transitional the spool continues to be driven by the pressure difference Pman�foid -Poutiet till it reaches its final position depicted in Fig. 5. The spool is prevented from travelling further than required by the provision of a stop (not shown) . The apertures 49 align with the fuel supply inlets 42 to enable the flow of fuel through the valve to the injector nozzles.
In this position the purge air is disabled as the apertures 50 are beyond the air purge supply.
The valve remains in this position whilst the engine controller is demanding the higher level of power. When it is no longer required to provide this higher level of power the fuel pressure manifold rnanifoid is reduced. When this falls below the pressure at the injector head the pressure difference causes the spool to move upwards within the sleeve through the transitional position depicted in Fig. 6.
Once again, for a short period, the apertures 50 aligns with the purge air supply allowing a flow of purge air to pass through the valve to the valve outlet. The closing speed is slower than the opening speed such that the flow of purge air is enabled for approximately 6.5 seconds. In this time about 0.7 litres of air pass through the purge valve. Considering that the fuel galleries downstream of the valve have a volume of the order 10cc (0.Ollt) the flow of purge air is sufficient to purge the galleries of any stagnant fuel.
It will be appreciated that the present valve has the advantage of being simple and compact. A single valve integrates the functionality of a purge system that permits the fuel manifolds to remain primed yet permits purging to occur every time the main nozzles are staged in or out.
Beneficially the valve prevents a continual flow of purge air when the main injector is not injecting fuel into the combustor cavity and thereby helps to reduce coking of the pilot manifolds and their other features.
The valve may also be modified to allow other volumes of purge air to be used depending on the application. Such a modification may be by, for example, changing the strength of the spring, altering the port locations and sizes. Some of these modifications can also be used to change the time period for which the purge air is supplied.
In a less elegant modification the method of the invention may be achieved using a fuel check valve and an air check valve feeding into a common body which feeds the fuel injector nozzle. The air valve is operated to open and close to supply air through the common body before the fuel valve is opened and again following closure of the fuel valve. The valves need to be appropriately synchronised to avoid both the fuel and air valves being open simultaneously.
Whilst the invention has been described with respect to use of the valve and method in turbine engines it will be appreciated that the skilled person will be able to modify the invention for use in other industries, for example, but not exclusively, the automotive industry.
Whe ie the e ng me is a p isto n e ng me s, the valve p e imits the intmductionofairfollowed byfuelatanappmpriate time delay as deteiminedbythe speed ofmovementofthe valve spooland the distance between the fueland airinlet spacing.

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  1. CLAIMS1. A fuel valve for a turbine engine, the valve having a fuel inlet and an outlet the fuel inlet being suitable for connecting to a supply of fuel, the valve having a purge inlet suitable for connecting to a supply of purge ar the valve having an opening and closing means which enables or disables the supply of fuel and purge air from their respective inlets to the outlet, the opening and closing means being movable in sequence from a first position where both the purge air and fuel to the outlet is disabled to a second position where the purge air is enabled and the fuel is disabled to a third position where the purge air is disabled and the fuel is enabled.
  2. 2. A fuel valve according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing means comprises a spool moveable within valve.
  3. 3. A fuel valve according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the spool has at least one aperture that in turn aligns with the purge inlet and fuel inlet as the spool moves within the valve.
  4. 4. A fuel valve according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein the spool is moveable in a linear translation.
  5. 5. A fuel valve according to claim 4, wherein the supply of fuel exerts a pressure on the spool wherein the spool is moveable by a pressure difference between the pressure in the fuel inlet and the pressure in the outlet.
  6. 6. A fuel valve according to claim 5, wherein a spring is located to bias against the opening means.
  7. 7. A method of staging a fuel supply to a fuel injector, the method having the steps of sequentially opening a flow of purge air to the injector, closing the flow of purge air to the injector, opening a flow of fuel to the injector for injection from the injector into a combustion chamber, closing the flow of fuel to the injector, opening a flow of purge air to the injector, closing the flow of purge air to the injector.
  8. 8. A valve substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any or all of figures 2 to 6.
  9. 9. A method substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to any or all of figures 2 to 6.
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