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- the present invention relates generally to gas turbine and rocket engines and, in particular, to a hot section that includes a vane with a flame holder surface.
- Gas turbine and/or rocket engines may include one or more engine hot sections such as, for example, a combustor section and an augmentor (afterburner) section.
- engine hot sections such as, for example, a combustor section and an augmentor (afterburner) section.
- Such hot sections are typically configured to (i) inject fuel into a core gas flowing through the section and (ii) ignite the injected fuel with a flame to generate thrust.
- One type of gas turbine engine hot section includes a plurality of bluff body flame holders.
- Each flame holder may include a flame holder vane.
- the flame holder extends radially between an inner duct case and an outer duct case, and extends axially from a leading edge to a flame holder surface at a trailing edge.
- the flame holder surface is typically configured with a constant circumferential surface width.
- the surface width may be sized to maintain a flame that extends radially between the inner duct case and the outer duct case adjacent to the flame holder surface.
- the surface width is oversized in order to increase flame stability. Over sizing the surface width, however, may also increase the surface area of the flame holder surface and thereby the weight of the flame holder vane.
- an engine hot section includes a first duct case, a second duct case, a plurality of vanes arranged about an axial centerline, and an igniter located with a first of the plurality of vanes.
- the first of the plurality of vanes extends axially between a leading edge and a flame holder surface at a trailing edge.
- the flame holder surface extends radially between a first vane end connected to the first duct case and a second vane end connected to the second duct case.
- the flame holder surface includes a first section that tapers towards the first vane end, and a second section that tapers away from the first section and towards the second vane end.
- the first section includes a first length that radially extends between a first section inner end and a first section outer end.
- the second section includes a second length that radially extends between a second section inner end and a second section outer end.
- the first length is substantially equal to the second length.
- the first length is greater than the second length.
- the first length is less than the second length.
- the flame holder surface also includes a third section with a substantially uniform circumferential width.
- the third section extends radially between the first section and the second section and circumferentially between a first vane side and a second vane side.
- the first of the vanes extends circumferentially between a first vane side and a second vane side.
- the first vane side and the second vane side each taper from the second vane end to the first vane end.
- the first duct case includes a radial inner duct case
- the second duct case includes a radial outer duct case.
- the first duct case includes a radial outer duct case
- the second duct case includes a radial inner duct case.
- the igniter includes a pilot flame tube located at the first vane end.
- the pilot flame tube is connected to the first duct case.
- a gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a turbine section and an engine hot section that includes a first duct case, a second duct case and an igniter located with a vane.
- the vane extends axially between a leading edge and a flame holder surface at a trailing edge.
- the flame holder surface extends radially between a first vane end connected to the first duct case and a second vane end connected to the second duct case.
- the flame holder surface includes a first section that tapers towards the first vane end, and a second section that tapers away from the first section and towards the second vane end.
- the gas turbine engine also includes a combustor section, and the engine hot section includes an augmentor section.
- the compressor section, the combustor section, the turbine section and the augmentor section are arranged sequentially along an axial centerline.
- FIG. 1 is a side-sectional illustration of a gas turbine engine
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional illustration of a gas turbine engine hot section
- FIG. 3 is a side view illustration of a hot section vane
- FIG. 4 is an end view illustration of the hot section vane illustrated in FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is an end view illustration of an alternate hot section vane
- FIG. 6 is an end view illustration of another alternate hot section vane
- FIG. 7 is an end view illustration of yet another alternate hot section vane
- FIG. 8 is a side view illustration of still yet another hot section vane.
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional illustration of a trailing edge portion of the hot section vane illustrated in FIG. 8 .
- FIG. 1 is a side-sectional illustration of a gas turbine engine 10 .
- the engine 10 includes a compressor section 12 , a turbine section 14 and one or more engine hot sections.
- the engine hot sections may include, for example, a first engine hot section 16 configured as a combustor section and a second engine hot section 18 configured as an augmentor section.
- the compressor section 12 , the first engine hot section 16 , the turbine section 14 and the second engine hot section 18 may be sequentially aligned along an axial centerline 20 between a forward engine airflow inlet 22 and an aft engine airflow exhaust 24 .
- the second engine hot section 18 includes a first (e.g., annular, radial inner) duct case 26 , a second (e.g., annular, radial outer) duct case 28 , one or more hot section vanes 30 , and one or more igniters 32 (e.g., pilot flame tubes and/or spark plugs).
- the second engine hot section 18 may also include an augmentor fuel delivery system with one or more augmentor spray bars, which is not shown in order to simplify the drawings. Examples of such an augmentor fuel delivery system, however, are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,578,131, 7,647,775 and 7,712,315, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, and which are assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
- each of the vanes 30 may include a vane airfoil 34 and a trailing edge box 36 , which may be configured to house a respective one of the augmentor spray bars.
- Each of the vanes 30 extends axially between a vane leading edge 38 and a vane trailing edge 40 .
- Each of the vanes 30 extends radially between a first (e.g., radial inner) vane end 42 and a second (e.g., radial outer) vane end 44 .
- each of the vanes 30 also extends circumferentially between a first vane (e.g., pressure) side 46 and a second vane (e.g., suction) side 48 .
- first vane side 46 and the second vane side 48 may each have an axial width 50 that decreases as the respective vane side extends radially from the second vane end 44 to the first vane end 42 ; e.g., the first and second vane sides 46 and 48 taper from the second vane end 44 to the first vane end 42 .
- One or more of the vanes 30 also includes a (e.g., planar) flame holder surface 52 located at a respective vane trailing edge 40 .
- the flame holder surface 52 may extend radially from the first vane end 42 to the second vane end 44 .
- the flame holder surface 52 may also extend circumferentially between the first vane side 46 and the second vane side 48 .
- the flame holder surface 52 may have a plurality of (e.g., planar) flame holder surface sections including, for example, a tapered first (e.g., radial inner) section 54 and a tapered second (e.g., radial outer) section 56 .
- the first section 54 may circumferentially taper as the section extends radially towards the first vane end 42 .
- the second section 56 may circumferentially taper as the section extends radially away from the first section 54 , and towards the second vane end 44 .
- the flame holder surface 52 may also include a (e.g., non-tapered) third section 58 that, for example, extends radially between the first section 54 and the second section 56 .
- the first section 54 has a first length 60 that extends radially between a first section inner end 62 and a first section outer end 64 .
- the first section 54 also has a first width 66 that extends circumferentially between the first vane side 46 and the second vane side 48 .
- the first width 66 increases as the first section 54 extends radially from the first section inner end 62 to the first section outer end 64 .
- the second section 56 has a second length 68 that extends radially between a second section inner end 70 and a second section outer end 72 .
- the second section 56 also has a second width 74 that extends circumferentially between the first vane side 46 and the second vane side 48 .
- the second width 74 decreases as the second section 56 extends radially from the second section inner end 70 to the second section outer end 72 .
- the third section 58 has a third length 76 that extends radially between the first section outer end 64 and the second section inner end 70 .
- the third section 58 also has a (e.g., substantially uniform) third width 78 that extends between the first vane side 46 and the second vane side 48 .
- the aforesaid lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections may be sized to reduce weight and radar signature of the vanes 30 .
- the first width 66 , the second width 74 and/or the third length 76 may be sized such that the flame holder surface 52 has a relatively small surface area, which may reduce vane 30 weight and radar signature.
- the lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections may also be sized to increase flame stability in the second engine hot section 18 , which is described below in further detail.
- each first vane end 42 is connected to the first duct case 26
- each second vane end 44 is connected to the second duct case 28 .
- Each of the igniters 32 may be respectively located at the first vane end 42 and connected to the first duct case 26 .
- a radially elongated low pressure and velocity region 82 may be formed adjacent to the flame holder surface 52 between the first duct case 26 and the second duct case 28 as a core gas 84 is directed around each respective vane 30 .
- Fuel may be injected into the core gas 84 by one or more augmentor spray bar fuel injectors 86 arranged with the respective vane 30 .
- a first portion of the fuel 87 may enter the low pressure region 82 adjacent the flame holder surface 52 , and may be ignited by a pilot flame or a spark provided by the respective igniter 32 .
- At least a portion of the ignited fuel 87 may re-circulate within the low pressure region 82 along the flame holder surface 52 between the first vane end 42 and the second vane end 44 .
- the re-circulating ignited fuel 87 within the low pressure region 82 may form a substantially stable flame 90 adjacent to the vane trailing edge 40 .
- the flame 90 may be utilized for igniting, for example, a second (e.g., larger) portion of the fuel 89 injected into the core gas 84 by the fuel injectors 86 .
- the low pressure region 82 may have a radial pressure gradient that changes radially along the flame holder surface 52 and therefore may affect the stability of the flame 90 .
- the pressure gradient may be created by, for example, the angling the flame holder surface 50 in the radial plane and/or the aerodynamics of the flow passage.
- the pressure gradient may include, for example, a low pressure zone 92 that is located radially between a plurality of high pressure zones 94 and 96 .
- the low pressure zone 92 is formed by the core gas 84 passing the relatively wide third section 58
- the high pressure zones 94 and 96 are respectively formed by the core gas 84 passing the tapered first section 54 and the tapered second section 56 .
- the radial location of the low pressure zone 92 along the flame holder surface 52 is defined by the radial location of the third section 58 .
- the magnitude of the pressure differential between the low pressure zone 92 and the high pressure zones 94 and 96 is defined by the size differential between the third width 78 and the tapering first and second widths 66 and 74 (see FIG. 5 ).
- the lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections e.g., 54 , 56 and/or 58 ) therefore may be sized to tailor the pressure gradient and thus flow dynamics of the flame 90 .
- the length and/or width of the third section may be increased, for example, to decrease pressure in the low pressure zone 92 and thereby increase the flame 90 stability within the second engine hot section 18 .
- the second length 68 may be sized less than the first length 60 . In other embodiments, for example as illustrated in FIG. 6 , the second length 68 may be sized greater than the first length 60 . In still other embodiments, for example as illustrated in FIG. 4 , the second length 68 may be sized substantially equal to the first length 60 .
- the third length 76 may be sized less than the first length 60 and/or the second length 68 . In other embodiments, for example as illustrated in FIG. 6 , the third length 76 may be sized greater than the first length 60 and/or the second length 68 . In still other embodiments, for example as illustrated in FIG. 4 , the third length 76 may be sized substantially equal to the second length 68 and/or the third length 76 .
- tapered sections of the flame holder surface 52 may have various alternative geometries to those illustrated in the drawings.
- one or more of the tapered sections may include a plurality of tapered subsections that taper according to different slopes.
- one or more of the tapered sections may have curved tapered geometries.
- each of the igniters may be respectively located at the second vane end and connected to the second duct case.
- the hot section vanes 30 are described above as being included in an augmentor section of a gas turbine engine.
- the disclosed vanes may be included in a combustor section of a gas turbine engine.
- the disclosed vanes may be included in a combustor section of a rocket engine.
- the flame holders may be oriented circumferentially.
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- This invention was made with government support under Contract No. N00019-02-C-3003 awarded by the United States Navy. The government may have certain rights in the invention.
- 1. Technical Field
- The present invention relates generally to gas turbine and rocket engines and, in particular, to a hot section that includes a vane with a flame holder surface.
- 2. Background Information
- Gas turbine and/or rocket engines may include one or more engine hot sections such as, for example, a combustor section and an augmentor (afterburner) section. Such hot sections are typically configured to (i) inject fuel into a core gas flowing through the section and (ii) ignite the injected fuel with a flame to generate thrust.
- One type of gas turbine engine hot section includes a plurality of bluff body flame holders. Each flame holder may include a flame holder vane. The flame holder extends radially between an inner duct case and an outer duct case, and extends axially from a leading edge to a flame holder surface at a trailing edge. The flame holder surface is typically configured with a constant circumferential surface width. The surface width may be sized to maintain a flame that extends radially between the inner duct case and the outer duct case adjacent to the flame holder surface. Typically, the surface width is oversized in order to increase flame stability. Over sizing the surface width, however, may also increase the surface area of the flame holder surface and thereby the weight of the flame holder vane. There is a need in the art, therefore, for a hot section vane configuration that may increase flame stability while also decreasing vane surface width and vane weight.
- According to a first aspect of the invention, an engine hot section includes a first duct case, a second duct case, a plurality of vanes arranged about an axial centerline, and an igniter located with a first of the plurality of vanes. The first of the plurality of vanes extends axially between a leading edge and a flame holder surface at a trailing edge. The flame holder surface extends radially between a first vane end connected to the first duct case and a second vane end connected to the second duct case. The flame holder surface includes a first section that tapers towards the first vane end, and a second section that tapers away from the first section and towards the second vane end.
- In an embodiment, the first section includes a first length that radially extends between a first section inner end and a first section outer end. The second section includes a second length that radially extends between a second section inner end and a second section outer end. In an embodiment, the first length is substantially equal to the second length. In another embodiment, the first length is greater than the second length. In still another embodiment, the first length is less than the second length.
- In an embodiment, the flame holder surface also includes a third section with a substantially uniform circumferential width. The third section extends radially between the first section and the second section and circumferentially between a first vane side and a second vane side.
- In an embodiment, the first of the vanes extends circumferentially between a first vane side and a second vane side. The first vane side and the second vane side each taper from the second vane end to the first vane end.
- In an embodiment, the first duct case includes a radial inner duct case, and the second duct case includes a radial outer duct case. In another embodiment, the first duct case includes a radial outer duct case, and the second duct case includes a radial inner duct case.
- In an embodiment, the igniter includes a pilot flame tube located at the first vane end. In an embodiment, the pilot flame tube is connected to the first duct case.
- According to a second aspect of the invention, a gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a turbine section and an engine hot section that includes a first duct case, a second duct case and an igniter located with a vane. The vane extends axially between a leading edge and a flame holder surface at a trailing edge. The flame holder surface extends radially between a first vane end connected to the first duct case and a second vane end connected to the second duct case. The flame holder surface includes a first section that tapers towards the first vane end, and a second section that tapers away from the first section and towards the second vane end.
- In an embodiment, the gas turbine engine also includes a combustor section, and the engine hot section includes an augmentor section. The compressor section, the combustor section, the turbine section and the augmentor section are arranged sequentially along an axial centerline.
- The foregoing features and the operation of the invention will become more apparent in light of the following description and the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a side-sectional illustration of a gas turbine engine; -
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional illustration of a gas turbine engine hot section; -
FIG. 3 is a side view illustration of a hot section vane; -
FIG. 4 is an end view illustration of the hot section vane illustrated inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is an end view illustration of an alternate hot section vane; -
FIG. 6 is an end view illustration of another alternate hot section vane; -
FIG. 7 is an end view illustration of yet another alternate hot section vane; -
FIG. 8 is a side view illustration of still yet another hot section vane; and -
FIG. 9 is an enlarged cross-sectional illustration of a trailing edge portion of the hot section vane illustrated inFIG. 8 . -
FIG. 1 is a side-sectional illustration of agas turbine engine 10. Theengine 10 includes acompressor section 12, aturbine section 14 and one or more engine hot sections. The engine hot sections may include, for example, a first enginehot section 16 configured as a combustor section and a second enginehot section 18 configured as an augmentor section. Thecompressor section 12, the first enginehot section 16, theturbine section 14 and the second enginehot section 18 may be sequentially aligned along anaxial centerline 20 between a forwardengine airflow inlet 22 and an aftengine airflow exhaust 24. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , the second enginehot section 18 includes a first (e.g., annular, radial inner)duct case 26, a second (e.g., annular, radial outer)duct case 28, one or morehot section vanes 30, and one or more igniters 32 (e.g., pilot flame tubes and/or spark plugs). The second enginehot section 18 may also include an augmentor fuel delivery system with one or more augmentor spray bars, which is not shown in order to simplify the drawings. Examples of such an augmentor fuel delivery system, however, are disclosed in U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,578,131, 7,647,775 and 7,712,315, which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety, and which are assigned to the assignee of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 3 , each of thevanes 30 may include avane airfoil 34 and atrailing edge box 36, which may be configured to house a respective one of the augmentor spray bars. Each of thevanes 30 extends axially between avane leading edge 38 and avane trailing edge 40. Each of thevanes 30 extends radially between a first (e.g., radial inner)vane end 42 and a second (e.g., radial outer)vane end 44. Referring toFIG. 4 , each of thevanes 30 also extends circumferentially between a first vane (e.g., pressure)side 46 and a second vane (e.g., suction)side 48. Referring again toFIG. 3 , thefirst vane side 46 and thesecond vane side 48 may each have anaxial width 50 that decreases as the respective vane side extends radially from thesecond vane end 44 to thefirst vane end 42; e.g., the first and second vane sides 46 and 48 taper from thesecond vane end 44 to thefirst vane end 42. - One or more of the
vanes 30 also includes a (e.g., planar)flame holder surface 52 located at a respectivevane trailing edge 40. Referring toFIG. 4 , theflame holder surface 52 may extend radially from thefirst vane end 42 to thesecond vane end 44. Theflame holder surface 52 may also extend circumferentially between thefirst vane side 46 and thesecond vane side 48. - Referring to
FIGS. 4-7 , theflame holder surface 52 may have a plurality of (e.g., planar) flame holder surface sections including, for example, a tapered first (e.g., radial inner)section 54 and a tapered second (e.g., radial outer)section 56. Thefirst section 54 may circumferentially taper as the section extends radially towards thefirst vane end 42. Thesecond section 56 may circumferentially taper as the section extends radially away from thefirst section 54, and towards thesecond vane end 44. Referring toFIGS. 4-6 , theflame holder surface 52 may also include a (e.g., non-tapered)third section 58 that, for example, extends radially between thefirst section 54 and thesecond section 56. - Referring to the
flame holder surface 52 illustrated inFIG. 5 , thefirst section 54 has afirst length 60 that extends radially between a first sectioninner end 62 and a first section outer end 64. Thefirst section 54 also has afirst width 66 that extends circumferentially between thefirst vane side 46 and thesecond vane side 48. Thefirst width 66 increases as thefirst section 54 extends radially from the first sectioninner end 62 to the first section outer end 64. Thesecond section 56 has asecond length 68 that extends radially between a second sectioninner end 70 and a second sectionouter end 72. Thesecond section 56 also has asecond width 74 that extends circumferentially between thefirst vane side 46 and thesecond vane side 48. Thesecond width 74 decreases as thesecond section 56 extends radially from the second sectioninner end 70 to the second sectionouter end 72. Thethird section 58 has athird length 76 that extends radially between the first section outer end 64 and the second sectioninner end 70. Thethird section 58 also has a (e.g., substantially uniform)third width 78 that extends between thefirst vane side 46 and thesecond vane side 48. - The aforesaid lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections (e.g., 54, 56 and/or 58) may be sized to reduce weight and radar signature of the
vanes 30. Thefirst width 66, thesecond width 74 and/or thethird length 76, for example, may be sized such that theflame holder surface 52 has a relatively small surface area, which may reducevane 30 weight and radar signature. The lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections (e.g., 54, 56 and/or 58) may also be sized to increase flame stability in the second enginehot section 18, which is described below in further detail. - Referring to
FIG. 2 , thevanes 30 and theigniters 32 are respectively arranged circumferentially around theaxial centerline 20. Referring toFIGS. 3 and 4 , eachfirst vane end 42 is connected to thefirst duct case 26, and eachsecond vane end 44 is connected to thesecond duct case 28. Each of theigniters 32 may be respectively located at thefirst vane end 42 and connected to thefirst duct case 26. - During operation of the engine
hot section 80 illustrated inFIGS. 8 and 9 , a radially elongated low pressure andvelocity region 82 may be formed adjacent to theflame holder surface 52 between thefirst duct case 26 and thesecond duct case 28 as acore gas 84 is directed around eachrespective vane 30. Fuel may be injected into thecore gas 84 by one or more augmentor spraybar fuel injectors 86 arranged with therespective vane 30. A first portion of thefuel 87 may enter thelow pressure region 82 adjacent theflame holder surface 52, and may be ignited by a pilot flame or a spark provided by therespective igniter 32. At least a portion of the ignitedfuel 87 may re-circulate within thelow pressure region 82 along theflame holder surface 52 between thefirst vane end 42 and thesecond vane end 44. The re-circulating ignitedfuel 87 within thelow pressure region 82 may form a substantiallystable flame 90 adjacent to thevane trailing edge 40. Theflame 90 may be utilized for igniting, for example, a second (e.g., larger) portion of thefuel 89 injected into thecore gas 84 by thefuel injectors 86. - The
low pressure region 82 may have a radial pressure gradient that changes radially along theflame holder surface 52 and therefore may affect the stability of theflame 90. The pressure gradient may be created by, for example, the angling theflame holder surface 50 in the radial plane and/or the aerodynamics of the flow passage. The pressure gradient may include, for example, alow pressure zone 92 that is located radially between a plurality ofhigh pressure zones low pressure zone 92 is formed by thecore gas 84 passing the relatively widethird section 58, and thehigh pressure zones core gas 84 passing the taperedfirst section 54 and the taperedsecond section 56. - The radial location of the
low pressure zone 92 along theflame holder surface 52 is defined by the radial location of thethird section 58. The magnitude of the pressure differential between thelow pressure zone 92 and thehigh pressure zones third width 78 and the tapering first andsecond widths 66 and 74 (seeFIG. 5 ). The lengths and/or widths of the flame holder surface sections (e.g., 54, 56 and/or 58) therefore may be sized to tailor the pressure gradient and thus flow dynamics of theflame 90. The length and/or width of the third section may be increased, for example, to decrease pressure in thelow pressure zone 92 and thereby increase theflame 90 stability within the second enginehot section 18. - In the some embodiments, for example as illustrated in
FIGS. 5 and 7 , thesecond length 68 may be sized less than thefirst length 60. In other embodiments, for example as illustrated inFIG. 6 , thesecond length 68 may be sized greater than thefirst length 60. In still other embodiments, for example as illustrated inFIG. 4 , thesecond length 68 may be sized substantially equal to thefirst length 60. - In some embodiments, for example as illustrated in
FIG. 5 , thethird length 76 may be sized less than thefirst length 60 and/or thesecond length 68. In other embodiments, for example as illustrated inFIG. 6 , thethird length 76 may be sized greater than thefirst length 60 and/or thesecond length 68. In still other embodiments, for example as illustrated inFIG. 4 , thethird length 76 may be sized substantially equal to thesecond length 68 and/or thethird length 76. - A person of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that the tapered sections of the
flame holder surface 52 may have various alternative geometries to those illustrated in the drawings. In some embodiments, for example, one or more of the tapered sections may include a plurality of tapered subsections that taper according to different slopes. In other embodiments, one or more of the tapered sections may have curved tapered geometries. - In an alternate embodiment, each of the igniters may be respectively located at the second vane end and connected to the second duct case.
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hot section vanes 30 are described above as being included in an augmentor section of a gas turbine engine. A person of ordinary skill in the art, however, will recognize that the disclosed vanes may be included in various other gas turbine engine hot sections and/or various other engine configurations that utilize, for example, bluff body flame holders. In some embodiments, for example, the disclosed vanes may be included in a combustor section of a gas turbine engine. In other embodiments, the disclosed vanes may be included in a combustor section of a rocket engine. In still other embodiments, the flame holders may be oriented circumferentially. - While various embodiments of the present invention have been disclosed, it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more embodiments and implementations are possible within the scope of the invention. Accordingly, the present invention is not to be restricted except in light of the attached claims and their equivalents.
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