US3794444A - Anti-icing spinner construction - Google Patents

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US3794444A
US3794444A US00186074A US3794444DA US3794444A US 3794444 A US3794444 A US 3794444A US 00186074 A US00186074 A US 00186074A US 3794444D A US3794444D A US 3794444DA US 3794444 A US3794444 A US 3794444A
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
    • F01D25/00—Component parts, details, or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart from, other groups
    • F01D25/02—De-icing means for engines having icing phenomena
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  • ABSTRACT A spinner construction for maintaining ice accumulation thereon to an acceptably low level during operation of a gas turbine engine under icing conditions wherein a plurality of spaced fins extend from the arcuate outer surface of the spinner.
  • the fins are sized and arranged relative to impinging water droplets so that ice formation occurs principally on the fins rather than the spinner arcuate outer surface.
  • ice may accumulate on the rotating spinner or bullet nose of the type used in aircraft gas turbine engines.
  • the spinner ice build-up is non-uniform it may cause excessive engine vibration.
  • the ice build-up is shed in large pieces, it may cause damage to rotating or stationary components of the turbomachine.
  • One method which has been heretofore frequently used to avoid excessive ice build-up on turbomachinery spinners involves heating the exposed spinner surfaces to a temperature such that ice accumulation is prevented or to a temperature sufficient to weaken the ice/spinner bond such that the ice is shed by centrifugal action before the ice build-up becomes excessive. While such methods have been found effective in preventing excessive accumulation, they generally require the propulsion system to provide electrical energy or hot air or gases which tend to reduce the propulsion systems efficiency and reliability while increasing its weight, complexity and initial and maintenance costs.
  • a primary object of the present invention is to provide a rotating spinner construction which is geometrically configured such that ice will be automatically shed therefrom.
  • Another object of this invention is to provide a rotating spinner construction for a gas turbine engine which is geometrically configured so as to shed ice in the form of relatively small pieces.
  • Yet another object of this invention is a spinner construction which reduces ice accumulation to an acceptably low level during operation of a gas tubine engine under icing conditions.
  • the spinner with a plurality of fins or ribs which project generally radially outwardly from the arcuate external surface of the spinner.
  • the fins are preferably sized and oriented on the spinner in relation to the impinging airflow such that the fins shield or shadow the adjacent arcuate outer spinner surface from the impinging airflow.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a gas turbing engine employing the rotating spinner construction of this invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partial plan view, drawn to an enlarged scale, taken along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1;
  • the upstream end of the rotor 16 terminates in a bullet nose or spinner 18 which is formed with an arcuate outer surface 20 which converges to a nose at its upstream end 22.
  • the spinner is formed with a plurality of spaced fins or ribs 24 which extend generally radially outwardly from the spinner outer surface 20.
  • Each fin 24 has been shown in FIG. 2 as being generally spiral-like in shape as it progresses from the upstream to the downstream end of the spinner such that the approaching air velocity, relative to the spinner, is at an incidence angle such that the portion of the spinner outer surface 20 between the fins 24 is shadowed from the impinging airflow and, hence, from the water droplets carried by the impinging air.
  • FIG. 3 Such preferred arrangement is diagrammatically shown in FIG. 3 wherein the relative direction of impinging air is indicated at 26, the resultant angle of attack relative to the spinner is indicated at 28, and the resultant ice build-up on the fins during icing conditions is indicated at 30.
  • each fin 24 may be maintained constant over the length of the fin or may be varied, depending upon number of fins employed and the spacing of adjacent fins. For aerodynamic reasons, however, it is preferred that each fin 24 be of small radial height relative to the diameter of the spinner and that the angle of the fin at its downstream end, relative to the rotational axis 32 approximates the angle of the axially adjacent blades 16 as best shown in FIG. 2.
  • One factor that contributes to the improved ice shedding characteristics'of the present spinner construction is that the fin surface area upon which ice formation will occur may be greatly reduced as compared to the spinner area upon which ice formation would occur in the case of a conventional spinner.
  • fins 24 have been depicted and described as being generally spiral in shape it will be understood that they may be circular or otherwise suitably shaped, it being important only that they be oriented relative to the impinging water droplets so as to shield or shadow the adjacent spinner external surface therefrom.
  • the present invention provides improved spinner ice shedding characteristics while avoiding the system disadvantages which attend spinnerheating arrangements.
  • a fluid apparatus of the gas turbine engine type including a rotating spinner disposed within a circumscribing duct and having an arcuate external surface upon which liquid droplets may be impinged under icing conditions, means for improving the ice shedding characteristics of said spinner comprising:
  • said fluid apparatus includes a circumferential row of blades adjacent the downstream end of said spinner, said fins being generally spiral in shape and extending axially over a portion of said spinner external surface to its downstream end, said fins forming an angle relative to the spinner rotational axis at said downstream end which is approximately equal to the angle of said blades.

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GB2369161A (en) * 2000-11-20 2002-05-22 Ajoy Kumar Kundu Spinner for a propeller
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US7748950B2 (en) * 2005-01-26 2010-07-06 Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Turbofan engine
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US8245981B2 (en) 2008-04-30 2012-08-21 General Electric Company Ice shed reduction for leading edge structures
US8997451B2 (en) * 2009-03-13 2015-04-07 Sagem Defense Securite Engine and pod assembly for an aircraft, equipped with an anti-icing device including a source of radiation and pulse control unit connected to the source of radiation
US20120036826A1 (en) * 2009-03-13 2012-02-16 Sagem Defense Securite Engine and pod assembly for an aircraft, equipped with an anti-icing device
EP2476617A1 (en) * 2011-01-14 2012-07-18 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Passive control of ice shedding
US8770512B2 (en) 2011-01-14 2014-07-08 Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation Passive control of ice shedding
US10371051B2 (en) 2013-03-01 2019-08-06 United Technologies Corporation Gas turbine engine noise reducing nose cone
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US11492923B2 (en) * 2018-04-09 2022-11-08 Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation Ice shedding aircraft engine
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