WO2021014667A1 - ターボファンエンジンの発電機冷却システム - Google Patents
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- the present disclosure relates to a generator located in a hot section of a turbofan engine and a system for cooling a transmission line connected to the generator.
- the turbofan engine consists of a fan placed at the front and a core engine placed behind the fan coaxially with the fan.
- the core engine is provided with a low-pressure compressor, a high-pressure compressor, a combustor, a high-pressure turbine, and a low-pressure turbine in order from the front (upstream side) to the rear (downstream side), and has a high pressure.
- the rotor of the turbine rotationally drives the rotor of the high-pressure compressor via the high-pressure shaft, and the rotor of the low-pressure turbine rotates the rotor of the low-pressure compressor and the fan via the low-pressure shaft.
- the high-pressure and low-pressure shafts (main shafts) are both hollow shafts, and the low-pressure shafts are arranged inside the high-pressure shafts.
- the turbofan engine During the operation of the turbofan engine, a part of the air sucked and compressed by the fan flows into the core engine and contributes to the generation of high temperature and high pressure gas for driving the low pressure turbine which is the rotational drive source of the fan and the low pressure compressor. However, the rest bypasses the core engine and is discharged from the rear, contributing to the generation of most of the thrust.
- the turbofan engine mounted on an aircraft is a generator driven by the power extracted from the main shaft in order to supply electric power to the electric and electronic devices mounted on the aircraft in addition to the engine control device. I have.
- a conventional turbofan engine power is extracted from a high-pressure shaft via a PTO (Power Take-Off) shaft provided inside a front frame arranged at the front of the engine, and this is applied to the front.
- PTO Power Take-Off
- AGB Accessory Gear Box
- the drive source of the actuator that operates the control surface and landing gear is the engine (or APU (Auxiliary Power Unit) mounted on the aircraft). This is because the oil produced by the power of the engine is changed to electricity, and the source of air conditioning in the cabin is changed from the air extracted from the engine to the air generated by the electric compressor.
- turbofan engine turbo-fan gas turbine engine (10)
- power generation driven by a low pressure shaft (24) via a joint mechanism (coupling mechanism (44)).
- the machine electric machine (32)
- the support structure support structure (42)
- turbine exhaust case turbine exhaust case
- the tail cone is located in the hot section of the turbofan engine (combustor and downstream parts), and the inside of the tail cone is affected by the turbine exhaust (usually up to about 600 ° C) flowing around it. It becomes hot. Therefore, in order to protect the generator placed there from damage due to overheating, it is necessary to cool the inside of the tail cone.
- a cooling fluid inlet (cooling fluid inlet (46)) and a cooling fluid outlet (cooling fluid outlet (48)) are provided in the tail cone, and a cooling fluid such as air is provided.
- the inside of the tail cone is cooled by circulating the fluid.
- Patent Document 1 does not mention the above-mentioned air supply source as a cooling fluid, but the supply source is the rating of the engine among the mainstream flow paths (air flow paths that are the working fluid) of the turbofan engine. Regardless of the temperature, air with a temperature not exceeding the upper limit temperature of the generator (for example, about 200 ° C.) should be extracted. Such a part includes the fan outlet of a turbofan engine (more precisely, the trailing edge of the fan outlet guide blade).
- the temperature of the air extracted from the fan outlet of the turbofan engine is sufficiently low as described above, when the engine rating is low (for example, idle), the pressure is also low, and the tail cone Due to the pressure loss in the supply path to the inside of, a sufficient flow rate cannot be supplied.
- the turbine exhaust has a temperature that exceeds the upper limit temperature of the generator even when the engine rating is low, so that the flow rate of the cooling air supplied to the inside of the tail cone is insufficient. This may cause the generator to overheat and be damaged.
- the present disclosure has been made in view of the above, and appropriately cools the generator arranged in the hot section of the turbofan engine and the transmission line connected to the generator regardless of the rating of the engine.
- the purpose is to provide a system that can be used.
- the system of the present disclosure provides a junction box and a bypass for supplying air extracted from a portion of the bypass flow path of the turbofan engine downstream of the fan outlet to the junction box.
- the air pipe, the core air pipe for supplying the air extracted from the portion of the core flow path of the turbofan engine upstream from the compressor outlet to the junction box, and the generator from the junction box are accommodated.
- the generator arranged in the hot section of the turbofan engine and the transmission line connected to the generator can be appropriately cooled regardless of the rating of the engine, which is an excellent effect. Can be obtained.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a turbofan engine 1 that employs the system of the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the turbofan engine 1 is composed of a fan 2 arranged at the front portion and a core engine 3 arranged coaxially with the fan 2 behind the fan 2.
- the fan 2 includes a substantially cylindrical fan case 21, a fan rotor (fan disk) 2R rotatably supported inside the fan case 21, and a plurality of fans mounted on the outer periphery of the fan rotor 2R at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. 22 fan blades (moving blades) 22 and a plurality of fan outlet guide blades (static blades) 23 attached to the bypass flow path 20 described later at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.
- the fan case 21 is surrounded by a substantially cylindrical nacelle 24, and the nacelle 24 is connected to the main wing (not shown) of an aircraft equipped with a turbofan engine 1 via a pylon P.
- the core engine 3 is surrounded by a substantially cylindrical core cowl 38, which is connected to the nacelle 24 via an upper bifacation BU and a lower bifacation BL, which are hollow columns having a streamlined cross section. Has been done.
- the core engine 3 has a low-pressure compressor 31, a high-pressure compressor 32, a combustor 33, a high-pressure turbine 34, and so on, in this order from the front (upstream side) to the rear (downstream side).
- a low-pressure turbine 35 is provided, the rotor 34R of the high-pressure turbine 34 passes through the high-pressure shaft 36 to the rotor 32R of the high-pressure compressor 32, and the rotor 35R of the low-pressure turbine 35 passes through the low-pressure shaft 37 to the rotor 2R of the fan 2 and the low-pressure compressor.
- the rotor 31R of 31 is driven to rotate.
- the high-pressure shaft 36 and the low-pressure shaft 37 are both hollow shafts, and the low-pressure shaft 37 is arranged inside the high-pressure shaft 36.
- a turbine exhaust frame 4 that rotatably supports the rear end portion of the low-pressure shaft 37 via a bearing 37B is arranged.
- the turbine exhaust frame 4 includes an annular outer ring 41 on the outer side in the radial direction and an inner ring 42 on the inner side in the radial direction, and both rings are a plurality of hollow struts (posts) arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction. They are connected by 43.
- the outer ring 41 is connected to the casing 35C of the low pressure turbine 35 at its front end, and the inner ring 42 supports a substantially conical tail cone 44 at its rear end. At least a part of the tail cone 44 defines a radial inner boundary of the flow path of the core nozzle 39 described later.
- the air flowing into the core flow path 30 is sequentially compressed by the low-pressure compressor 31 and the high-pressure compressor 32, and then flows into the combustor 33.
- the combustion gas generated by the combustion of fuel in the combustor 33 is sequentially expanded in the high-pressure turbine 34 and the low-pressure turbine 35, and is discharged through the core nozzle 39.
- the air flowing into the bypass flow path 20 is discharged through the bypass nozzle 25 after the static pressure is restored and the swirling speed component is removed when passing through the fan outlet guide blade 23, and most of the thrust is generated. Contribute.
- the generator G is arranged inside the tail cone 44. More precisely, the generator G is arranged inside the heat shield 45 for shielding the radiant heat input from the tail cone 44 heated by the turbine exhaust.
- the tail cone exhaust hole 44A and the heat shield exhaust hole 45A are provided at the rear ends of the tail cone 44 and the heat shield 45, respectively, in order to discharge the cooling air supplied through the cooling air pipe 61 described later. It is provided.
- the input shaft of the generator G is connected to the rear end of the low pressure shaft 37, and is rotationally driven by the low pressure shaft 37.
- the input shaft of the generator G and the low-voltage shaft 37 may be directly connected or may be connected via a joint mechanism.
- the converter C is arranged on the outer periphery of the fan case 21 in the nacelle 24, and the generator G and the converter C are connected via the transmission line 50.
- the generator G is configured to generate three-phase alternating current, and the generator G and the converter C are connected via three transmission lines 50 corresponding to each phase (1 in the figure). Only the power line 50 of the book is shown).
- the transmission line 50 which is schematically shown in FIG. 1, is from the inside of the tail cone 44 where the generator G is arranged, through the inside of the hollow strut 43 of the turbine exhaust frame 4, and the inside of the core cowl 38.
- the transmission line 51 and the junction box 60 reach the junction box 60, which will be described later, sequentially passing through the outer circumference of the casing 35C of the low-pressure turbine 35, the outer circumference of the casing 34C of the high-pressure turbine 34, and the outer circumference of the casing 33C of the combustor 33.
- It is composed of a transmission line 52 that enters the space inside the nacelle 24 through the inside of the hollow upper bifacation BU and reaches the converter C.
- the transmission line 51 is laid in the hot section of the turbofan engine 1 (combustor 33 and a relatively high temperature portion located downstream of the combustor 33), it will be referred to as a high temperature part transmission line 51 below. To do. Further, since the transmission line 52 is laid in the cold section (a relatively low temperature portion excluding the hot section) of the turbofan engine 1, it will be referred to as a low temperature part transmission line 52 in the following.
- the high temperature transmission line 51 is laid in the hot section of the turbofan engine 1, heat is input from the casing 35C of the low pressure turbine 35, the casing 34C of the high pressure turbine 34, and the casing 33C of the combustor 33.
- the generator G arranged inside the tail cone 44 also becomes hot due to the influence of the turbine exhaust gas passing through the core nozzle 39, and therefore needs to be appropriately cooled.
- a cooling air pipe 61 for supplying cooling air is provided inside the tail cone 44, and the high temperature part transmission line 51 is housed inside the cooling air pipe 61. ing.
- the cooling air pipe 61 is formed from a junction box 60 arranged on the outer periphery (cold section) of the casing 32C of the high-pressure compressor 32, the outer periphery of the casing 33C of the combustor 33, the outer periphery of the casing 34C of the high-pressure turbine 34, and the low-pressure turbine 35. It sequentially passes through the outer periphery of the casing 35C to reach the outer periphery of the turbine exhaust frame 4, passes through the inside of the hollow strut 43 of the turbine exhaust frame 4, and reaches the inside of the heat shield 45 in the tail cone 44.
- junction box 60 air (fan outlet air or bypass air) is extracted from a portion of the bypass flow path 20 downstream of the fan outlet (more strictly, the trailing edge of the fan outlet guide blade 23).
- a bypass air pipe 62 for supplying to the junction box 60 and a core air pipe for extracting air (core air) from the upstream side of the core flow path 30 from the outlet of the high-pressure compressor 32 and supplying it to the junction box 60. 63 is connected.
- a bypass air on / off valve 62V and a core air on / off that can be opened and closed independently of each other can be controlled.
- An off valve 63V is arranged. As will be described later, these on / off valves 62V and 63V (valves) are controlled so that one opens (on state) and the other closes (off state) according to the operating conditions of the turbofan engine 1. ..
- the core air pipe 63 is connected to an air extraction port (not shown) provided in a portion of the casing of the compressor (low pressure compressor 31 and high pressure compressor 32) located upstream from the outlet of the high pressure compressor 32.
- the core air is extracted through the air extraction port.
- the core air supplied from the air extraction port to the cooling air pipe 61 via the junction box 60 is generated by the generator G.
- the high temperature part The part satisfies the requirements (pressure and temperature) for keeping the transmission line 51 below the allowable upper limit temperature.
- FIG. 2 is a partially broken perspective view showing the structure of the junction box 60 in the system of the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the junction box 60 includes a hollow housing 64 having a shape in which an isosceles trapezoid (front part) and a rectangle (rear part) are combined in a plan view, a rectifying plate 65 arranged inside the housing 64, and a housing. It is provided with a low temperature transmission line lead-out port 66 arranged on the upper surface wall 64U of 64.
- the front wall 64F and the lower surface wall 64L of the housing 64 are provided with through holes, respectively, and the above-mentioned bypass air on / off valve 62V and core air on / off valve 63V are provided in the through holes, respectively. It is connected.
- the rear wall 64R of the housing 64 is provided with three through holes, and three cooling air pipes 61 are connected to these through holes.
- one high-temperature section transmission line 51 is housed inside each cooling air pipe 61.
- a total of three high-temperature unit transmission lines 51 are provided corresponding to each phase of the three-phase alternating current generated by the generator G. Further, since it is necessary to supply a large current from the generator G to the converter C, the three high temperature unit transmission lines 51 are configured as a bus bar in which a copper rod is coated with an insulating coating.
- three low-temperature section transmission lines 52 are led out from the low-temperature section transmission line lead-out port 66 arranged on the upper wall 64U of the housing 64.
- the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the low temperature part transmission line 52 of each phase of the three-phase AC are connected inside the housing 64 of the junction box 60. Both transmission lines may be directly connected or may be connected via a terminal board arranged inside the housing 64.
- bypass air fan outlet air
- core air flows into the junction box 60 through either the bypass air on / off valve 62V or the core air on / off valve 63V.
- Two straightening vanes 65 are arranged inside the housing 64 in order to evenly distribute the air to the three cooling air pipes 61. These straightening vanes 65 extend from the rear wall 64R to the front wall 64F inside the housing 64 to the vicinity of the through hole to which the core air on / off valve 63V is connected.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the flow of cooling air around the generator in the system of the embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the generator G includes a generator rotor (rotor) GR connected to the low-voltage shaft 37 and a bottomed cylindrical generator stator (stator) GS arranged so as to surround the outer periphery of the generator rotor GR.
- the heat shield 45 described above surrounds the outer circumference thereof.
- a through hole is provided in the front portion of the heat shield 45, and the end (downstream end) of the cooling air pipe 61 arranged inside the hollow strut 43 of the turbine exhaust frame 4 is inserted into the through hole. ing. Further, the end of the high temperature part transmission line 51 housed inside the cooling air pipe 61 is connected to the front surface of the generator stator GS inside the heat shield 45. Further, a through hole is provided in the rear wall GSR corresponding to the bottom of the bottomed cylindrical generator stator GS, and a check valve CV is attached to the through hole.
- the cooling air supplied through the cooling air pipe 61 flows into the space inside the heat shield 45, and then, as shown by an arrow F, an annular gap formed between the generator rotor GR and the generator stator GS. At that time, the generator rotor GR and the generator stator GS are cooled. After that, the cooling air is sequentially discharged to the outside through the check valve CV attached to the rear wall GSR of the generator stator GS, the heat shield exhaust hole 45A, and the tail cone exhaust hole 44A.
- the check valve CV is provided to prevent backflow of cooling air (furthermore, turbine exhaust gas invades through the tail cone exhaust hole 44A and the heat shield exhaust hole 45A).
- each cooling air pipe 61 (and the high temperature part transmission line 51) is shown in FIG. 3, as described above, it corresponds to each phase of the three-phase alternating current generated in the generator G.
- Three cooling air pipes 61 (and high temperature transmission lines 51) are provided.
- each cooling air pipe 61 (and high temperature part transmission line 51) is arranged inside, for example, three struts 43 that are continuously adjacent to each other.
- the three cooling air pipes 61 (and the high temperature transmission line 51) that have entered the space inside the core cowl 38 from the space inside the heat shield 45 through the inside of the strut 43 are the casing 35C of the low pressure turbine 35.
- the outer circumference of the casing 34C of the high-pressure turbine 34, and the outer circumference of the casing 33C of the combustor 33 in sequence they are laid so as to approach each other in the circumferential direction and gather to reach the junction box 60.
- the rating of the turbofan engine 1 that becomes the value will be referred to as an bleed air switching rating (predetermined lower limit rating).
- the bypass air on / off valve 62V is opened and the core air on / off valve 63V is opened. Is closed.
- the bypass air flows into the junction box 60 through the bypass air pipe 62, and the bypass air is supplied to the inside of the tail cone 44 via the cooling air pipe 61, and the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the generator. Cool G.
- the bypass air provided for cooling is then discharged to the outside through the check valve CV attached to the rear wall GSR of the generator stator GS, the heat shield exhaust hole 45A, and the tail cone exhaust hole 44A in that order. Will be done.
- the core air on / off valve 63V is opened and the bypass air on / off valve 62V is closed.
- the core air flows into the junction box 60 through the core air pipe 63, and the core air is supplied to the inside of the tail cone 44 through the cooling air pipe 61, and the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the generator. Cool G.
- the bypass air provided for cooling is then discharged to the outside through the check valve CV attached to the rear wall GSR of the generator stator GS, the heat shield exhaust hole 45A, and the tail cone exhaust hole 44A in that order. Will be done.
- bypass air of the bypass air pipe 62 is used.
- a check valve may be provided at a portion upstream of the on / off valve 62V.
- the fan when the turbofan engine 1 is operated at a relatively high rating, the fan is used as air for cooling the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the generator G. Since only the outlet air (bypass air) is extracted and the core air is not extracted, deterioration of engine performance can be suppressed.
- the turbofan engine 1 when the turbofan engine 1 is operated at a relatively low rating, the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the generator G cannot be sufficiently cooled by the fan outlet air (bypass air), so that these are cooled. Core air is used as the air for cooling. As a result, the high temperature part transmission line 51 and the generator G can be appropriately cooled regardless of the rating at which the turbofan engine 1 is operated.
- the bypass air on / off valve 62V and the core air on / off valve 63V are switched (opened / closed) based on the rating of the turbofan engine 1 , but the switching is performed at the fan outlet. It may be performed based on the output signal of the sensor that detects the pressure of air. In this case, when the pressure of the fan outlet air detected by the sensor is equal to or higher than a predetermined lower limit value, the bypass air on / off valve 62V is opened and the core air on / off valve 63V is closed. On the other hand, when the pressure of the fan outlet air detected by the sensor is less than a predetermined lower limit value, the core air on / off valve 63V is opened and the bypass air on / off valve 62V is closed.
- the system of the first aspect of the present disclosure includes a junction box and a bypass air pipe for supplying air extracted from a portion of the bypass flow path of the turbofan engine downstream from the fan outlet to the junction box.
- a cooling air pipe in which the transmission line is housed is provided, and valves that can be opened and closed independently of each other are provided at the downstream ends of the bypass air pipe and the core air pipe. ing.
- the generator is located inside a tail cone supported by a turbine exhaust frame, and the junction box is located on the outer periphery of the casing of the high pressure compressor.
- the cooling air piping passes through the hollow struts of the turbine exhaust frame on a path from the junction box to the space in which the generator is housed.
- the valve provided at the downstream end of the bypass air pipe is opened, while the core air pipe is opened.
- the valve provided at the downstream end of the core air pipe is closed, and when the rating of the turbo fan engine is less than a predetermined lower limit rating, the valve provided at the downstream end of the core air pipe is opened while the bypass is opened.
- the valve provided at the downstream end of the air pipe is closed.
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本開示の第1の態様のシステムは、ジャンクションボックスと、前記ターボファンエンジンのバイパス流路のうちファン出口より下流側の部位から抽出された空気を前記ジャンクションボックスへ供給するためのバイパス空気配管と、前記ターボファンエンジンのコア流路のうち圧縮機出口より上流側の部位から抽出された空気を前記ジャンクションボックスへ供給するためのコア空気配管と、前記ジャンクションボックスから前記発電機が収容された空間まで延びると共に、内部に前記送電線が収容された冷却空気配管と、を備え、前記バイパス空気配管及び前記コア空気配管のそれぞれの下流端には、互いに独立して開閉制御可能なバルブが設けられている。
4 タービン排気フレーム
20 バイパス流路
32C 高圧圧縮機のケーシング
43 ストラット
44 テールコーン
50 送電線
51 高温部送電線
52 低温部送電線
60 ジャンクションボックス
61 冷却空気配管
62 バイパス空気配管
62V バイパス空気オン/オフ弁(バルブ)
63 コア空気配管
63V コア空気オン/オフ弁(バルブ)
G 発電機
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- ターボファンエンジンのホットセクションに配置された発電機及び当該発電機と接続された送電線を冷却するためのシステムであって、
ジャンクションボックスと、
前記ターボファンエンジンのバイパス流路のうちファン出口より下流側の部位から抽出された空気を前記ジャンクションボックスへ供給するためのバイパス空気配管と、
前記ターボファンエンジンのコア流路のうち圧縮機出口より上流側の部位から抽出された空気を前記ジャンクションボックスへ供給するためのコア空気配管と、
前記ジャンクションボックスから前記発電機が収容された空間まで延びると共に、内部に前記送電線が収容された冷却空気配管と、を備え、
前記バイパス空気配管及び前記コア空気配管のそれぞれの下流端には、互いに独立して開閉制御可能なバルブが設けられている、システム。 - 前記発電機は、タービン排気フレームによって支持されたテールコーンの内部に配置され、
前記ジャンクションボックスは、高圧圧縮機のケーシングの外周に配置されており、
前記冷却空気配管は、前記ジャンクションボックスから前記発電機が収容された空間まで至る経路上で、前記タービン排気フレームの中空のストラットの内部を通過する、請求項1に記載のシステム。 - 前記ターボファンエンジンのレーティングが所定の下限レーティング以上である場合は、前記バイパス空気配管の下流端に設けられた前記バルブが開かれる一方、前記コア空気配管の下流端に設けられた前記バルブは閉じられ、
前記ターボファンエンジンのレーティングが所定の下限レーティング未満である場合は、前記コア空気配管の下流端に設けられた前記バルブが開かれる一方、前記バイパス空気配管の下流端に設けられた前記バルブは閉じられる、請求項1又は2に記載のシステム。
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