IP Library Granted Patent US 7,264,441
Granted Patent B2
US 7,264,441 · App. 11/107,837 · Granted Sep 4, 2007

Hybrid cycle high pressure compressor and turbine engine including such a compressor

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Patent No.
US 7,264,441
App. No.
11/107,837
Granted
Sep 4, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a hybrid cycle HP compressor ( 104 ) for a turbine engine, comprising in particular a first rotor wheel ( 16 ), a first rectifier ( 118 ) and a second rotor wheel ( 20 ), as well as a separation slot ( 22 ) fitted between the first rectifier and the second rotor wheel in order to supply the turbine engine with a secondary air flux. According to the invention, the first rectifier is a double grid rectifier comprising a grid of vanes upstream ( 30 ) as well as a grid of vanes downstream ( 34 ), these upstream and downstream vane grids being associated respectively with variable setting systems upstream and downstream ( 38,40 ) controlled in autonomous manner.

Claims (16)

1. A cycle HP compressor for a turbine engine, said compressor comprising:

a plurality of rotor wheels and rectifiers arranged alternately, from upstream to downstream successively in a principal direction of air flow through the compressor, a first rotor wheel a first rectifier and a second rotor wheel,

a separation slot set between the first rectifier and the second rotor wheel in order to supply the turbine engine with a secondary air flux,

wherein the first rectifier is a double grid rectifier comprising a grid of vanes upstream as well as a grid of vanes downstream,

wherein said grids of vanes upstream and downstream are associated respectively with variable setting systems upstream and downstream controlled in autonomous manner,

wherein each vane of each of the upstream and downstream grids of the first rectifier is capable of being pivoted around an axis of rotation extending closely radially, and

wherein for each vane of the upstream grid, the axis of rotation is located close to a trailing edge of said vane, and for each vane of the downstream grid, the axis of rotation is located close to a leading edge of said vane.

2. A cycle HP compressor according to claim 1 , wherein for each vane of the upstream grid, the axis of rotation is located in a downstream portion of the latter beginning at the level of two thirds of a chord of said vane, and wherein for each vane of the downstream grid, the axis of rotation is located in an upstream portion of the latter, ending at the level of a third of a chord of said vane.

3. A cycle HP compressor according to claim 2 , wherein in transversal cross-section taken along any plane located upstream of the first rectifier, on any circle C centered on a principal longitudinal axis of the compressor and intercepting the upstream and downstream grids of vanes, a length L 1 of an arc of a circle defined by the axis of rotation of any vane of the upstream grid as well as by the axis of rotation of the vane of the downstream grid the closest to any vane of the upstream grid, and a length L 2 of an arc of a circle defined by the axes of rotation of two consecutive vanes of the upstream grid, are such that L 1 is less than or equal to a third of L 2 .

4. A cycle HP compressor according to claim 3 , wherein a length L 3 of an arc of a circle defined by the rotation axes of two consecutive vanes of the downstream grid is equal to the length L 2 .

5. A cycle turbine engine comprising a hybrid cycle HP compressor according to claim 2 .

6. A cycle HP compressor according to claim 1 , wherein in transversal cross-section taken along any plane located upstream of the first rectifier, on any circle C centered on a principal longitudinal axis of the compressor and intercepting the upstream and downstream grids of vanes, a length L 1 of an arc of a circle defined by the axis of rotation of any vane of the upstream grid as well as by the axis of rotation of the vane of the downstream grid the closest to any vane of the upstream grid, and a length L 2 of an arc of a circle defined by the axes of rotation of two consecutive vanes of the upstream grid, are such that L 1 is less than or equal to a third of L 2 .

7. A cycle HP compressor according to claim 6 , wherein a length L 3 of an arc of a circle defined by the rotation axes of two consecutive vanes of the downstream grid is equal to the length L 2 .

8. A cycle turbine engine comprising a hybrid cycle HP compressor according to claim 7 .

9. A cycle turbine engine comprising a hybrid cycle HP compressor according to claim 6 .

10. A cycle turbine engine comprising a hybrid cycle HP compressor according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE COVER SHEET TO REMOVE APPLICATION NOS. 10250419, 10786507, 10786409, 12416418, 12531115, 12996294, 12094637 12416422 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046479 FRAME 0807. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046939/0336 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 23, 2018
From: SNECMA
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046479/0807 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 20, 2008
From: SNECMA MOTEURS
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 020609/0569 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2005
From: LOUDET, CLAUDE JOSEPH AUGUSTE
To: SNECMA MOTEURS
Reel/Frame 016777/0046 →