IP Library Granted Patent US 7,527,470
Granted Patent B2
US 7,527,470 · App. 11/168,985 · Granted May 5, 2009

Stator turbine vane with improved cooling

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Patent No.
US 7,527,470
App. No.
11/168,985
Granted
May 5, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbomachine stator vane having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and pressure side and suction side faces, a first and a second series of a plurality of holes, calibrated emission holes, and a perforated open liner defining an annular cavity between an outside wall of the liner and an inside wall of the vane, an air opening for feeding cooling air to the inside of the liner, and an air exhaust opening for exhausting cooling air from the vane, the liner being secured to the vane at one end and being free at another end to slide along an inside edge of the vane under the effects of relative thermal expansion between the liner and the inside wall of the vane. The holes through the liner in the second series of holes are disposed to avoid any impact of the cooling air against the bridges of the vane.

Claims (5)

1. A turbomachine stator vane having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and pressure side and suction side faces, and including a perforated open liner defining an annular cavity between an outside wall of the liner and an inside wall of the vane, an air admission opening for feeding cooling air to the inside of the liner, and an air exhaust opening for exhausting a fraction of this cooling air out from the vane, the liner being secured to the vane at one end and being free at another end to slide along an inside edge of the vane under the effects of relative thermal expansion between the liner and the inside wall of the vane, wherein said open liner includes a plurality of holes distributed over only two determined zones of said liner, a first series of holes being disposed facing the inside wall of the leading edge and a second series of holes being disposed facing calibrated emission holes formed in the trailing edge through said pressure side face, the holes through the liner in the second series of holes also being disposed in such a manner as to avoid any impact of the cooling air against the bridges of the vane.

2. A vane according to claim 1 , wherein each of said first and second series of holes comprises one to three rows of holes through the liner.

3. A vane according to claim 2 , wherein said second series of holes is disposed in such a manner as to define a shortest-path line between the liner and said inside wall of the trailing edge.

4. A vane according to claim 2 , wherein said second series of holes is disposed in such a manner as to define a shortest-path line between the liner and said calibrated emission holes formed in order to form a protective film of air along said trailing edge.

5. A turbomachine turbine, including a plurality of stator vanes cooled by respective open liners according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
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 →