IP Library Granted Patent US 7,827,798
Granted Patent B2
US 7,827,798 · App. 11/780,246 · Granted Nov 9, 2010

System for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine

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Patent No.
US 7,827,798
App. No.
11/780,246
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine is disclosed. The system includes a diffuser mounted at the inlet of the combustion chamber, an annular end-piece that extends downstream to an injection device for injecting ventilation air, and an annular convecting metal sheet being arranged radially between the combustion chamber and the end-piece of the diffuser in order to delimit, with an internal wall of the chamber, an annular stream for the flow of air that is stable and without separation supplying holes in the chamber and the injection device.

Claims (17)

1. A system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall in a turbomachine comprising:

a centrifugal compressor;

a diffuser;

the combustion chamber including a radially external wall and a radially internal wall;

an internal casing with a substantially L-shaped section that is connected to the diffuser and that extends downstream to air injection means for ventilating a turbine; and

an annular convecting metal sheet arranged radially between the combustion chamber and the internal casing and extends axially from the diffuser to the air injection means along the radially internal wall of the combustion chamber in order to delimit, with the radially internal wall of the combustion chamber, an annular stream for the flow of air without separation and with reduced pressure losses, intended to supply holes in the internal wall of the combustion chamber and the air injection means,

wherein the metal sheet includes a cylindrical upstream portion, a frustoconical intermediate portion, and a radial downstream portion,

wherein a first end of the cylindrical upstream portion is attached to the diffuser, a second end of the cylindrical upstream portion is connected to the frustoconical intermediate portion, and the cylindrical upstream portion between the first end and the second end is parallel to an axis of the turbomachine, and

wherein the intermediate portion is substantially parallel to the radially internal wall of the combustion chamber.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first end of the cylindrical upstream portion of the metal sheet is attached by welding to the diffuser.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first end of the cylindrical upstream portion of the metal sheet comprises a cylindrical rim centered and supported by the diffuser.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the radial downstream portion of the metal sheet is attached to the air injection means by welding or by bolting of an annular flange.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the metal sheet comprises pressure-balancing orifices.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upstream cylindrical portion of the metal sheet comprises a cylindrical rim oriented away from the downstream radial portion of the metal sheet.

7. A turbomachine, which comprises a system for ventilating a combustion chamber wall as claimed in claim 1 .

8. The turbomachine as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the combustion chamber is inclined inward from upstream to downstream.

9. The system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical rim cooperates with an annular groove disposed on the diffuser.

Assignments (3)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2007
From: COMMARET, PATRICE ANDRE; HERNANDEZ, DIDIER HIPPOLYTE; LOCATELLI, DAVID
To: SNECMA
Reel/Frame 019577/0729 →