Gas turbine engine with valve for establishing communication between two enclosures
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a two-spool gas turbine engine including an HP turbine stator ring and an exterior wall of the transition channel between the HP and LP stages, a first enclosure for controlling the stator ring, and a second enclosure for distributing air for blowing the exterior wall of the transition channel. The engine is characterized in that the two enclosures are placed in communication via an orifice controlled by a valve adapted to be open when the pressure P 1 in the first enclosure is greater than the pressure P 2 in the second enclosure, and closed when P 1 <P 2.
1. A two-spool gas turbine engine, comprising:
an HP turbine stator ring;
an exterior wall of a transition channel disposed between HP and LP turbine stages;
a first enclosure in fluid communication with a gaseous ventilation source for controlling an expansion of the stator ring; and
a second enclosure for distributing air for blowing along the exterior wall of the transition channel,
wherein the two enclosures are in communication via an orifice controlled by a valve adapted to be open when the pressure P 1 in the first enclosure is greater than the pressure P 2 in the second enclosure and closed when P 1 <P 2 .
2. The engine according to the claim 1 , wherein the two enclosures are separated by a partition, the partition pierced by said orifice.
3. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the valve includes a closure slider with a leakage orifice therethrough, the leakage orifice ensuring a reduced flowrate between the two enclosures when the closure slider is in a closed position compared to when the closure slider is in an open position.
4. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the valve includes a closure slider with a plurality of annularly distributed bores forming passages for the gas.
5. The engine according claim 1 , wherein:
the valve includes a slider disposed therein, and
the slider has a plurality of radial notches forming flow passages for the gas between the slider and the valve.
6. The engine according to claim 1 , wherein the valve includes:
a tubular element, with a flared part, the tubular element engaged in the orifice; and
a closure slider mobile in the tubular element between a closure position bearing against the flared part and an open position away from the flared part.
7. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein the valve includes a perforated cover attached to the tubular element against which the slider bears in the open position.
8. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein:
the tubular element includes a small-diameter part, and a large-diameter part connected to the small-diameter part by the flared part,
a diameter of the large-diameter part is larger than a diameter of the small-diameter part, and
the slider includes a guide surface portion cooperating with the large-diameter part to guide the slider inside the tubular element.
9. The engine according to claim 6 , wherein:
the tubular element includes a small-diameter part, and a large-diameter part connected to the small-diameter part by the flared part,
a diameter of the large-diameter part is larger than a diameter of the small-diameter part, and
the slider includes a guide surface portion cooperating with the small-diameter part to guide the slider inside the tubular element.