Oil recovery device
View Patent ↗An oil recovery device is disclosed. The oil recovery device includes two bearing supports mounted on an inter-turbine casing, a first bearing and a second bearing mounted on the bearing supports, a low-pressure turbine journal mounted rotating with respect to the inter-turbine casing, a fixed ferrule, and an oil passage provided in the low-pressure turbine journal making it possible to discharge the oil inside the fixed ferrule. The ferrule is preferentially widened from the end at which the oil is discharged.
1. An oil recovery device comprising:
an inter-turbine;
an upstream bearing support mounted on an upstream end of the inter-turbine casing at a radially outer end and supporting a first bearing at a radially lower end, the upstream bearing support including a first upper radial shoulder, a second lower radial shoulder, and a first hole disposed radially between the first upper radial shoulder and the second lower radial shoulder;
a downstream bearing support mounted on a downstream end of the inter-turbine casing at a radially outer end and supporting a second bearing at a radially lower end, the downstream bearing support including a first upper upstream extending wall, a second lower upstream extending wall, a third downstream extending wall, and a second hole disposed radially between the first upper wall and the second lower wall, an upstream end of the first upper upstream extending wall abutting the first upper radial shoulder and an upstream end of the second lower upstream extending wall abutting the second lower radial shoulder;
a low-pressure turbine journal mounted rotating with respect to the inter-turbine casing including an upstream extending wall with a seal that cooperates with the third downstream extending wall of the downstream bearing support, and an oil passage hole disposed radially above the upstream extending wall; and
a fixed ferrule disposed downstream the low-pressure turbine journal,
wherein the first hole, the second hole, the seal, and the oil passage hole present a discharge path to discharge oil from a chamber in which the first and second bearings are provided to the ferrule, the oil being discharged inside the ferrule.
2. The oil recovery device according to claim 1 , wherein the low-pressure turbine journal comprises a tab which extends longitudinally above one end of the ferrule in order to discharge the oil by centrifugation at said end of the ferrule and the ferrule is widened from the end whereon the oil is discharged.
3. The oil recovery device according to claim 2 , wherein an oil passage is located at a bottom of a cavity formed by conical shaped walls.
4. The oil recovery device according to claim 3 , further comprising a rotating joint, and an end of a bearing support wall overhanging the cavity formed by the conical shaped walls.
5. A turbine aero engine comprising an oil recovery device as in any of claims 1 - 4 .