IP Library Granted Patent US 11,125,091
Granted Patent B2
US 11,125,091 · App. 16/462,264 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Aircraft turbo machine exit guide vane comprising a bent lubricant passage of improved design

Inventors: Cédric Zaccardi (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Christophe Marcel Lucien Perdrigeon (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Mohamed-Lamine Boutaleb (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Sébastien Vincent François Dreano (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01D9/065F01D5/185F01D5/188F01D25/162F02C7/14F02C7/18F02K3/115F28D1/0246F28F1/40F28F7/02F05D2260/213F05D2260/22141F28D2021/0021
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Patent No.
US 11,125,091
App. No.
16/462,264
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a guide vane for a bypass aircraft turbomachine, its aerodynamic part comprising a first lubricant cooling interior passage in which heat transfer structures are arranged and a second lubricant cooling interior passage in which heat transfer structures are arranged, the aerodynamic part comprising a bent area connecting a lubricant output end of the first interior passage to a lubricant input end of the second passage, the bent area extending along a curved generatrix and being partly delimited by the intrados wall and the extrados wall of the vane. According to the invention, the bent area comprises one or more lubricant guide(s) arranged between the intrados and extrados walls of the vane, and each extending substantially parallel to the curved generatrix of the bent area.

Claims (20)

1. A guide vane ( 24 ) intended to be arranged in all or part of an air flow of a bypass aircraft turbomachine fan ( 15 ), the guide vane ( 24 ) comprising:

a root ( 34 );

a tip ( 36 );

an intrados wall ( 70 );

an extrados wall ( 72 ); and

an aerodynamic flow straightening part ( 32 ) arranged between the root ( 34 ) and the tip ( 36 ) of the guide vane ( 24 ), said aerodynamic flow straightening part ( 32 ) including a first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ), second lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 b ), and heat transfer means ( 80 ) arranged in the first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ) and second lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 b ), the first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ) extending along a first main flowing direction ( 52 a ) of lubricant from the root ( 34 ) to the tip ( 36 ), the second interior passage ( 50 b ) extending along a second main flowing direction ( 52 b ) of the lubricant from the tip ( 36 ) to the root ( 34 ) of the vane, said first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ) and second lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 b ) being partly delimited by the intrados wall ( 70 ) and the extrados wall ( 72 ) of the guide vane ( 24 ),

wherein the aerodynamic flow straightening part ( 32 ) comprises a bent area ( 54 ) connecting one end ( 50 a 1 ) of the first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ) to one end ( 50 b 1 ) of the second lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 b ), the bent area ( 54 ) extending along a curved generatrix ( 82 ) and being partly delimited by the intrados wall ( 70 ) and the extrados wall ( 72 ) of the guide vane ( 24 ),

wherein the aerodynamic flow straightening part ( 32 ) comprises at least one lubricant guide ( 84 ) arranged within the bent area 54 between the intrados wall ( 70 ) and the extrados wall ( 72 ) of the guide vane ( 24 ), and

wherein each lubricant guide ( 84 ) follows a curvature of the curved generatrix ( 82 ).

2. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , wherein each lubricant guide ( 84 ) is a wall having a first end facing the one end ( 50 a 1 ) of the first lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 a ), and a second end facing the one end ( 50 b 1 ) of the second lubricant cooling interior passage ( 50 b ).

3. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 2 , wherein each lubricant guide ( 84 ) includes, between its first end and second end, two wall segments ( 84 a ) and a wall interruption ( 84 b ) forming a space separating the two wall segments ( 84 a ).

4. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 2 , wherein each lubricant guide ( 84 ) includes, between its first end and second end, a plurality of wall segments ( 84 a ) and a plurality of wall interruptions ( 84 b ), each wall interruption ( 84 b ) forming a space separating two associated wall segments ( 84 a ) of the plurality of wall segments ( 84 a ).

5. The guide vane according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one lubricant guide ( 84 ) comprises two lubricant guides ( 84 ) directly consecutive along a spanwise direction ( 25 ) of the guide vane ( 24 ), wherein the plurality of wall segments ( 84 a ) of the two lubricant guides ( 84 ) are arranged in a staggered manner.

6. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 4 , wherein the number of wall segments ( 84 a ) is less than or equal to 40.

7. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one lubricant guide ( 84 ) comprises a plurality of lubricant guides ( 84 ) that define therebetween lubricant passage channels ( 86 ), wherein the plurality of lubricant guides ( 84 ) are spaced from each other along spacing distances (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 ), at least two of the spacing distances (d 1 , d 2 , d 3 ) being different from each other.

8. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , wherein each lubricant guide ( 84 ) is a wall connecting the intrados wall ( 70 ) to the extrados wall ( 72 ), wherein in any cross-section of the bent area ( 54 ), said wall is inclined locally with respect to a normal ( 90 ) to each of the intrados ( 70 ) and extrados ( 72 ) walls.

9. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , characterized in that the number of the at least one lubricant guide ( 84 ) is comprised between 1 and 10.

10. An aircraft turbomachine ( 1 ) comprising a plurality of guide vanes ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , arranged downstream or upstream of a fan ( 15 ) of the turbomachine, said vanes ( 24 ) having preferably a structural function.

11. The aircraft turbomachine ( 1 ) according to claim 10 , wherein the aircraft turbomachine ( 1 ) is a turbojet engine.

12. The guide vane ( 24 ) according to claim 1 , wherein each lubricant guide extends parallel to the curved generatrix ( 82 ) of the bent area ( 54 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2019
From: ZACCARDI, CÉDRIC; PERDRIGEON, CHRISTOPHE MARCEL LUCIEN; BOUTALEB, MOHAMED-LAMINE; DREANO, SÉBASTIEN VINCENT FRANÇOIS
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 049223/0244 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 16 61643 · Nov 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190338661A1 · Nov 7, 2019
Cited By (1)
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