Impingement cooling with impingement cells on impinged surface
Impingement assemblies and components of gas turbine engines are described. The impingement assemblies include an impingement plate having a plurality of impingement holes formed therein and an impingement surface arranged relative to the impingement plate with an impingement cavity defined between the impingement plate and the impingement surface. A raised wall is configured on the impingement surface and extends in a direction from the impingement surface toward the impingement plate and defines a plurality of impingement cells each having a geometric shape on the impingement surface.
1. An impingement assembly comprising:
an impingement plate having a plurality of impingement holes formed therein;
an impingement surface arranged relative to the impingement plate with an impingement cavity defined between the impingement plate and the impingement surface; and
a raised wall configured on the impingement surface and extending in a direction from the impingement surface toward the impingement plate, wherein the raised wall defines a plurality of impingement cells each having a geometric shape on the impingement surface,
wherein the plurality of impingement cells comprise a first group of impingement cells having at least one of aligned and offset cells relative to a respective impingement hole and a second group of impingement cells having aligned cells relative to a respective impingement hole,
wherein the first group of impingement cells comprise impingement cells of uniform size and geometry and the second group of impingement cells comprise cells of at least one of different geometries and sizes from the first group of impingement cells.
2. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the geometric shape of at least the cells of the first group of impingement cells is rounded rectangular.
3. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the geometric shape of at least the cells of the first group of impingement cells is at least one of a rectangle, a square, a triangle, a pentagon, a circle, an oval, and a hexagon.
4. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of a combustor panel.
5. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of a blade outer air seal.
6. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of an airfoil.
7. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the impingement surface is a hot portion of a component of a gas turbine engine.
8. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the raised wall is bumper shaped in cross-section.
9. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the raised wall is one of curved or rib-shaped in cross-section.
10. The impingement assembly of claim 1 , wherein the raised wall defines a gridded pattern on the impingement surface.
11. A component of a gas turbine engine, the component comprising:
an impingement plate having a plurality of impingement holes formed therein;
an impingement surface arranged relative to the impingement plate with an impingement cavity defined between the impingement plate and the impingement surface; and
a raised wall configured on the impingement surface and extending in a direction from the impingement surface toward the impingement plate, wherein the raised wall defines a plurality of impingement cells each having a shape on the impingement surface,
wherein the plurality of impingement cells comprise a first group of impingement cells and a second group of impingement cells, wherein one of the first group and the second group has center-aligned cells relative to a respective impingement hole and the other of the first group and the second group has center-offset cells relative to a respective impingement hole,
wherein the first group of impingement cells comprise impingement cells of uniform size and shape and the second group of impingement cells comprise cells of at least one of different shapes and sizes from the first group of impingement cells.
12. The component of claim 11 , wherein the shape of at least the cells of the first group of impingement cells is rounded rectangular.
13. The component of claim 11 , wherein the shape of at least the cells of the first group of impingement cells is at least one of a rectangle, a square, a triangle, a pentagon, a circle, an oval, and a hexagon.
14. The component of claim 11 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of a combustor panel.
15. The component of claim 11 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of a blade outer air seal.
16. The component of claim 11 , wherein the impingement surface is a surface of an airfoil.
17. The component of claim 11 , wherein the raised wall is bumper shaped in cross-section.
18. The component of claim 11 , wherein the raised wall is one of curved or rib-shaped in cross-section.
19. The component of claim 11 , wherein the raised wall defines a gridded pattern on the impingement surface.
20. A gas turbine engine comprising:
a hot section component having a hot wall;
an impingement plate having a plurality of impingement holes formed therein, the impingement plate arranged relative to the hot wall;
an impingement surface defined on a surface of the hot wall and arranged relative to the impingement plate with an impingement cavity defined between the impingement plate and the impingement surface; and
a raised wall configured on the impingement surface and extending in a direction from the impingement surface toward the impingement plate, wherein the raised wall defines a plurality of impingement cells each having a geometric shape on the impingement surface,
wherein the plurality of impingement cells comprise a first group of impingement cells having at least one of aligned and offset cells relative to a respective impingement hole and a second group of impingement cells having aligned cells relative to a respective impingement hole,
wherein the first group of impingement cells comprise impingement cells of uniform size and geometry and the second group of impingement cells comprise cells of at least one of different geometries and sizes from the first group of impingement cells.