IP Library Granted Patent US 12,359,614
Granted Patent B2
US 12,359,614 · App. 17/287,457 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Device for de-icing a turbomachine nozzle

Inventors: Rémi Roland Robert Mercier (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Fabrice Michel François René Aubert (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Arnaud Langlois (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F02C7/047F01D9/044F01D25/02F01D25/246
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Patent No.
US 12,359,614
App. No.
17/287,457
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A de-icing device to supply de-icing air to a turbomachine separation nozzle extending along a longitudinal axis, the turbomachine comprising: a separation nozzle positioned downstream from a turbomachine fan and comprises an internal casing and an external casing which form a separation between a primary flow vein for a primary stream and a secondary flow vein for a secondary stream, the internal casing and the external casing defining an inter-vein space; turbomachine guide vanes secured by screws to the internal casing, the screws extend into the inter-vein space, the de-icing device positioned in the inter-vein space and comprising an air inlet; an air outlet; a plurality of channels extending from the air inlet toward the air outlet; the channels arranged in relation to one another such that they extend from the air inlet toward the air outlets, passing between the screws for securing the guide vanes.

Claims (15)

1. A turbomachine comprising:

a fan;

a splitter nose positioned downstream of the fan and extending along a longitudinal axis, the splitter nose comprising an inner casing and an outer casing to form a separation between a primary flow path for a primary stream and a secondary flow path for a secondary stream, the primary flow path and the secondary flow path being derived from the fan, the inner casing and the outer casing defining an inter-flow path space,

a first row of stator guide blades positioned in the primary flow path and being the most upstream stator guide blades impacted by the primary stream in the primary flow path,

a second row of stator guide blades positioned in the primary flow path downstream from the first row of stator guide blades and fixed by screws to the inner casing, so that the screws extend into the inter-flow path space, and

a de-icing assembly for supplying de-icing air for the splitter nose; wherein the de-icing assembly comprises a plurality of de-icing devices, each de-icing device of the plurality of deicing device comprising:

a first primary channel, the first primary channel being an air inlet;

a second primary channel, the second primary channel being an air outlet and the second primary channel facing with the first primary channel; and

a plurality of secondary channels, each secondary channel of the plurality of secondary channels is arranged in relationship to each other so that each secondary channel of the plurality of secondary channels extend from the first primary channel to the second primary channel;

wherein each secondary channel of the plurality of secondary channels of each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices is positioned in the inter-flow path space and between the screws fixing the second row of the stator guide blades to the inter-flow path space; and

wherein the plurality of first primary channels of the plurality of de-icing device are connected by a hot air supply duct configured to bring the de-icing air to each first primary channel of each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices,

wherein, for each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices, the plurality of secondary channels comprises five secondary channels.

2. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein each secondary channel of the plurality of secondary channels of each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices has a circular section.

3. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein, for each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices, the first primary channel and/or the second primary channel has/have a circular section.

4. The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein, for each de-icing device of the plurality of de-icing devices, one secondary channel of the plurality of secondary channels extends longitudinally between the first primary channel and the second primary channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2021
From: MERCIER, RÉMI ROLAND ROBERT; AUBERT, FABRICE MICHEL FRANÇOIS RENÉ; LANGLOIS, ARNAUD
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 1859742 · Oct 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210388762A1 · Dec 16, 2021
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