IP Library Granted Patent US 10,738,650
Granted Patent B2
US 10,738,650 · App. 16/071,524 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Device for deicing a splitter nose and inlet guide vanes of an aviation turbine engine

Inventors: Christophe Scholtes (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Antoine Robert Alain Brunet (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Simon Jose Pierre Amoedo (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01D25/02B64D15/04F01D25/246F02C7/047F02K3/06F05D2240/121
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Patent No.
US 10,738,650
App. No.
16/071,524
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A deicer device deices both a splitter nose and inlet guide vanes of an aviation turbine engine. The device includes a splitter nose to split a stream coming from the fan into primary and secondary stream flow channels of annular shape and an inner shroud to which inlet guide vanes are fastened and including a hook that holds the inner shroud axially at its upstream end against the inner annular wall. An outer surface facing of the hook forms an angle of less than 90° with an injection orifice such that the outer surface comes progressively closer to the outer annular wall on going away from the injection orifice. The outer surface of the hook presents a minimum amount of clearance J relative to the outer annular wall such that 0.2≤J/D≤0.6 where D is the hydraulic diameter of an injection orifice.

Claims (16)

1. An aviation turbine engine fan module comprising:

a fan,

a low-pressure compressor,

inlet guide vanes situated upstream from the low-pressure compressor and downstream from the fan, and

a deicer device for deicing both a splitter nose and also inlet guide vanes of a turbine engine, said deicer device comprising:

a splitter nose for positioning downstream from the fan of the turbine engine in order to split a stream coming from the fan into primary and secondary stream flow channels of annular shape, said nose having an outer annular wall defining the inside of the secondary stream flow channel and an inner annular wall defining an inlet of the primary stream flow channel, said inner annular wall being provided with injection orifices positioned upstream from the inlet guide vanes and through which hot air is to be blown; and

an inner shroud to which the inlet guide vanes are fastened and including a hook that is axisymmetric about a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine, said inner shroud being held axially at its upstream end against the inner annular wall by said hook,

wherein the hook has an outer surface facing the outer annular wall and forming an angle of less than 90° with the axis of an injection orifice such that an outer surface of the hook comes progressively closer to the outer annular wall on going away from said injection orifice, the outer surface of the hook presenting a minimum amount of clearance J relative to the outer annular wall such that:

0.2 ≤J/D≤ 0.6

where D is the hydraulic diameter of the injection orifice.

2. The fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the outer surface of the hook forms an angle lying in the range 40° to 70° with the axis of an injection orifice.

3. The fan module according to claim 1 , wherein the hydraulic diameter D of the injection orifice satisfies the following inequality: 2%≤D/H≤6%, where H is a distance between the injection orifice and an inner wall of the primary stream flow channel.

4. The fan module according to claim 1 , wherein each injection orifice presents a section that is circular.

5. The fan module according to claim 1 , further comprising means for conveying hot air that are configured to deliver hot air upstream to an inside of the splitter nose.

6. An aviation turbine engine, comprising:

the fan module according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2018
From: SCHOLTES, CHRISTOPHE; BRUNET, ANTOINE ROBERT ALAIN; AMOEDO, SIMON JOSE PIERRE
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 046424/0322 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 16 50510 · Jan 22, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190024533A1 · Jan 24, 2019