Device for ventilating turbine disks in a gas turbine engine
View Patent ↗A device for ventilating turbine components in a gas turbine engine which includes first and second turbine rotors mechanically independent of each other, the first turbine rotor includes an HP turbine disk and the second turbine rotor includes an LP turbine disk and with a first circuit for ventilating the LP turbine is disclosed. The device includes an air compression wheel arranged downstream of the HP turbine disk between the HP turbine disk and LP turbine disk in order to assist the circulation of the air in the first circuit.
1. A device for ventilating turbine components in a gas turbine engine comprising:
first and second turbine rotors that are mechanically independent of each other, the first turbine rotor including an HP turbine disk and the second turbine rotor including an LP turbine disk;
a first ventilation circuit for the LP turbine; and
an air compression wheel arranged downstream of the HP turbine disk,
wherein the compression wheel assists in circulation of air in said first circuit.
2. The device, as claimed in claim 1 wherein the compression wheel is arranged between said two turbine disks, HP and LP.
3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the compression wheel is connected to the HP turbine disk.
4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compression wheel is connected to the LP turbine disk.
5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an air inlet of the compression wheel connects with a passage of the HP turbine disk.
6. The device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the passage is supplied with air coming from an HP compressor.
7. The device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the compression wheel comprises a disk provided with radial vanes which cooperates with a stator baffle to compress the air.
8. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the baffle includes air guide vanes.
9. The device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the stator baffle delimits with the HP turbine disk an HP turbine downstream cavity.
10. The device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the air coming from the passage partly supplies the wheel and partly supplies the cavity.
11. The device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the air coming from the passage passes through holes disposed on a flange of the HP disk.
12. The device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the baffle includes an annular deflector which directs air flow exiting the compression wheel toward a base of the LP turbine disk.
13. The device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a second ventilation circuit which ventilates separate bearing oil chamber covers.
14. The device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein said second circuit comprises a guide part that is coaxial with a guide part of the first circuit.
15. A gas turbine engine which includes a ventilation device as claimed in claim 1 .
16. An air compression wheel for the device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising:
a radial plate with a first annular portion provided with mounting holes; and
a second portion provided with radial vanes.
17. The wheel as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first portion is radially inside in relation to the second portion.
18. The wheel as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the first portion is radially outside in relation to the second portion.
19. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compression wheel includes a cylindrical portion which supports an outer race of a bearing which holds an HP shaft and an LP shaft.