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Patent
F - Mech Eng,Light,Heat,Weapons
23
R
60/185
F23R 3/02 (2006.01) F01D 9/02 (2006.01) F01D 25/12 (2006.01) F23R 3/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1263243
IMPINGEMENT COOLED TRANSITION DUCT Abstract of the Disclosure A transition duct in an advanced heavy duty gas turbine engine is cooled by impingement jet formed by apertures in a sleeve spaced a distance from the surface to be cooled. The sleeve is configured so as to duct spent impingement air towards the combustor, where it can be subsequently used for mixing with, and combustion of, the fuel, or for cooling of the combustor. The distance between the impingement sleeve and the transition duct surface is varied to control the velocity of air crossflow from spent impingement air in order to minimize the pressure loss due to crossflow. The cross-sectional areas of the apertures are varied to project impingement jets over the various distances and crossflow velocities. Generally, larger aperture areas are used with larger distances. The distance between theimpingement sleeve and the transition duct systematically increases towards the combustor as the quantity of spent impingement air increases to a maximum value at the intersection of the combustor and the transition duct. The combination of variations in distance, aperture size, and inter-aperture spacing is utilized to vary the impingement cooling intensity to compensate for the variable internal heat load and also to produce the desired temperature distribution over the surface of the transition duct according to design requirements. The aforementioned variations are optimized to minimize the air flow pressure drop ahead of the combustion system which achieving the required cooling intensity according to design requirements. IMPINGEMENT COOLED TRANSITION DUCT Abstract of the Disclosure A transition duct in an advanced heavy duty gas turbine engine is cooled by impingement jet formed by apertures in a sleeve spaced a distance from the surface to be cooled. The sleeve is configured so as to duct spent impingement air towards the combustor, where it can be subsequently used for mixing with, and combustion of, the fuel, or for cooling of the combustor. The distance between the impingement sleeve and the transition duct surface is varied to control the velocity of air crossflow from spent impingement air in order to minimize the pressure loss due to crossflow. The cross-sectional areas of the apertures are varied to project impingement jets over the various distances and crossflow velocities. Generally, larger aperture areas are used with larger distances. The distance between theimpingement sleeve and the transition duct systematically increases towards the combustor as the quantity of spent impingement air increases to a maximum value at the intersection of the combustor and the transition duct. The combination of variations in distance, aperture size, and inter-aperture spacing is utilized to vary the impingement cooling intensity to compensate for the variable internal heat load and also to produce the desired temperature distribution over the surface of the transition duct according to design requirements. The aforementioned variations are optimized to minimize the air flow pressure drop ahead of the combustion system which achieving the required cooling intensity according to design requirements.
507566
Davis Lewis Berkley Jr.
Goodwin Walter Walls
Steber Charles Evan
Company General Electric
Eckersley Raymond A.
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