Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With safety device
Patent
1995-02-03
1997-04-29
Casaregola, Louis J.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
With safety device
60 3983, F02C 700
Patent
active
056238207
ABSTRACT:
An improved pressure relief system for a turbine engine (10). The pressure relief system includes a pressure relief door (12) attached to the engine shroud (16) at its forward edge. The aft edge of the door (12) is free to pivot outward in the occurrence of a bleed duct failure. The door (12) is mounted within a cutout (26) in the engine shroud (16). The cutout (26) is sized so that the width of the forward edge of the cutout is greater than the width of the aft edge of the cutout. Opposing walls (42) on either side of the door (12) extend from the forward edge of the door at least partially to the aft edge of the door. The walls (42) extend inward approximately normal to the surface of the door (12). The walls (42) prevent hot engine gases (36) from flowing out of the sides of the cutout. Preventing hot engine gases (36) from flowing out the sides of the cutout helps to alter the air flow around the door (12) to obtain greater mixing of cool bypass air with the hot engine gases. The resulting cooler air flow decreases engine shroud (16) temperatures aft of the pressure relief door (12). The decreased temperatures on the engine shroud (16) during a bleed duct failure help to eliminate the structural requirements for high temperature materials or insulating blankets.
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Balzer Ronald L.
Jensen Daniel T.
Sangwin Michael L.
Casaregola Louis J.
The Boeing Company
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