US20140140824A1 - Oil system bearing compartment architecture for gas turbine engine - Google Patents

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US20140140824A1
US20140140824A1 US13/705,377 US201213705377A US2014140824A1 US 20140140824 A1 US20140140824 A1 US 20140140824A1 US 201213705377 A US201213705377 A US 201213705377A US 2014140824 A1 US2014140824 A1 US 2014140824A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
    • F01D—NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
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  • the present disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine and, more particularly, to an oil system bearing compartment arrangement therefor.
  • Aircraft gas turbine engines include an oil system to supply oil to various components such as bearings that are typically contained within bearing compartments. All gas turbine engines ingest some air from the gas path in regular operation due to the pressure differential between the gas path and bearing compartments. Under certain conditions, the oil may be churned at a high velocity and thereby become aerated. If the oil is not quieted and deaerated, the oil may not be effectively scavenged. In a geared engine architecture, higher air pressures within bearing compartments that contain a gear system can reduce the efficiency of the gear system. Entrained air in the oil is removed through a deaerator to assure quality oil, however, removal of air may also result in some undesirable oil consumption. The oil must eventually be replaced during maintenance operations.
  • a gas turbine engine with a geared architecture includes a multiple of bearing compartments and at least one carbon seal which seals at least one side of each of the multiple of bearing compartments.
  • the multiple of bearing compartments include a front bearing compartment.
  • the multiple of bearing compartments include a mid bearing compartment.
  • the multiple of bearing compartments include a mid-turbine bearing compartment.
  • the multiple of bearing compartments include a rear bearing compartment.
  • each of the multiple of bearing compartments interface with an engine shaft.
  • the geared architecture is 98% efficient.
  • the multiple of bearing compartments include a front bearing compartment, a mid bearing compartment axially aft of the front bearing compartment, a mid-turbine bearing compartment axially aft of the mid bearing compartment, and a rear bearing compartment axially aft of the mid-turbine bearing compartment.
  • a gas turbine engine includes a front bearing compartment bounded by a first and second carbon seal, a mid bearing compartment bounded by a first and second carbon seal, the mid bearing compartment axially aft of the front bearing compartment, a mid-turbine baring compartment bounded by a first and second carbon seal, the mid-turbine bearing compartment axially aft of the mid bearing compartment, and a rear bearing compartment bounded by a first and second carbon seal, the rear bearing compartment axially aft of the mid-turbine bearing compartment.
  • the front bearing compartment contains #1 and a #1.5 tapered bearing and a geared architecture which drives a fan at a lower speed than a low spool.
  • the mid-bearing compartment contains a #2 bearing that rotationally supports a forward end section of a low spool and a #3 bearing that rotationally supports a forward end section of a high spool.
  • the mid-turbine bearing compartment contains a #4 bearing that rotationally supports an aft end section of a high spool.
  • the rear bearing compartment contains a #5 bearing and a #6 bearing that rotationally supports an aft end section of a low spool.
  • the foregoing embodiment further comprises an oil system in fluid communication with each of the front bearing compartment, the mid bearing compartment, the mid-turbine bearing compartment and the rear bearing compartment.
  • the foregoing embodiment includes the oil system includes a deoiler.
  • the foregoing embodiment includes the oil system includes a deaerator.
  • a method of reducing oil outflow from an oil system in communication with a geared architecture of a gas turbine engine having a multiple of bearing cavities includes bounding a multiple of bearing cavities with a multiple of carbon seals.
  • one of the bearing cavities contains a geared architecture which drives a fan at a rotational speed less than a low spool.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a geared architecture gas turbine engine
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an oil system for the geared architecture gas turbine engine
  • FIG. 3 is a graphical representation of seal air leakage in standard cubic feet of air per minute (SCFM) on the ordinate and differential pressure (deltaP) across the seal on the abscissa; and
  • FIG. 4 is an expanded cross-sectional view of a carbon seal according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a gas turbine engine 20 .
  • the gas turbine engine 20 is disclosed herein as a two-spool turbofan that generally incorporates a fan section 22 , a compressor section 24 , a combustor section 26 and a turbine section 28 .
  • Alternative engines architectures such as a low-bypass turbofan may include an augmentor section (not shown) among other systems or features.
  • turbofan Although schematically illustrated as a turbofan in the disclosed non-limiting embodiment, it should be understood that the concepts described herein are not limited to use with turbofans as the teachings may be applied to other types of turbine engines to include but not limited to a three-spool (plus fan) engine wherein an intermediate spool includes an intermediate pressure compressor (IPC) between a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor with an intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) between a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine as well as other engine architectures such as turbojets, turboshafts, open rotors and industrial gas turbines.
  • IPC intermediate pressure compressor
  • IPT intermediate pressure turbine
  • the fan section 22 drives air along a bypass flowpath and a core flowpath while the compressor section 24 drives air along the core flowpath for compression and communication into the combustor section 26 then expansion through the turbine section 28 .
  • the engine 20 generally includes a low spool 30 and a high spool 32 mounted for rotation about an engine central longitudinal axis A relative to an engine case assembly 36 via several bearing compartments 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 .
  • the low spool 30 generally includes an inner shaft 40 that interconnects a fan 42 , a low pressure compressor 44 (“LPC”) and a low pressure turbine 46 (“LPT”).
  • the inner shaft 40 drives the fan 42 through a geared architecture 48 to drive the fan 42 at a lower speed than the low spool 30 .
  • the high spool 32 includes an outer shaft 50 that interconnects a high pressure compressor 52 (“HPC”) and high pressure turbine 54 (“HPT”).
  • a combustor 56 is arranged between the HPC 52 and the HPT 54 .
  • the inner shaft 40 and the outer shaft 50 are concentric and rotate about the engine central longitudinal axis A that is collinear with their longitudinal axes.
  • Core airflow is compressed by the LPC 44 then the HPC 52 , mixed with the fuel and burned in the combustor section 56 , then expanded over the HPT 54 and the LPT 46 .
  • the HPT 54 and the LPT 46 drive the respective low spool 30 and high spool 32 in response to the expansion.
  • the gas turbine engine 20 is a high-bypass geared architecture engine in which the bypass ratio is greater than about six (6:1).
  • the geared architecture 48 can include an epicyclic gear train, such as a planetary gear system, star gear system or other gear system.
  • the example epicyclic gear train has a gear reduction ratio of greater than about 2.3, and in another example is greater than about 2.5 with a gear system efficiency greater than approximately 98%.
  • the geared turbofan enables operation of the low spool 30 at higher speeds which can increase the operational efficiency of the low pressure compressor 44 and low pressure turbine 46 and render increased pressure in a fewer number of stages.
  • a pressure ratio associated with the LPT 46 is pressure measured prior to the inlet of the LPT 46 as related to the pressure at the outlet of the LPT 46 prior to an exhaust nozzle of the gas turbine engine 20 .
  • the bypass ratio of the gas turbine engine 20 is greater than about ten (10:1)
  • the fan diameter is significantly larger than that of the low pressure compressor 44
  • the low pressure turbine 46 has a pressure ratio that is greater than about five (5:1). It should be understood, however, that the above parameters are only exemplary of one embodiment of a geared architecture engine and that the present disclosure is applicable to other gas turbine engines including direct drive turbofans.
  • a significant amount of thrust is provided by the bypass flow due to the high bypass ratio.
  • the fan section 22 of the gas turbine engine 20 is designed for a particular flight condition—typically cruise at about 0.8 Mach and about 35,000 feet. This flight condition, with the gas turbine engine 20 at its best fuel consumption, is also known as bucket cruise Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption (TSFC).
  • TSFC Thrust Specific Fuel Consumption
  • Fan Pressure Ratio is the pressure ratio across a blade of the fan section 22 without the use of a Fan Exit Guide Vane system.
  • the low Fan Pressure Ratio according to one non-limiting embodiment of the example gas turbine engine 20 is less than 1.45.
  • Low Corrected Fan Tip Speed is the actual fan tip speed divided by an industry standard temperature correction of (“T”/518.7) 0.5 . in which “T” represents the ambient temperature in degrees Rankine.
  • the Low Corrected Fan Tip Speed according to one non-limiting embodiment of the example gas turbine engine 20 is less than about 1150 fps (351 m/s).
  • the bearing compartments 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 in the disclosed non-limiting embodiment are defined herein as a front bearing compartment 38 - 1 , a mid-bearing compartment 38 - 2 axially aft of the front bearing compartment 38 - 1 , a mid-turbine bearing compartment 38 - 3 axially aft of the mid-bearing compartment 38 - 2 and a rear bearing compartment 38 - 4 axially aft of the mid-turbine bearing compartment 38 - 3 .
  • Each of the bearing compartments 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 include one or more bearings 60 (illustrated schematically) and one or more—typically two (2)—carbon seals 62 (illustrated schematically). In another disclosed non-limiting embodiment, only one carbon seal may be located on one side of the bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 subject to greatest air leakage—the lower air leakage side could use a labyrinth type seal.
  • carbon seals 62 may be used herewith and the carbon seals 62 contemplated herein include, but are not limited to face contact seals.
  • the bearings 60 and carbon seals 62 respectively support and interface with the shafts 40 , 50 of the respective low spool 30 and high spool 32 .
  • the carbon seals 62 operate to seal a “wet” zone from a “dry” zone. In other words, regions or volumes that contain oil may be referred to as a “wet” zone and an oil-free region may be referred to as a “dry” zone.
  • each bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 may be referred to as a wet zone that ultimately communicates with an oil sump (not shown) of an oil system ( FIG. 2 ) while the region external thereto may be referred to as a dry zone. That is, the bearings 60 support the low spool 30 and the high spool 32 and the carbon seals 62 separate the “wet” zone from the “dry” zone to define the boundaries of each bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 .
  • the front bearing compartment 38 - 1 contains a #1 tapered bearing 60 , a #1.5 tapered bearing 60 and the geared architecture 48 .
  • the #1 tapered bearing 60 and the #1.5 tapered bearing 60 rotationally support the fan 42 .
  • the mid-bearing compartment 38 - 2 contains a #2 bearing 60 and a #3 bearing 60 .
  • the #2 bearing 60 rotationally supports a forward end section of the low spool 30 and the #3 bearing 60 rotationally supports a forward end section of the high spool 32 .
  • the mid-turbine bearing compartment 38 - 3 contains a #4 bearing 60 that rotationally supports the aft end section of the high spool 32 .
  • the rear bearing compartment 38 - 4 contains a #5 bearing 60 and a #6 bearing 60 that rotationally support an aft end section of the low spool 30 .
  • a #5 bearing 60 and a #6 bearing 60 that rotationally support an aft end section of the low spool 30 .
  • an oil system 70 provides oil under pressure to lubricate and cool moving components of the engine 20 , such as, for example but not limited to, the geared architecture 48 and the bearings 60 .
  • the oil system 70 generally includes a pump 72 , a main filter 74 , a pressure relief valve 76 , an air-oil cooler 78 , a fuel-oil cooler 80 , an oil pressure trim orifice 82 , an oil strainer 84 , a deoiler 86 , a deareator 88 and a tank 90 .
  • the oil system 70 is but a simplified schematic illustration and that other additional or alternative components and subsystems may be included in the oil system 70 .
  • the pump 72 communicates oil to the main filter 74 then filtered oil proceeds to the air-oil cooler 78 and/or the fuel-oil cooler 80 to be cooled. Should the main filter 74 become clogged, the pressure relief valve 76 indicates the clog. The oil pressure trim orifice 82 then regulates the oil flow and returns any oil overage to the oil tank 90 . The oil strainer 84 strains any debris before the oil is communicated to the bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 to lubricate, for example, the bearings 60 .
  • Oil is then scavenged from the bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 by the pump 72 through the deoiler 86 for return to the tank 90 .
  • Air is separated from the scavenge oil from the pump 72 by the deaerator 88 at the tank 90 . Vent air from the bearing compartment 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 and air from the deaerator 88 is communicated directly to the deoiler 86 where the air is removed from the oil and rejected overboard. The oil cycle is then repeated.
  • Geared architecture engines are architected to minimize oil flow, heat rejection and air entrained in the oil as well as oil outflow from the oil system in regular operation.
  • gear systems operate more efficiently with less air flow into the bearing compartment because the additional air creates windage and churning within the rotating gears and bearings. This additional loss in gear system efficiency reduces the overall efficiency of the engine, increasing the amount of fuel needed to complete a specified mission.
  • All gas turbine engines however, ingest some air from the gas path due to the pressure differential between the gas path and the bearing compartments.
  • Geared architecture engines typically utilize an oil system that has an oil flow circulation that may be approximately twice that of a traditional direct drive turbofan, e.g., 45 gallons per minute versus 25 gallons per minute from a 35 quart oil tank vs. a 28 quart system.
  • oil ingestion may be amplified. Minimization of entrained air in the oil will thereby facilitate reduced consumption of oil, the minimization of maintenance requirements and longer mission potential.
  • an illustrated embodiment of the carbon seal 62 includes a seal race 100 , a fixed segment 102 , a carbon element 104 , a preload 106 and a secondary seal 108 .
  • the seal race 100 may be mounted to the shaft 40 , 50 for rotation therewith.
  • the seal race 100 may also include cooling passages 110 (one shown) to receive and direct cooling oil toward the carbon element 104 .
  • the fixed segment 102 is mounted to the case assembly 36 to support and preload the carbon element 104 into contact with the seal race 100 by the preload 106 such as spring compression, centrifugal force, and air pressure.
  • the secondary seal 108 may include, for example, a piston ring, O-ring type, C-ring type, or other interface.
  • the piston ring may be manufactured of a metal alloy while the O-ring type and the C-ring type may be elastomeric and may include non-metallic materials to provide an effective seal.
  • the reduction of air leakage due to utilization of carbon seals 62 in all the bearing compartments 38 - 1 , 38 - 2 , 38 - 3 , 38 - 4 reduces air entrainment in the oil such that oil tank dwell time is concomitantly reduced to facilitate usage of a relatively small deoiler 86 , deareator 88 and tank 90 .
  • Reduced airflow in bearing compartments that house the gear system such as the front bearing compartment 38 - 1 improves gear system efficiency.
  • the geared architecture turbofan engine may have oil flow requirements greater than that of a conventional direct drive turbofan, complete usage of carbon seals 62 facilitate a significant weight, cost and complexity savings.
  • a quart of oil weighs approximately 2 lbs. (907 g), so a size reduction of the oil system components facilitates further weight savings.

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