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Deicing nose of an axial turbine engine compressor

US10415473B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 7, 2017
Grant dateSep 17, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 3, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T50/60
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a de-icing splitter nose (22) of an axial turbine engine, notably a de-icing splitter nose of a turbo-jet engine compressor. The splitter nose includes an annular row of vanes (26), each of which has a radially extending leading edge (36), and a de-icing system (28) based on hot-air injection. The injection is pulsed, i.e. discontinuous. The system (28) includes an annular row of injection orifices for injecting de-icing fluid (44) onto the vanes (26) in respective injection directions (46). Each injection orifice is associated with a vane such that the injection directions thereof are substantially parallel to the leading edge (36) of the related vane, enabling said vane (26) to be de-iced.

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