US 12,241,411 B1
Accessible debris separator for high pressure turbine outside diameter fed static components
Paul M Lutjen, Kennebunkport, ME (US); Jose R Paulino, Jupiter, FL (US); and Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Rocky Hill, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Aug. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/458,495.
Int. Cl. F02C 7/052 (2006.01); F01D 11/10 (2006.01); F02C 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/05 (2013.01) [F01D 11/10 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2240/55 (2013.01); F05D 2260/607 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessible debris separator for a gas turbine engine, the accessible debris separator comprising:
a chamber formed by an entrance wall, an exit wall, an inner wall, and an outer wall;
a plurality of inlet openings in the entrance wall;
a plurality of outlet openings in the exit wall; and
a component within the chamber, the component forcing cooling air with debris particulates entering the chamber via an inlet opening of the plurality of inlet openings to take a circuitous path thereby separating the debris particulates from the cooling air prior to the cooling air exiting the chamber via an outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings, wherein the component within the chamber is a protrusion, the protrusion protruding opposite the entrance wall into the chamber from the outlet opening of the plurality of outlet openings in the exit wall.