Air cooled turbine for a gas turbine engine

摘要

An air cooled turbine which has cooling air provided through pre-swirl nozzles into an annulus formed between radially inner and outer seals and then into cooling air inlets to the turbine blading, has leakage air deflector means to prevent the leakage flow from the inner to outer seal interfering with the cooling air flow. The deflector means may comprise leakage flow inlets adjacent the inner seal, channels extending radially and cooperating with the turbine rotor to provide passages for the leakage flow to a location radially outboard of the cooling air inlets to the turbine blading, and open portions through which the cooling air can flow to the cooling air inlets. The channel outlets of the deflector may be arranged so that some of the leakage flow can be directed to cool a less critical part of the turbine blading the remaining leakage flow being directed radially outboard of the cooling air inlets to a more critical part of the turbine blading which are arranged to receive the normal cooling air flow.