Patent ID: 11885234
Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B  Y | IPC F

Claim 14:
15. A method for manufacturing a stator for a turbomachine, the stator including at least one local vortex generator array, the method comprising:
receiving, by a processor, design criteria for the stator, the stator including a shroud, a hub, and a plurality of airfoils that each extend between the shroud and the hub in the spanwise direction, at least one airfoil of the plurality of airfoils including a leading edge spaced apart from a trailing edge in a chordwise direction and a pressure side opposite a suction side, and the design criteria including blade row pressure losses and airflow turning deviation for the stator;
receiving, by the processor, a shape, and a location of the at least one local vortex generator array defined on the suction side of the at least one airfoil and at least one of the hub and the shroud;
determining, by the processor, whether the shape and location of the at least one local vortex generator array defined on the suction side of the at least one airfoil and the at least one of the hub and the shroud meets the blade row pressure losses and the airflow turning deviation associated with the design criteria for the stator, the at least one local vortex generator array including a first local vortex generator array defined on the suction side and the shroud; and
manufacturing the stator including the at least one local vortex generator array based on the determining.