Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Rotor thrust balanced turbine engine
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Application No.: US15412216Application Date: 2017-01-23
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Publication No.: US11053797B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Thomas Ory Moniz , Jeffrey Donald Clements
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dority & Manning, P.A.
- Main IPC: F01D3/00
- IPC: F01D3/00 ; F01D5/02 ; F01D25/16 ; F02C7/28 ; F01D11/00 ; F01D11/08 ; F01D25/24 ; F04D25/04 ; F04D29/053 ; F04D29/32

Abstract:
The present disclosure is directed to a rotor thrust balanced turbine engine that may increase engine performance and efficiency while managing thrust mismatch or imbalance in a low pressure (LP) spool between a fan assembly and a turbine rotor assembly. The gas turbine engine defines a radial direction, a longitudinal direction, and a circumferential direction, an upstream end and a downstream end along the longitudinal direction, and an axial centerline extended along the longitudinal direction. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine rotor assembly and a turbine frame. The turbine rotor assembly defines a first flowpath radius and a second flowpath radius each extended from the axial centerline. The first flowpath radius is disposed at the upstream end of the turbine rotor assembly, and wherein the second flowpath radius is disposed at the downstream end of the turbine rotor assembly. The turbine frame and the turbine rotor assembly together define a seal interface radius inward of the turbine rotor assembly along the radial direction and concentric to the axial centerline, and wherein the turbine rotor assembly defines a ratio of the first flowpath radius to the seal interface radius less than or equal to approximately 1.79.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180209273A1 ROTOR THRUST BALANCED TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2018-07-26
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