Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Gas turbine engine having hollow low-pressure shaft with integrated valve for delivering hot compressed air to a fan disk
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Application No.: US17745532Application Date: 2022-05-16
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Publication No.: US11674453B2Publication Date: 2023-06-13
- Inventor: Moritz Wirth
- Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
- Applicant Address: DE Blankenfelde-Mahlow
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
- Current Assignee Address: DE Blankenfelde-Mahlow
- Agency: Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, PLC
- Agent Timothy Klima
- Priority: DE 2021116507.5 2021.06.25
- Main IPC: F02C9/18
- IPC: F02C9/18 ; F02K3/04 ; B64D15/04 ; F02C6/08 ; F02C7/047 ; F02K3/06

Abstract:
A gas turbine engine has an engine core, a fan arranged upstream of the engine core, and a hollow low-pressure shaft. The low-pressure shaft includes axially front and rear ends, wherein hot compressor air is applied to the axially rear end during operation. A valve is integrated into the interior of the low-pressure shaft, configured to open or close in accordance with the rotational speed of the low-pressure shaft, wherein the valve is closed from a predefined rotational speed and is open below this rotational speed, and wherein the valve, in the open state, allows hot compressor air to flow from the axially rear end of the low-pressure shaft to the axially front end of the low-pressure shaft and, in the closed state, prevents hot compressor air from flowing through the low-pressure shaft. A mechanism, when the valve is open, feeds hot compressor air outside of the fan disk.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220412273A1 GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-12-29
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