Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a gear arrangement configured to drive the fan section, a compressor section and a turbine section. The compressor section includes a low pressure compressor section and a high pressure compressor section. The turbine section is configured to drive compressor section and the gear arrangement. An overall pressure ratio, which is provided by a combination of a pressure ratio across said low pressure compressor section and a pressure ratio across said high pressure compressor section, is greater than about 35. The pressure ratio across the low pressure compressor section is between about 3 and about 8 whereas the pressure ratio across the high pressure compressor section is between about 7 and about 15.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine has a core engine incorporating a turbine, and a manifold positioned downstream of the turbine. The manifold delivers gas downstream of the turbine into at least two nacelles, with each of the nacelles receiving a fan rotor. The fan rotor is fixed to rotate with a tip turbine mounted at a radially outer location of the fan rotor, with the tip turbine being in the path of gases from the manifold. An aircraft is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A separate propulsion unit incorporating a free turbine and a fan receives gases from a plurality of core engines. The core engines each include a compressor, a turbine and a combustion section. The core engines in combination pass gases across the free turbine. A method is also disclosed.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine (100) includes a primary flowpath fluidly connecting a compressor section (110), a combustor section (120), and a turbine section (130). A heat exchanger (150) is disposed in the primary flowpath downstream of the turbine section (130). The heat exchanger (150) includes a first inlet for receiving fluid from the primary flowpath and a first outlet for expelling fluid received at the first inlet. The heat exchanger (150) further includes a second inlet fluidly connected to a supercritical CO2 (sCO2) bottoming cycle (160) and a second outlet connected to the sCO2 bottoming cycle (160). The sCO2 bottoming cycle (160) is a recuperated Brayton cycle (160).
Abstract:
An intercooled cooling system (100) for a gas turbine engine (20) includes cooling stages (110,115) in fluid communication with an air stream (275) utilized for cooling. A first cooling stage (110) is fluidly coupled to a bleed port (145,165) of the gas turbine engine (20) to receive and cool bleed air with the air stream (275) to produce a cool bleed air. The intercooled cooling system (100) includes a pump (105) fluidly coupled to the first cooling stage (110) to receive and increase a pressure of the cool bleed air to produce a pressurized cool bleed air. A second cooling stage (115) is fluidly coupled to the pump (105) to receive and cool the pressurized cool bleed air to produce an intercooled cooling air. The intercooled cooling system includes an air cycle machine (190) in fluid communication to outputs of the cooling stages (110,115) to selectively receive the cool bleed air or the intercooled cooling air.
Abstract:
A turbofan engine (20) includes an engine case (22), a gaspath through the engine case (22), a fan (42) having a circumferential array of fan blades, a compressor in fluid communication with the fan (42), a combustor (48) in fluid communication with the compressor, and a turbine in fluid communication with the combustor (48). The turbine has a fan drive turbine section (27) having 3 to 6 blade stages (200, 202, 204). A speed reduction mechanism (46) couples the fan drive turbine section (27) to the fan (42). A bypass area ratio is between 8.0 and 20.0. A ratio of maximum gaspath radius along the fan drive turbine section (27) to maximum radius of the fan (42) is less than 0.50. A ratio of a turbine section airfoil count to the bypass area ratio is between 10 and 170.
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine (10) includes, among other things, a fan (14; 714), a core engine, a bypass passage (58), and a bypass ratio defined as the volume of air passing into the bypass passage (58) compared to the volume of air passing into the core engine, the bypass ratio being greater than or equal to 10. A gear arrangement (62; 762) drives the fan (14; 714). A compressor section (19) includes both a low pressure compressor (18; 718) and a high pressure compressor (22). A turbine section (21) drives the gear arrangement (62; 762). An overall pressure ratio is provided by the combination of a pressure ratio across the low pressure compressor (18; 718) and a pressure ratio across the high pressure compressor (22), and greater than 50, measured at sea level and at a static, full-rated takeoff power. The pressure ratio across the high pressure compressor (22) is greater than 7.
Abstract:
An intercooled cooling system (100;200;300) for a gas turbine engine (20) is provided. The intercooled cooling system includes a plurality of cooling stages (110,115;210,215;310,315) in fluid communication with an air stream utilized for cooling. A first cooling stage (110;210;310) of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to a bleed port (145) of a compressor of the gas turbine engine to receive and cool bleed air with the air stream to produce a cool bleed air. The intercooled cooling system also includes a pump (105) fluidly coupled to the first cooling stage (110;210;310) to receive the cool bleed air and increase a pressure of the cool bleed air to produce a pressurized cool bleed air. A second cooling stage (115;215;315) of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to the pump (105) to receive and cool the pressurized cool bleed air to produce an intercooled cooling air, which is provided to the gas turbine engine (20).
Abstract:
A graphene heat pipe for a gas turbine engine includes a body comprising graphene (104A). The body has a hot side (106A) to accept heat from the gas turbine engine, a cold side (108A) to reject heat from the body, and an adiabatic portion (110A) to flow heat within the body between the hot side and the cold side. A gas turbine engine of an aircraft comprises a fan section, a compressor section, and a graphene heat pipe flowing heat from a compressor flow path to a fan flow path. A method for cooling a compressor flow path of a gas turbine engine includes the use of a graphene heat pipe.