Patent classifications
F02K1/383
Ultra hush exhaust system (UHES)
An exhaust noise attenuation system with ultra thrust reverser system comprising double walled duct made of sheet metal with a perforated inner wall except in areas where there are solid non-perforated corrugations or hat sections which act as frames for structural integrity, with noise attenuation material, sandwiched between inner perforated and outer solid walls of duct. Double walled duct is bolted to engine aft turbine frame. Hinged Inlet Doors are mounted at forward end of duct, for ram recovery and control the flow of ambient air sucked by eductor action. A movable exit cone can be used to vary the exit area of double walled duct to optimize engine operation. Ultra hush thrust reverser system mounted at aft end of double walled duct, comprising two improved split flow clamshell doors mounted on top and bottom of double walled duct, with two unique design actuators mounted one on each side tucked between the external wall of duct and clamshell doors operating clamshell doors using linkages.
Method and Apparatus for Variable Supplemental Airflow to Cool Aircraft Components
A cooling system for an aircraft has at least one moveable member configured to cover an opening formed within an aircraft outer skin. An actuator moves the at least one moveable member between a fully open position where external atmosphere air can be directed through the opening to an internal passage enclosed by the aircraft outer skin and a fully closed position where the opening is covered. A controller selectively controls the actuator to move the at least one moveable member between the fully open and fully closed positions. An aircraft engine and a method of cooling an aircraft engine in an aircraft are also disclosed.
Exhaust nozzle apparatus and method for multi stream aircraft engine
A multi stream aircraft fixed geometry nozzle includes an inner nozzle, an outer nozzle, and a supersonic ejector. The outer nozzle is configured to channel a third stream from an aft end of a third stream duct surrounding a bypass duct of a multi stream aircraft engine to the supersonic ejector to merge the third stream with the primary stream. The fixed geometry nozzle is configured to operate between an SFC mode and a thrust mode such that, when the inner nozzle accelerates the primary stream supersonically to the supersonic ejector, at which the primary stream is merged with the third stream, in the SFC mode the total pressure of the primary stream is substantially the same as the total pressure of the third stream, and in the thrust mode the total pressure of the primary stream is substantially greater than the total pressure of the third stream.
Reduced noise gas turbine engine system and supersonic exhaust nozzle system using elector to entrain ambient air
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique gas turbine engine system. Another embodiment is a unique exhaust nozzle system for a gas turbine engine. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for gas turbine engine systems and exhaust nozzle systems for gas turbine engines. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
ULTRA HUSH EXHAUST SYSTEM (UHES)
An exhaust noise attenuation system mounted to a Jet Engine exit turbine frame for noise attenuation with an ULTRA THRUST REVERSER System mounted at the exhaust end, aft end of the exhaust noise attenuation system, to provide deceleration after landing of the aircraft. The exhaust noise attenuation system consists of double walled duct which can be either of constant circular, square or elliptic cross section or convergent section with variable cross-section area, made of sheet metal double walls with a perforated inner wall or skin except in the areas where there are solid non-perforated corrugations or hat sections which act as frames for structural integrity of the double walled duct, and a non-perforated outer wall or skin, with an appropriate noise attenuation material, assuming honeycomb for the sake of discussion since it is widely used, sandwiched between the inner perforated and outer solid skins of the duct. The sound attenuation material is placed in between the corrugations/hat sections over the perforations of the inner skin. The double walled duct is connected to a nozzle/ring bolted to the engine frame using two or more struts. In the shown figures the inventor used four (4) struts for depiction. Hinged inlet Doors are mounted at the forward end of the double skin duct, controlled by the pilot or the engine control system, to control the flow of ambient air sucked into the exhaust system by the eductor action, to optimize the engine performance, noise signature and reduce ram drag during flight. The doors can also be closed tight during flight to reduce ram drag and to create a smooth surface for the ambient air flowing over the surface of the exhaust system. However, the doors can be fitted with smaller doors or scoops to provide a limited amount of airflow to cool off the walls of the inner perforated duct. A movable exit cone can be used with the convergent duct configuration to optimize the exit area of the double walled duct to optimize the engine performance. An ULTRA THRUST REVERSER SYSTEM is mounted at the aft end of the double walled duct, consists of two improved design clamshell doors mounted on either side of the top and bottom of the double walled duct, fitted with two unique design actuators mounted one on each side of the external sides of the duct between the clamshell doors and the duct, possibly in a depression in the duct called blister, assuming them to be hydraulic actuators for discussion purposes. The actuators drive the clamshell doors using linkages pivoted to the exterior of the double walled duct, connecting the doors to the actuators, to deploy the doors aft of the double walled duct during deceleration after land
Turbojet engine nacelle with variable ventilation outlet cross section
A turbojet engine nacelle includes a rear section having an internal structure. The internal structure surrounds a rear part of an engine compartment and delimits, with an ejection jet pipe, an outlet cross section for the ventilation of the engine compartment. The engine nacelle includes a moving element associated with a corresponding controller. The moving element is able to move between a withdrawn position in which the outlet cross section for ventilation is at a maximum and an engaged position in which the moving element partially reduces the outlet cross section for ventilation by comparison with the retracted position. The controller is capable of moving the moving element between the retracted and engaged positions.
Turbofan engine with variable exhaust cooling
Disclosed aircraft and turbofan engines have an active configuration (corresponding to flight, etc.) and an idle configuration (corresponding to ground idle). Turbofan engines comprise a core engine, a nacelle, a bypass duct therebetween, and a bypass splitter shell that extends at least partially between the nacelle and the core engine to define peripheral and interstitial bypass ducts. Bypass flow in the bypass duct splits into peripheral bypass flow and interstitial bypass flow. The relatively cool, slow interstitial bypass flow is directed into relatively hot, fast core exhaust flow from the core engine and into a mixed exhaust duct at least partially defined by the bypass splitter shell. The bypass splitter shell may be selectively positioned to increase (in the idle configuration) or to decrease (in the active configuration) the relative flow of the interstitial bypass flow, thereby cooling and/or slowing the mixed exhaust flow in the idle configuration.
Jet exhaust noise reduction
Reducing jet noise by weakening Mach cones in a jet exhaust gas streamtube. The Mach cones are weakened by modifying exhaust gas flow in a longitudinal axial core of the exhaust gas streamtube.