Patent classifications
F02K3/077
Aircraft with multiple fan propulsion assembly fixed under the wing
- Bruno Albert Beutin ,
- Nicolas Maurice Herve Aussedat ,
- Nicolas Alain Bader ,
- Philippe Gerard Chanez ,
- Gilles Alain Charier ,
- Mathieu Lallia ,
- Lionel Jean Leon Lefranc ,
- Kevin Morgane Lemarchand ,
- Herve Jean Albert MOUTON ,
- Nicolas Joseph Sirvin ,
- Ludovic Michael Laurent Toupet ,
- Christian Sylvain Vessot ,
- Nathalie Nowakowski
An aircraft including a fuselage, a lateral support wing (1) and a propulsion assembly (100) mounted under the wing. The wing includes at least two structural spars (11ba, 11bf) extending from the fuselage toward the tip of the wing, one of these (11ba) being upstream and the other (11bf) downstream. The propulsion assembly includes a gas generator (106) and at least two offset fans (102, 104) arranged on either side of the axis of the gas generator. The offset fans (102, 104) are attached directly to one of the spars (11ba, 11bf) and the gas generator (106) is attached directly to the two spars. The leading edge of the wing forms a given sweep of angle (α) with the axis of the fuselage. The two offset fans (102, 104) are axially offset from one another.
Aircraft with multiple fan propulsion assembly fixed under the wing
- Bruno Albert Beutin ,
- Nicolas Maurice Herve Aussedat ,
- Nicolas Alain Bader ,
- Philippe Gerard Chanez ,
- Gilles Alain Charier ,
- Mathieu Lallia ,
- Lionel Jean Leon Lefranc ,
- Kevin Morgane Lemarchand ,
- Herve Jean Albert MOUTON ,
- Nicolas Joseph Sirvin ,
- Ludovic Michael Laurent Toupet ,
- Christian Sylvain Vessot ,
- Nathalie Nowakowski
An aircraft including a fuselage, a lateral support wing (1) and a propulsion assembly (100) mounted under the wing. The wing includes at least two structural spars (11ba, 11bf) extending from the fuselage toward the tip of the wing, one of these (11ba) being upstream and the other (11bf) downstream. The propulsion assembly includes a gas generator (106) and at least two offset fans (102, 104) arranged on either side of the axis of the gas generator. The offset fans (102, 104) are attached directly to one of the spars (11ba, 11bf) and the gas generator (106) is attached directly to the two spars. The leading edge of the wing forms a given sweep of angle (α) with the axis of the fuselage. The two offset fans (102, 104) are axially offset from one another.
Intercooled cooling air heat exchanger arrangement
An intercooled cooling system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The intercooled cooling system includes a plurality of cooling stages in fluid communication with an air stream utilized for cooling. A first cooling stage of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to a bleed port 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 fluidly coupled to the first cooling stage 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 of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to the pump to receive and cool the pressurized cool bleed air to produce an intercooled cooling air, which is provided to the gas turbine engine.
Intercooled cooling air heat exchanger arrangement
An intercooled cooling system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The intercooled cooling system includes a plurality of cooling stages in fluid communication with an air stream utilized for cooling. A first cooling stage of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to a bleed port 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 fluidly coupled to the first cooling stage 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 of the plurality of cooling stages is fluidly coupled to the pump to receive and cool the pressurized cool bleed air to produce an intercooled cooling air, which is provided to the gas turbine engine.
REFRESHING HEAT MANAGEMENT FLUID IN A TURBOMACHINE
A heat management system for a turbomachine may include a first heat exchanger configured and arranged to receive a first fluid stream from a first duct, a second heat exchanger configured and arranged to receive the first fluid stream after discharging from the first heat exchanger, and a second duct fluidly communicating with the first duct between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to introduce a second fluid stream from the second duct to the first duct. A method of cooling fluid streams may include directing a first fluid stream from a first duct across or through a first heat exchanger, directing the first fluid stream across or through a second heat exchanger after discharging from the first heat exchanger, and directing a second fluid stream from a second duct to the first duct, with the second duct fluidly communicating with the first duct between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.
TURBOFAN ENGINE WITH CORE EXHAUST AND BYPASS FLOW MIXING
A gas turbine engine, the engine including a core turbine engine forming a core flowpath, a rotatable first stage blade assembly in which a bypass airflow passage is formed downstream of the first stage blade assembly, and a shroud positioned at the bypass airflow passage radially outward of the core turbine engine, wherein a first flowpath is formed outward of the shroud at which a first portion of air is flowed, and wherein the shroud and the core turbine engine form a second flowpath therebetween, the core flowpath in fluid communication with the second flowpath to flow a mixture of a second portion of air and combustion gases in the second flowpath.
INLET GUIDE VANE DRAW HEAT EXCHANGER SYSTEM
A system includes a housing for a gas turbine engine, and a fan disposed in the housing to rotate coaxially with a gas turbine included in the housing. The system also includes an inlet guide vane disposed in the housing in axial alignment with the fan and configured to have an open position where a first flow of air is received by the fan through the inlet guide vane, and a closed position where airflow through the inlet guide vane is obstructed. The system further includes a heat exchanger disposed in a supply passage in fluid communication with a second flow of air received by the fan. The second flow of air is received by the fan via the supply passage with the inlet guide vane in the open position or in the closed position.
Translating outer cowl flow modulation device and method
A flow control device includes a first axially extending flow control surface, a second axially extending flow control surface radially offset from the first surface to define a gas flow path therebetween, the gas flow path having a downstream flow path exit, and a third axially extending flow control surface radially offset from the first surface and capable of axially translating with respect to the first and second surfaces for modifying the gas flow path and selectively closing the flow path exit. A turbofan engine includes a core flow passage, a fan bypass passage located radially outward from the core flow passage, a third stream bypass passage located radially outward from the fan bypass passage, and a flow control device that dynamically regulates the third stream bypass passage, allowing fluid flowing through the third stream bypass passage to provide thrust to the turbofan engine and reduce afterbody drag.
Translating outer cowl flow modulation device and method
A flow control device includes a first axially extending flow control surface, a second axially extending flow control surface radially offset from the first surface to define a gas flow path therebetween, the gas flow path having a downstream flow path exit, and a third axially extending flow control surface radially offset from the first surface and capable of axially translating with respect to the first and second surfaces for modifying the gas flow path and selectively closing the flow path exit. A turbofan engine includes a core flow passage, a fan bypass passage located radially outward from the core flow passage, a third stream bypass passage located radially outward from the fan bypass passage, and a flow control device that dynamically regulates the third stream bypass passage, allowing fluid flowing through the third stream bypass passage to provide thrust to the turbofan engine and reduce afterbody drag.
Involute trapped vortex combustor assembly
A combustor assembly includes a volute wall extended annularly around a combustor centerline, extended at least partially as a spiral curve from a circumferential reference line around the combustor centerline, and defining a combustion chamber therewithin, an annular inner wall extended at least partially along a lengthwise direction from the volute wall, an annular outer wall extended at least partially along the lengthwise direction from the volute wall, the annular inner wall and the annular outer wall being separated along a radial direction from the combustor centerline, and a primary flow passage being defined between the annular inner wall and the annular outer wall in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, and a flow passage wall extending between a portion of the volute wall and a portion of the annular outer wall.