OPEN ROTOR TURBOMACHINERY ENGINES
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220259985A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17176106

    申请日:2021-02-15

    Abstract: A turbomachinery engine includes an unducted rotor assembly, a low-pressure turbine, a low-pressure shaft, a gearbox, and an engine correlation parameter. The unducted rotor assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades arranged in a single row and defining a blade diameter. The gearbox includes an input, an output, and a gear ratio. The input of the gearbox is coupled to the low-pressure shaft (which is coupled to the LPT), and the output of the gearbox is coupled to the unducted rotor assembly. The engine correlation parameter is greater than 0.17 and less than 0.83. The engine correlation parameter equals D/N/GR, where D is the blade tip diameter measured in feet, N is the stage count of the low-pressure turbine, and GR is the gear ratio of the gearbox. The unducted propulsor assembly optionally includes a disk loading within a range of 60-180 HP/ft2 at a takeoff flight condition.

    UNDUCTED SINGLE ROTOR ENGINE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210108595A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-15

    申请号:US17071018

    申请日:2020-10-15

    Abstract: A propulsion system is provided, the propulsion system including a rotor assembly configured to rotate relative to the engine centerline axis, and wherein one or more blades of the rotor assembly are configured to rotate along a blade pitch angle axis. A vane assembly is positioned in aerodynamic relationship with the rotor assembly. The vane assembly includes one or more vanes, wherein each vane includes a vane pitch angle. A controller is configured to execute operations, the operations including moving each blade to a reverse thrust position about its respective blade pitch axis, and adjusting each vane about its respective vane pitch axis when the plurality of blades is in the reverse thrust position to modify an amount of reverse thrust generated by the propulsion system.

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