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公开(公告)号:US20250084793A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18463774
申请日:2023-09-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Arthur W. Sibbach , Aaron M. Dziech , Scott Alan Schimmels , Brandon W. Miller
Abstract: A turbine engine for an aircraft. The turbine engine includes a combustor fluidly coupled to a fuel delivery assembly to receive fuel from the fuel delivery assembly. The fuel is injected into the combustor and combusted in the combustor to generate combustion gases. A condenser is located downstream of the combustor to receive the combustion gases and to condense water. A fuel heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the condenser by at least one heat transfer loop to receive heat from the condenser.
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公开(公告)号:US20250084789A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-13
申请号:US18463782
申请日:2023-09-08
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Arthur W. Sibbach , Aaron M. Dziech , Scott Alan Schimmels , Robert R. Rachedi , Jeffrey D. Rambo , Brandon W. Miller
Abstract: A turbine engine for an aircraft. The turbine engine includes a combustor fluidly coupled to a fuel delivery assembly to receive fuel from the fuel delivery assembly. The fuel is injected into the combustor and combusted in the combustor to generate combustion gases. A condenser is located downstream of a turbine to receive the combustion gases and to condense water. The fuel heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the condenser to receive heat from the water condensed by the condenser. The fuel heat exchanger is located in the fuel delivery assembly to receive the fuel and to transfer the heat received from the water to the fuel. The boiler is located downstream of the fuel heat exchanger. The boiler receives the water and is fluidly connected to the combustor to receive the combustion gases and to boil the water to generate steam.
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公开(公告)号:US12240624B1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US18461651
申请日:2023-09-06
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon W. Miller , Daniel A. Niergarth , Arthur W. Sibbach
Abstract: An aircraft gas turbine includes a combustor that combusts compressed air and at least one fuel flow from at least one fuel source to generate combustion gases. A fuel supply system is arranged to provide at least one of a first flow of fuel to the combustor via a first fuel supply line and a second flow of a heated fuel to the combustor via a second fuel supply line. A fuel heat exchanger is arranged within the fuel supply system to generate the heated fuel that is heated above an autoignition temperature of the fuel, and a heat source communicates with the fuel heat exchanger for generating the heated fuel.
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公开(公告)号:US20240402047A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-05
申请号:US18329150
申请日:2023-06-05
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon W. Miller , Andrew J. Hank , John C. Schilling , Ryan T. Roehm , Kevin Graziano , Geoffrey Whitener
Abstract: A disclosed example non-transitory machine readable storage medium includes instructions to cause programmable circuitry to at least determine, based on output from at least one sensor, (i) a first parameter corresponding to a first position in a casing of a gas turbine engine, the first position at or downstream of a volume at which flows from respective ones of bleed offtakes are combined, and (ii) a second parameter corresponding to a second position in a casing of a gas turbine engine, the second position upstream from the first position, determine a status of at least one of the bleed offtakes or the at least one sensor based on the first and second parameters, and provide or indicate the status in response to the status indicating improper operation of at least one of the bleed offtakes or the at least one sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US12140081B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-12
申请号:US18481597
申请日:2023-10-05
Applicant: General Electric Company , GE Avio S.r.l.
Inventor: Narayanan Payyoor , Weize Kang , Brandon W. Miller , Bugra H. Ertas , Andrea Piazza
Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan section having a fan shaft, and a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine includes a low-speed shaft coupled to the power turbine and having a midshaft that extends from a forward bearing to an aft bearing. The low-speed shaft is characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. The low-speed shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine includes a gearbox assembly that couples the fan shaft to the low-speed shaft and characterized by a gearbox assembly mode less than 95% of a midshaft mode of the midshaft or greater than 105% of the midshaft mode.
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公开(公告)号:US20240229726A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-11
申请号:US18152903
申请日:2023-01-11
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Jeffrey D. Rambo , Brandon W. Miller , Scott G. Edens
CPC classification number: F02C9/18 , F02C3/04 , F02C7/057 , F05D2220/10 , F05D2220/3217 , F05D2220/323
Abstract: A propulsion system includes (a) a turbine engine including a compressor section, a combustor, and a turbine section, (b) a ramjet engine, and (c) an inlet section including a turbine engine inlet portion and a ramjet inlet portion, the inlet section providing an inlet airflow to the turbine engine and to the ramjet engine. The turbine engine inlet portion includes an expansion turbine arranged upstream of the compressor section.
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公开(公告)号:US11821366B2
公开(公告)日:2023-11-21
申请号:US17351023
申请日:2021-06-17
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon W. Miller , Robert Jon McQuiston , Stefan Joseph Cafaro , Eric Richard Westervelt , Michael A. Benjamin , Joel M. Haynes , Hejie Li
CPC classification number: F02C7/22 , F02C7/224 , F02C9/28 , F23R3/28 , F05D2220/32 , F05D2240/35 , F23R2900/00
Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.
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公开(公告)号:US20230366353A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-16
申请号:US17663314
申请日:2022-05-13
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon W. Miller , Sean Binion , Justin P. Smith , Nathan E. Gibson
CPC classification number: F02C7/25 , F02C7/232 , F02C7/224 , F02C3/22 , F02C7/222 , F05D2220/323 , F05D2240/36 , F05D2260/605
Abstract: A hydrogen fuel system including a fuel delivery assembly, a purge gas source, and a vent. The fuel delivery assembly is configured to receive hydrogen fuel from a hydrogen fuel source and to provide the hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen fuel source to a power generator. The purge gas source is fluidly coupled to the fuel delivery assembly and configured to provide a purge gas to the fuel delivery assembly. The vent is fluidly coupled to the fuel delivery assembly and configured to vent hydrogen fuel from the fuel delivery assembly when the purge gas is provided to the fuel delivery assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20230272749A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-31
申请号:US17652790
申请日:2022-02-28
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Hejie Li , Mathew Paul Thariyan , Diana Julieta Méndez Maya , Jorge Omar Mañón Cantú , Brandon W. Miller , Michael A. Benjamin , Brian Devendorf
Abstract: A fuel system including a fuel metering unit, a heat exchanger, a plurality of fuel nozzles, and a coke filtration system. The fuel metering unit is configured to meter a flow of a hydrocarbon fuel. The heat exchanger is fluidly connected to the fuel metering unit. The heat exchanger is configured to heat the hydrocarbon fuel to improve engine performance or efficiency. The plurality of fuel nozzles is fluidly connected to the heat exchanger downstream of the heat exchanger to receive the hydrocarbon fuel heated by the heat exchanger. The coke filtration system includes at least one filter to remove coke particles in the heated fuel. The coke filtration system is located upstream of the plurality of fuel nozzles and directly downstream of the heat exchanger.
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公开(公告)号:US20250122849A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-17
申请号:US18991142
申请日:2024-12-20
Applicant: General Electric Company
Inventor: Brandon W. Miller , Randy M. Vondrell , David M. Ostdiek , Craig W. Higgins , Alexander Simpson , William Bowden
Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10. The thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus airflow through the fan duct to airflow through the core duct. The core bypass ratio is a ratio of airflow through the fan duct to airflow through the core duct. The fan duct includes an exhaust nozzle having a plurality of chevrons disposed at its aft end to define an exhaust outlet.
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