SHAFT BEARING POSITIONING IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240352891A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-24

    申请号:US18749076

    申请日:2024-06-20

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor, a fan located upstream of the engine core, and a gearbox. The turbine is the lowest pressure turbine of the engine, and has a turbine length that is the distance between the root of the most upstream blade of the turbine at its leading edge and the root of the most downstream blade of the lowest pressure turbine at its trailing edge. The engine core further includes three bearings arranged to support the core shaft. The three bearings include a forward bearing and two rearward bearings, with a minor span being defined as the axial distance between the two rearward bearings. A ratio of the minor span to a turbine length is equal to or less than 1.05.

    Gas turbine engine with higher low spool torque-to-thrust ratio

    公开(公告)号:US12123356B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US17379233

    申请日:2021-07-19

    IPC分类号: F02C3/06 F02C7/36

    摘要: A gas turbine engine includes a fan drive turbine driving a low pressure compressor, and driving a gear reduction to in turn drive a fan rotor at a speed slower than the fan drive turbine. The turbine section further includes a high pressure turbine driving the high pressure compressor. The fan drive turbine and low pressure compressor are connected by a shaft and the fan drive turbine, the shaft and the low pressure compressor define a low pressure spool. The gas turbine engine is rated to provide an amount of thrust at maximum takeoff, and a low spool thrust ratio defined as a ratio of a torque on the low pressure spool at maximum takeoff in ft-lbs and the maximum takeoff thrust being defined in lbf, with the low spool torque ratio being greater than or equal to 0.70 ft-lb/lbf, and less than or equal to 1.2 ft-lb/lbf.

    Gas turbine engine with idle thrust ratio

    公开(公告)号:US12123310B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18480627

    申请日:2023-10-04

    申请人: RTX CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: F01D15/12 F02C3/00 F02C7/32

    摘要: A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure may include, among other things, a propulsor section including a propulsor having a plurality of propulsor blades, a geared architecture, a first spool including a first shaft that interconnects a first compressor and a first turbine, the first driving the propulsor through the geared architecture. The gas turbine engine is rated to provide an amount of thrust at ground idle, and the gas turbine engine is rated to provide an amount of thrust at maximum takeoff. A thrust ratio is defined as a ratio of the amount of thrust at ground idle divided by the amount of thrust at maximum takeoff. The thrust ratio can be less than or equal to 0.050.

    Zoned liner exhaust with buried N-core

    公开(公告)号:US12110844B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US17987671

    申请日:2022-11-15

    申请人: ROHR, INC.

    IPC分类号: F02K1/82

    摘要: A center plug for attenuating noise in a gas turbine engine includes an inner skin, a forward bulkhead, and aft bulkhead, and a noise attenuation panel. The inner skin has a substantially cylindrical shape and extending along an axial centerline. The forward bulkhead is disposed proximate a forward end of the inner skin. The forward bulkhead is connected to and extends radially outward from the inner skin. The aft bulkhead is disposed proximate an aft end of the inner skin. The aft bulkhead is connected to and extending radially outward from the inner skin. The noise attenuation panel is positioned intermediate the inner skin and partially divides a region bounded by the inner skin, the forward bulkhead and the aft bulkhead into.

    Fuel systems for aircraft engines
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12110827B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-08

    申请号:US18311660

    申请日:2023-05-03

    IPC分类号: F02C7/236 F02C7/32

    摘要: A turbo engine for an aircraft includes a gas turbine engine having a combustion section and a fuel system to provide pressurized fuel to the combustion section. The fuel system includes a fuel tank and a boost pump and a main pump driven by an accessory gearbox that is powered by a shaft of the turbo engine. The boost pump and the main pump are arranged in series. The fuel system also includes an auxiliary pump and a controller to operate the fuel system in (1) a first mode in which the boost pump and the main pump produce pressurized fuel for the turbo engine and the auxiliary pump is deactivated, and (2) a second mode in which the auxiliary pump is activated and produces the pressurized fuel for the turbo engine while bypassing the boost pump and the main pump.