GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    1.
    发明公开
    GAS TURBINE ENGINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240102431A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18215864

    申请日:2023-06-29

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F02K3/06 F01D9/04 F01D25/24

    摘要: A novel configuration for an axial flow gas turbine engine for aircraft has an engine core having a core length and including a first turbine, an axial compressor, and a drive connecting the first turbine to the axial compressor, the engine core further including a second turbine, and a fan shaft connecting the second turbine to a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan including a plurality of fan blades extending from a fan hub, the fan having a tip radius from 90 mm to 225 mm and wherein the ratio of fan tip radius to an engine length is 0.15 to 0.25. The engine may have 3, 4 or 5 compressor stages and combustor volume (in litres) which when divided by fan tip radius (in mm) is 0.015 to 0.083. The fan may be multistage fan configured to permit an electric motor to be located within fan hub diameter.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCANNING A COMPONENT
    2.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240361218A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-31

    申请号:US18647507

    申请日:2024-04-26

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    发明人: Akhil MULLOTH

    IPC分类号: G01N1/42 G01N23/046

    摘要: A method for scanning at least one component includes placing the at least one component inside a storage vessel; filling the storage vessel with a cryogenic material; cooling the at least one component; placing the storage vessel between an x-ray source and a detector of a CT scanner; generating, via the x-ray source, an x-ray cone beam after cooling of the component that passes through the storage vessel while the at least one component is disposed within the storage vessel; receiving the x-ray cone beam at the detector; and generating an x-ray image of the at least one component.

    Loading parameters
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12123362B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-22

    申请号:US18225427

    申请日:2023-07-24

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F02C9/40 F02C9/28 F23R3/34

    摘要: An aircraft has first and second fuel sources containing fuels with different characteristics, and one or more gas turbine engines powered by the fuels and each having a staged combustion system having pilot and main fuel injectors and being operable in pilot-only and pilot-and-main ranges of operation. The gas turbine engines each have a fuel delivery regulator arranged to control fuel delivery to the pilot and main fuel injectors. The method includes: obtaining a proposed mission description; obtaining nvPM impact parameters for the gas turbine engines, the impact parameters being associated with each operating condition of the proposed mission; calculating an optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics for each flight condition of the proposed flight defined in the flight description based on the nvPM impact parameters; and determining a fuel allocation based on the optimised set of one or more fuel characteristics.

    Thermal management system for an aircraft

    公开(公告)号:US12116933B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-15

    申请号:US18233521

    申请日:2023-08-14

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

    IPC分类号: F02C7/14 F02C7/16 F02C7/224

    摘要: A thermal management system for an aircraft comprises a first gas turbine engine, one or more first electric machines rotatably coupled to the first gas turbine engine, a first thermal bus, and a first heat exchanger module. The first thermal bus comprises a first heat transfer fluid, with the first heat transfer fluid being in fluid communication, in a closed loop flow sequence, between the first gas turbine engine, the or each first electric machine, and the first heat exchanger. Waste heat energy generated by at least one of the first gas turbine engine, and the or each first electric machine, is transferred to the first heat transfer fluid. The first heat exchanger module comprises a first flow path and a second flow path. The first flow path is configured to direct a flow of the first heat transfer fluid either to a first heat dissipation portion in which a first proportion QA of the waste heat energy from the first heat transfer fluid is transferred to a first dissipation medium, or additionally to a second heat dissipation portion in which a second proportion QB of the waste heat energy from the first heat transfer fluid is transferred to a second dissipation medium, in dependence on a temperature of the first heat transfer fluid entering the first heat exchanger module, a temperature of the first heat dissipation medium, and a temperature of the second heat dissipation medium. The second flow path is configured to direct the flow of the first heat transfer fluid to a second heat dissipation portion in which a second proportion QB of the waste heat energy from the first heat transfer fluid is transferred to a second dissipation medium, or additionally to the first heat dissipation portion in which a first proportion QA of the waste heat energy from the first heat transfer fluid is transferred to a first dissipation medium, in dependence on a temperature of the first heat transfer fluid entering the first heat exchanger module, a temperature of the first heat dissipation medium, and a temperature of the second heat dissipation medium.

    MAGNETISATION AND DEMAGNETISATION OF A COMPONENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240339897A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18602254

    申请日:2024-03-12

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    摘要: A method of magnetising or demagnetising an annular component for a rotary machine, a flux arrangement for performing a magnetising or demagnetising method, and a flux assembly for such a flux arrangement; wherein, the annular component includes an alternating arrangement of radial elements and angular elements for forming a Halbach array. A magnetizer is caused to induce magnetic flux in a primary set of elements of the annular component including a primary radial element and an adjacent primary angular element. A shield element shields a secondary angular element of the annular component from magnetic flux from the magnetizer.

    GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    7.
    发明公开
    GAS TURBINE ENGINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240337218A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-10

    申请号:US18406296

    申请日:2024-01-08

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    IPC分类号: F02C7/36

    CPC分类号: F02C7/36 F05D2220/36

    摘要: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprises: an engine core comprising a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a bypass duct delimited by a bypass duct inner wall and a bypass duct outer wall and located radially outwardly from the engine core and downstream of the fan; and an outlet guide vane assembly, located within the bypass duct and, comprising a plurality of outlet guide vanes distributed circumferentially within the bypass duct, each outlet guide vane extending radially along a span between the bypass duct inner wall and the bypass duct outer wall, wherein a space-chord ratio of at least one outlet guide vane, at 50% of the span length from the bypass duct inner wall, is less than 0.72.

    Gas turbine operation
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12098684B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US18098433

    申请日:2023-01-18

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

    IPC分类号: F02C9/40 F02C9/28

    摘要: A aircraft gas turbine engine and operation method, the engine including: a staged combustion system having pilot and main fuel injectors, and operates in a pilot-only range wherein fuel delivers to pilot fuel injectors, and a pilot-and-main operation range wherein fuel is delivered to at least the main fuel injectors. The engine further includes a fuel delivery regulator to pilot and main fuel injectors, which receives fuel from a first and second source containing fuels each with different characteristics. The staged combustion system switches between pilot-only and pilot-and-main range operation when in steady cruise mode, the mode defining a boundary between first and second engine cruise operation range. The fuel delivery regulator delivers fuel to pilot fuel injectors during at least part of the first engine cruise operation with different fuel characteristics from fuel delivered to one or both pilot and main fuel injectors the second engine cruise operation range.

    Aerofoil shaping method
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12098651B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-24

    申请号:US17847699

    申请日:2022-06-23

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE plc

    发明人: Shahrokh Shahpar

    IPC分类号: F01D5/14

    摘要: A method for shaping an aerofoil by: (a) defining an aerofoil having a nominal shape, the nominal shape defined by; a leading edge, a trailing edge, a root and a tip, a span extending from the root to the tip, a pressure surface and a suction surface extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; a nominal camber line extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge; (b) defining an edge region on one of the pressure and/or suction surface which extends distance of at least 0.1% but no more than 10% of the camber line length from one of the leading edge or the trailing edge of the aerofoil; and (c) adapting the shape of the pressure and/or suction surface within the edge region such that the edge region of the aerofoil achieves an asymmetric profile with respect to the nominal camber line.

    ELECTRIC MACHINE
    10.
    发明公开
    ELECTRIC MACHINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240313622A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18589701

    申请日:2024-02-28

    申请人: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC

    摘要: An electric machine includes a stator having a phase arrangement, and a rotor. The phase arrangement includes first and second legs connected in parallel at first and second primary junctions. The legs each include first and second coils connected in series through a first intermediate junction. The intermediate junctions are connected by a branch such that the phase arrangement is a bridge circuit. The phase arrangement permits an alignment current to flow between the primary junctions via the branch, the alignment current being conducted through an alignment current path passing through one coil of each leg. The phase arrangement includes a negative impedance converter to add a negative electrical impedance to the alignment current path by introducing additional electrical energy into the respective alignment current path. The alignment current causes a translational force to be applied to the rotor for maintaining alignment of the rotor with respect to the stator.