ELECTRIC GENERATOR BEHIND FAN IN TURBINE ENGINE

    公开(公告)号:US20240322646A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-26

    申请号:US18417938

    申请日:2024-01-19

    IPC分类号: H02K7/18 F02C7/36

    摘要: A turbine engine includes a core section comprising at least one compressor and at least one turbine that both rotate about a longitudinal axis of the turbine engine; a core vane assembly coupled to the core section, wherein the core vane assembly comprises a plurality of core vanes configured to modify core fluid flow; a fan connected to the core section and configured to be rotated by the at least one turbine, rotation of the fan providing thrust to a vehicle that includes the turbine engine; and an electrical generator integrated into the core vane assembly and positioned in the core section aft of the fan and fore of the at least one compressor, wherein the electrical generator comprises: a rotor mechanically rotated via the fan or a shaft that is rotationally coupled to the fan, wherein the rotor rotates about the longitudinal axis; and a stator.

    Anti-ice mixing unit utilizing bleed air for a gas turbine engine

    公开(公告)号:US12078103B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US18230442

    申请日:2023-08-04

    发明人: Rex M. Little

    IPC分类号: F02C7/047 F02C6/08 F02C9/18

    CPC分类号: F02C7/047 F02C6/08 F02C9/18

    摘要: A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes an inlet, a compressor, a mixing unit, and a fuel source. The compressor includes a low pressure stage and a high pressure stage. The mixing unit includes a first valve port fluidically connected to a low pressure bleed line of the compressor and a high pressure bleed line of the compressor and having an adjustable inlet gate on each of these lines and an outlet fluidically connected to the inlet of the engine to prevent ice accretion in the inlet or de-ice the inlet. The fuel source is configured to provide fuel to the mixing unit to actuate the adjustable inlet gates to regulate the amounts of low pressure bleed air and high pressure bleed air directed to the outlet.

    VARIABLE STATOR VANE ASSEMBLY WITH MAGNETIC ACTUATION ROTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES

    公开(公告)号:US20240229673A9

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-11

    申请号:US18048609

    申请日:2022-10-21

    IPC分类号: F01D17/16 F04D29/56

    摘要: A vane assembly includes a casing, vanes, and an actuator assembly. The vanes are arranged within the casing and are rotatably coupled to the casing for rotation relative thereto and configured to rotate about their pitch axes. The actuator assembly is arranged radially outward of the casing and includes an annular ring surrounding the casing and coupled to the vanes, a magnet arranged on the ring, and a stator spaced apart from the magnet. The ring is configured to rotate the vanes about their pitch axes in response to rotation of the ring about the central axis and the stator is configured to selectively rotate the magnet and ring about the central axis. The stator is configured to create a magnetic field which causes annular movement of the ring via interaction with the magnet.