Intercooled cooling air with plural heat exchangers
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler, Joseph Brent Staubach, Brian D. Merry
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AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. Suciu, Jesse M. Chandler, Joseph Brent Staubach, Brian D. Merry
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A gas turbine engine comprises a main compressor section having a high pressure compressor with a downstream most end, and more upstream locations. A turbine section has a high pressure turbine. A first tap taps air from at least one of the more upstream locations in the main compressor section, passing the tapped air through a first heat exchanger and then to a cooling compressor. A second tap taps air from a location closer to the downstream most end than the location of the first tap, and the first and second taps mix together and are delivered into the high pressure turbine. The cooling compressor is positioned downstream of the first heat exchanger, and upstream of a location where air from the first and second taps mix together.
A gas turbine engine comprising;
A gas turbine engine comprising;
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