Gas turbine engine compressor arrangement
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorsKarl L. Hasel, Joseph B. Staubach, Brian D. Merry, Gabriel L. Suciu, Christopher M. Dye
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a propulsor section including a propulsor, a core engine, a gear arrangement that drives the propulsor. A compressor section includes a first compressor and a second compressor. A turbine section includes a first turbine and a second turbine. An overall pressure ratio is provided by the combination of a pressure ratio across the first compressor and a pressure ratio across the second compressor, and greater than 40. The pressure ratio across the high pressure compressor is no more than 15, and the pressure ratio across the low pressure compressor is at least 4.
Claims22
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a propulsor section including a propulsor having at least one blade;
- a core engine including a compressor section and a turbine section;
- a gear arrangement that drives the propulsor, the gear arrangement including an epicyclic gear train having a sun gear, a ring gear, and a plurality of intermediate gears arranged circumferentially about the sun gear and intermeshing with the sun gear and the ring gear, and the gear arrangement defining a gear reduction ratio of greater than 2.3:1;
- wherein the compressor section includes a first compressor and a second compressor downstream of the first compressor;
- wherein the turbine section includes a first turbine and a second turbine that drives an input of the gear arrangement, wherein the second turbine includes an inlet, an outlet, and a turbine pressure ratio greater than 5:1, wherein the turbine pressure ratio is a ratio of a pressure measured prior to the inlet as related to a pressure at the outlet prior to any exhaust nozzle, wherein the first compressor has a greater number of stages than the first turbine, wherein the second turbine has a greater number of stages than the first turbine, and wherein the second compressor has a greater number of stages than the second turbine;
- a first spool and a second spool, wherein the first spool includes a first shaft interconnecting the first compressor and the second turbine, and the second spool includes a second shaft interconnecting the second compressor and the first turbine;
- wherein an overall pressure ratio is:
- provided by the combination of a pressure ratio across the first compressor and a pressure ratio across the second compressor;
- and
- greater than 40;
- wherein the pressure ratio across the second compressor is no more than 15;
- and
- wherein the pressure ratio across the first compressor is at least 4.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.