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US 2007/0175223 A1Published application
Aircraft auxiliary gas turbine engine and method for operating
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsChellappa Balan, Karl Sheldon
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AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsChellappa Balan, Karl Sheldon
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A non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine installable in an aircraft having a cabin adapted to be pressurized. The auxiliary gas turbine engine includes an auxiliary-gas-turbine-engine compressor having an inlet, wherein the inlet is adapted to receive pressurized air from the cabin. A method for operating a non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine of an aircraft includes providing pressurized air from the cabin of the aircraft to an inlet of a compressor of the auxiliary gas turbine engine. The method includes providing compressed air from the compressor to a combustor of the auxiliary gas turbine engine and includes providing combustion gases from the combustor to a turbine of the auxiliary gas turbine engine, wherein the turbine is mechanically coupled to the compressor.
A non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine installable in an aircraft, wherein the aircraft has an aircraft-propelling gas turbine engine and has a cabin adapted to be pressurized, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine engine comprises an auxiliary-gas-turbine-engine compressor having an inlet, and wherein the inlet is adapted to receive pressurized air from the cabin.
A non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine of an aircraft, wherein the aircraft has an aircraft-propelling gas turbine engine and has a pressurized cabin, wherein the auxiliary gas turbine engine comprises an auxiliary-gas-turbine-engine compressor having an inlet, and wherein the inlet receives pressurized air from the cabin.
A method for operating a non-aircraft-propelling auxiliary gas turbine engine of an aircraft, wherein the aircraft has an aircraft-propelling gas turbine engine and has a cabin adapted to be pressurized, and wherein the method comprises:
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