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US 2012/0070271 A1Published application
Gas turbine engine with bleed duct for minimum reduction of bleed flow and minimum rejection of hail during hail ingestion events
OwnerJustin R. Urban, Anthony R. Bifulcoinventors
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine includes a bleed structure which includes a forward wall and a rear structural wall to define a deposit space downstream of the bleed structure for a hail event of a predetermined duration.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a bleed structure which includes a forward wall;
- and
- a rear structural wall to define a deposit space downstream of said bleed structure.
A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a bleed structure which includes a forward wall and an aft wall;
- and
- a fluid plenum at least partially formed by said aft wall to receive a heated fluid.
A method to minimize the formation of hail in a bleed passage of a gas turbine engine comprising:
- defining a deposit space downstream of a bleed structure for a hail event of a predetermined duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.