Gas turbine engine with a low speed spool driven pump arrangement
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. SUCIU, Christopher M. DYE
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AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsGabriel L. SUCIU, Christopher M. DYE
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A gas turbine engine includes, among other things, a propulsion assembly situated to rotate about an engine central axis. Operation of the propulsion assembly requires a first amount of fluid during a first operating condition and a second, greater amount of the fluid during a second operating condition. A first pump is operatively associated with a low speed spool that rotates with a low pressure turbine. The first pump has a first fluid delivering capacity corresponding to at least the first amount. A second pump has a second fluid delivering capacity configured to correspond to at least a difference between the first amount and the second amount. The first pump provides the fluid for propulsion assembly during the first and second operating conditions and the second pump provides the fluid for propulsion assembly operation only during the second operating condition.
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
A method of operating a gas turbine engine that includes a propulsion assembly including at least a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the turbines being situated to rotate about an engine central axis, operation of the propulsion assembly requiring at least one fluid including a first amount of the fluid during at least a first operating condition and a second, greater amount of the fluid during at least a second operating condition, comprising the steps of:
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