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US 2014/0338333 A1Published application
Gas turbine engines having plasma flow-controlled intake systems
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorMark Matwey
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AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorMark Matwey
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Embodiments of a Gas Turbine Engine (“GTE”) are provided, as are embodiments of a plasma flow-controlled intake system for deployment on a GTE. In one embodiment, the GTE includes a turbine section, a combustion section upstream of the turbine section, a compressor section upstream of the combustion section, and intake section upstream of the compressor section. The intake section includes a plenum, a first inlet fluidly coupled to the plenum, and a flow-obstructing structure projecting into the plenum and having an outer surface impinged by the airflow directed into the plenum through the first inlet during operation of the GTE. A first array of plasma actuators is disposed on flow-obstructing structure and, when activated, suppresses vortex shedding of the air flowing over the outer surface of the flow-obstructing structure.
A Gas Turbine Engine (“GTE”), comprising:
A Gas Turbine Engine (“GTE”), comprising:
The GTE of claim 17 wherein at least a portion of the first and second arrays of plasma actuators overlap.
A plasma flow-controlled intake system for deployment on a gas turbine engine having an intake section, the intake section comprising a plenum, a first inlet fluidly coupled to the plenum, and a centerbody disposed within the plenum and impinged by airflow delivered into the plenum through the first inlet, the plasma flow-controlled intake system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.