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US 2016/0102566 A1Published application
Power turbine air strut
AssigneePW Power Systems, Inc.
InventorsFabian D. Betancourt, Fernando K. Grant, John J. Korzendorfer
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Abstract
A power turbine section for a gas turbine engine includes an inlet case along an axis. An inlet duct within the inlet case is along the axis and an air strut is mounted to the inlet case transverse to the axis to extend through the inlet duct, the air strut includes a multiple of passages.
Claims20
A power turbine section for a gas turbine engine comprising:
- an inlet case along an axis;
- an inlet duct within said inlet case along said axis;
- and
- an air strut mounted to said inlet case transverse to said axis to extend through said inlet duct, said air strut including more than one passage.
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A gas turbine engine comprising:
- a gas generator section;
- and
- a power turbine section driven by said gas generator section, said power turbine section including an inlet duct through which an air strut extends, said air strut including more than one passage.
A method of communicating a cooling airflow to a power turbine, comprising:
- communicating a first cooling airflow from a compressor section through an air strut;
- and
- communicating a second cooling airflow from the compressor section through the air strut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.