Diversion Of Fan Air To Provide Cooling Air For Gas Turbine Engine
AssigneeUnited Technologies Corporation
InventorsDaniel Bernard Kupratis, Anthony R. Bifulco
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Abstract
A gas turbine engine section includes a plurality of spaced rotor stages, with a static guide vane intermediate the spaced rotor stages. The static guide vane provides swirl into air passing toward a downstream one of the spaced rotor stages, and an outer housing surrounding the spaced rotor stages. A diverter diverts a portion of air radially outwardly through the outer housing, and across at least one heat exchanger. The diverted air passes back into a duct radially inwardly through the outer housing, and is exhausted toward the downstream one of the spaced rotor stages.
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A gas turbine engine section comprising:
- a plurality of spaced rotor stages, with a static guide vane intermediate said spaced rotor stages, said static guide vane providing swirl into air passing toward a downstream one of said spaced rotor stages, and an outer housing surrounding said spaced rotor stages, a diverter diverting a portion of air radially outwardly through said outer housing, and across at least one heat exchanger, with the diverted air passing back into a duct radially inwardly through said outer housing, and being exhausted toward said downstream one of said spaced rotor stages.
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