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US 2025/0092848 A1Published application
Supplemental thrust system with rotating detonation combustor
AssigneeRtx Corporation
InventorSteven W. Burd
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a supplemental thrust section and a duct. The supplemental thrust section includes a rotating detonation combustor. The duct includes a supplemental thrust section inlet fluidly coupled with and leading to the rotating detonation combustor. The supplemental thrust section inlet has a flow area that decreases as at least a first portion of the supplemental thrust section inlet extends towards the rotating detonation combustor.
Claims19
An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
- a supplemental thrust section comprising a rotating detonation combustor;
- and
- a duct comprising a supplemental thrust section inlet fluidly coupled with and leading to the rotating detonation combustor, the supplemental thrust section inlet comprising a flow area that decreases as at least a first portion of the supplemental thrust section inlet extends towards the rotating detonation combustor;
- a turbine section fluidly coupled with and upstream of the duct;
- and
- a flow regulator configured to regulate a flow of gas exhausted from the turbine section into the supplemental thrust section, the flow regulator comprising one or more variable stator vanes.
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An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising:
- a supplemental thrust section comprising a rotating detonation combustor;
- a duct configured to direct gas into the supplemental thrust section during a first mode;
- a bypass passage configured, during a second mode, to
- receive at least a portion of the gas from the duct;
- and
- direct the portion of the gas to bypass the supplemental thrust section;
- and
- a flow regulation system configured to selectively direct at least the portion of the gas to the supplemental thrust section and/or the bypass passage, the flow regulation system comprising an array of variable stator vanes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.