Turbine engine having a particle deflector assembly
AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, General Electric Company Polska sp. z o.o., General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH
InventorsPascal Schuler, Aleksander Pasieczny, Byron A. Pritchard, Charles D. Califf
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Abstract
A turbine engine includes an engine plenum disposed within the turbine engine and defined at least partially by a plenum end wall and a turbo-engine disposed within the engine plenum. The turbine engine causes core air to flow through the engine plenum and into the turbo-engine. A particle deflector assembly is disposed at the plenum end wall. The particle deflector assembly includes one or more particle deflector walls that extend into the engine plenum and capture particles within the core air.
Claims20
A turbine engine comprising:
- an engine plenum disposed within the turbine engine and defined at least partially by a plenum end wall;
- a turbo-engine disposed within the engine plenum, wherein the turbine engine causes core air to flow through the engine plenum and into the turbo-engine;
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- a particle deflector assembly disposed at the plenum end wall, the particle deflector assembly comprising one or more particle deflector walls that extend into the engine plenum and capture particles within the core air.
A method of separating particles in a turbine engine, the method comprising:
- directing core air into an engine plenum that is disposed within the turbine engine and defined at least partially by a plenum end wall such that the core air impinges on the plenum end wall and is directed into a turbo-engine disposed within the engine plenum;
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- separating the particles within the core air with one or more particle deflector walls of a particle deflector assembly that is disposed at the plenum end wall and extends into the engine plenum such that the particle deflector assembly captures the particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.