Suction enabled post shutdown combustor cooling and core ventilation

A gas turbine engine having a suction enabled post shutdown combustor cooling and ventilation system comprising:

• a gas turbine engine core flow path extending through a compressor, a combustor and a turbine, the turbine comprising turbine cooling air ports;
• a pump fluidly coupled with a suction line, wherein the suction line is fluidly coupled with suction ports proximate a fuel system component near the combustor;
• a pump suction valve positioned in the suction line upstream of the pump;
• a pump discharge line fluidly coupled with the pump,
• an outlet configured as a nacelle air scoop formed in the nacelle flow surface fluidly coupled with the pump discharge line, wherein the outlet is fluidly coupled with an open environment;
• a core compartment supply line fluidly coupled with the turbine cooling air ports, the core compartment supply line comprising a core compartment inlet located within a core compartment and fluidly coupled with the core compartment, the core compartment supply line comprising a core compartment supply valve located in the core compartment supply line upstream of the turbine cooling air ports;
• a turbine cooling air supply line fluidly coupled to the core compartment supply line and the turbine cooling air ports, the turbine cooling air supply line comprising a turbine cooling air valve;
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• the gas turbine engine core flow path fluidly coupled with the suction ports and the turbine cooling air ports.

A process for post shutdown combustor cooling and ventilation in a gas turbine engine having a suction enabled post shutdown system comprising:

• a gas turbine engine core flow path extending through a compressor, a combustor and a turbine, the turbine comprising turbine cooling air ports;
• fluidly coupling a pump with a suction line;
• fluidly coupling the suction line with a suction port proximate a fuel system component near the combustor;
• positioning a pump suction valve in the suction line upstream of the pump;
• fluidly coupling a pump discharge line with the pump,
• fluidly coupling an outlet connected to a nacelle inner flow surface with the pump discharge line;
• fluidly coupling the outlet to discharge to an open environment;
• fluidly coupling a core compartment supply line with the turbine cooling air ports, the core compartment supply line comprising a core compartment inlet located within a core compartment;
• and fluidly coupling the core compartment inlet with the core compartment, the core compartment supply line comprising a core compartment supply valve located in the core compartment supply line upstream of the turbine cooling air ports;
• fluidly coupling a turbine cooling air supply line to the core compartment supply line and the turbine cooling air ports, the turbine cooling air supply line comprising a turbine cooling air valve;
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• fluidly coupling the gas turbine engine core flow path with the suction ports and the turbine cooling air ports.