Method and apparatus for ejecting foreign matter from the primary flow path of a gas turbine engine
AssigneesGeneral Electric Company, John R. Rafter
InventorsWilson Frost, Peter J. Wood, Melvin Bobo, Daniel R. Little
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating ice and debris in a gas turbine engine. More particularly, a specially configured and slidable scoop is positioned between the booster exit and the compressor inlet in a gas turbine engine. An actuator mechanism can be coupled through a linkage to the scoop to position the scoop within the core path at low power conditions and retract the scoop from the core flow path at high power conditions.
Claims11
In a gas turbine engine, the method for ejecting foreign matter from the core flow path into the bypass flow path comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a scoop slidably mounted in a block between said core flow path and said bypass flow path;
- (b) providing an activator mechanism for repositioning said scoop;
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- (c) activating said activator mechanism at low power levels to protrude said scoop into said core flow path and to cause ice and debris which otherwise exist in said core flow path to be ejected from said core flow path into said bypass flow path.
In a gas turbine engine, the method for ejecting foreign matter from the core flow path into the bypass flowpath comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a scoop slidably mounted in a block between said core flow path and said bypass flow path;
- (b) providing an activator mechanism for repositioning said scoop, wherein said step of providing an activator mechanism comprises the further steps of:
- (i) providing a variable bleed valve actuator which controls a variable bleed valve door;
- (ii) providing a direct linkage from a portion of said scoop adjacent said bypass flow path to said variable bleed valve actuator;
- (iii) providing a coupling between said linkage and said variable bleed valve actuator;
- (iv) providing a coupling between said linkage and said scoop;
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- (c) activating said activator mechanism at low power levels to protrude said scoop partially across said core flow path and to cause ice and debris which otherwise exist in said core flow path to be ejected from said core flow path into said bypass flow path.
In an aircraft engine having core and bypass flow paths, an apparatus for ejecting foreign matter from the core flow path into the bypass flow path, said apparatus comprising a moveable scoop slidably mounted in said gas turbine between the primary flow path and the bypass flow path, said scoop being configured as a smooth circular arc and being slidably mounted adjacent a core flow path bleed valve door between said core flow path and said bypass flow path.
In an aircraft engine having core and bypass flow path, an apparatus for ejecting ice and debris from the core flow path into the bypass flow path, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a movable scoop slidably mounted in said gas turbine between a primary core flow path and a bypass flow path, said scoop being configured as a smooth circular arc and being slidably mounted adjacent a variable bleed valve door and said bypass flow path;
- (b) a variable bleed valve actuator for opening said variable bleed valve door, thereby venting said primary core flow path during low power operation;
- (c) a linkage having a first end and a second end wherein:
- (i) said linkage first end is connected to a portion of said movable scoop adjacent to the bypass flow path;
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- (ii) said linkage second end is coupled to said variable bleed valve actuator for driving said scoop to protrude into said primary flow path when said door is open.
An apparatus for ejecting foreign matter from into the bypass flow path of a gas turbine engine said apparatus comprising a mounting block situated between a primary core flow path and a bypass flow path in said gas turbine, a scoop comprising a smooth arc situated in said mounted block, between said primary flow path and said secondary flow path having a first edge proximate said primary path and a second edge proximate said bypass flow path, a linkage mechanism coupled to said second edge for driving said scoop into said primary flow path during low power operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.