Turbofan jet engine with low pressure shaft passing outside of core engine
AssigneeRolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
InventorSascha Burghardt
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Abstract
A turbofan engine includes a core engine, having a high-pressure compressor, a combustion chamber and a high-pressure turbine which are coupled to one another via a high-pressure shaft, at least one fan from which gas is supplied into both a primary flow duct and a secondary flow duct of the turbofan engine, at least one low-pressure turbine arranged behind the core engine, and at least one low-pressure shaft, with each low-pressure shaft coupling a fan to a low-pressure turbine. It has been provided that no low-pressure shaft of the turbofan engine passes through the core engine.
Claims12
An aircraft turbofan engine comprising:
- only one core engine, including a high-pressure compressor, a combustion chamber and a high-pressure turbine which are coupled to one another via a high-pressure shaft,
- a primary flow duct for flowing air into the core engine,
- a secondary flow duct for flowing air outside the core engine,
- at least one fan for supplying air into both the primary flow duct and the secondary flow duct, wherein the secondary flow duct and the core engine have a same flow direction, the at least one fan driving a major proportion of an air mass ingested by the aircraft turbofan engine into the secondary flow duct past the core engine for propulsion of the aircraft turbofan engine,
- at least one low-pressure turbine arranged behind the core engine, and
- at least one low-pressure shaft coupling the at least one fan to the at least one low-pressure turbine,
- wherein none of the at least one low-pressure shaft of the turbofan engine passes through the core engine;
- wherein each one of the at least one low-pressure shaft runs substantially parallel to the high-pressure shaft, such that a deviation from parallel between each one of the at least one low-pressure shaft and the high-pressure shaft is no greater than 5°;
- wherein the at least one fan comprises at least two fans;
- wherein the at least one low-pressure turbine comprises at least two low-pressure turbines;
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- wherein the at least one low-pressure shaft comprises at least two low-pressure shafts, with each of the least two fans being respectively coupled to one of the at least two low-pressure turbines by one of the at least two low-pressure shafts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.