Turbomachine with low noise emissions for aircraft
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a turbomachine ( 1 ) for an aircraft comprising a gas generator ( 4 ) designed such that hot gases are ejected from a combustion chamber ( 28 ) towards the upstream side of the turbomachine, and also comprising a plurality of hollow mixer struts ( 40 ) connected to an output ( 36 ) from the gas generator through which hot gases can pass, each mixer strut comprising an output mixer portion ( 40 c ) located inside the annular fan duct ( 8 ) so as to mix the secondary air and the hot gases ejected by these output mixer portions towards the downstream side of the turbomachine.
1. A turbomachine for an aircraft comprising:
a gas generator with a combustion chamber and driving at least one fan,
an annular fan duct through which secondary air circulates from an upstream side towards a downstream side of the turbomachine, wherein the gas generator is designed such that hot gases are ejected from the combustion chamber towards the upstream side of the turbomachine, and
a plurality of hollow mixer struts connected to an output from the gas generator through which hot gases can pass, each mixer strut comprising an output mixer portion located inside the annular fan duct so as to mix the secondary air and the hot gases ejected by these output mixer portions towards the downstream side of the turbomachine,
wherein the output mixer portion of each mixer strut is approximately in the shape of a lobed mixer, and each mixer strut has a plurality of lobes.
2. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the gas generator is a twin-shaft gas generator.
3. A turbomachine according to claim 2 , wherein the twin-shaft gas generator comprises a low pressure compressor through which combustion air passes from the upstream side towards the downstream side, a high pressure compressor through which combustion air passes from the downstream side towards the upstream side, the combustion chamber, and a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, with hot gases passing through each in the direction from the downstream side towards the upstream side of the turbomachine.
4. A turbomachine according to claim 3 , wherein the high pressure turbine drives the high pressure compressor, and wherein the low pressure turbine drives the low pressure compressor and each of the turbomachine fans.
5. A turbomachine according to claim 1 , including a single fan.
6. A turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , including two counter-rotating fans.
7. A turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a noise suppression structure surrounding the gas generator, said noise suppression structure delimiting the inner part of the annular fan duct and being closed at the back of the turbomachine.
8. A turbomachine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each mixer strut includes an input portion through which hot gases pass in the direction from the downstream side towards the upstream side, with the output mixer portion on the inside of the annular fan duct and through which these same hot gases pass in the direction from the upstream side to the downstream side, the input portion and the output portion being connected through a cranked portion.
9. A turbomachine according to claim 1 or claim 8 , wherein the output mixer portions of the mixer struts are uniformly spaced inside the annular fan duct.