Turbine engine with a power turbine equipped with an electric power generator centered on the axis of the turbine engine
View Patent ↗A turbine engine for an aircraft is disclosed. The engine includes a gas generator and a receiver driven by a power turbine. The receiver includes a propeller driven by a free power turbine provided with an outer case. The propeller includes a propeller case located radially outwards relatively to the outer case, and from which blades protrude radially outwards. The engine also includes an electric power generator. The rotor of the generator is centered on the longitudinal axis of the turbine engine, and is driven into rotation by the power turbine while being attached on the propeller case.
1. A turbine engine for an aircraft comprising:
a gas generator including a compressor, a combustion chamber and a turbine;
a receiver; and
a first free power turbine disposed downstream of the gas generator which drives said receiver, said first free power turbine including a first outer case,
wherein the receiver includes a first propeller driven by the first free power turbine, said first propeller having a first propeller case radially located outwards relatively to said first outer case, blades which protrude radially outwards from the first propeller case, and an electric power generator including a rotor directly attached on said first propeller case and centered on the longitudinal axis of the turbine engine such that the rotor is driven into rotation by said first free power turbine.
2. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein said first propeller case is found in the aerodynamic continuity of an outer nacelle skin of said turbine engine, on which a stator of the generator is attached.
3. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein said electric power generator is with an axial or radial flow.
4. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein said receiver comprises a second propeller driven by a second free power turbine, the first and second propellers being counter-rotating.
5. The turbine engine according to claim 4 , wherein each of the first and second propellers is driven by the first and second free power turbines, respectively, directly or via a reduction gear.
6. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein said gas generator is with a dual body.
7. The turbine engine according to claim 6 , wherein the gas generator comprises a high pressure compressor equipped with a radial shaft which drives a rotor of an additional electric power generator.
8. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein said receiver is located downstream from the gas generator.
9. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , wherein the rotor of the generator is directly attached on an extension of the first propeller case.
10. The turbine engine according to claim 9 , wherein the extension of the first propeller case protrudes forwards and radially inwards.
11. The turbine engine according to claim 1 , further comprising a first flange with an inner radial end integral with the first outer case and an external radial end integral with the first propeller case.
12. The turbine engine according to claim 4 , wherein the second free power turbine includes a second outer case and the second propeller includes a second propeller case radially located outwards relatively to the second outer case.
13. The turbine engine according to claim 12 , further comprising a second flange with an inner radial end integral with the second outer case and an external radial end integral with the second propeller case.