IP Library Granted Patent US 8,944,754
Granted Patent B2
US 8,944,754 · App. 13/468,461 · Granted Feb 3, 2015

Gas-turbine engine with bleed-air tapping device

Inventor: Sacha Pichel (Berlin, DE)
Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
F02C9/18F04D27/0207F02C6/08F02C7/052F05D2250/41F05D2260/602F05D2260/607F05D2260/606
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Patent No.
US 8,944,754
App. No.
13/468,461
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gas-turbine engine with at least one compressor and at least one bleed-air tapping device, which includes an annular duct in a radially outer wall of a flow duct, and with an annular closing element, which is arranged in the region of the annular duct and can be moved in a substantially axial direction from a closed position to an open position, with the closing element having an annular flow divider projection which in the open position projects in the flow duct.

Claims (13)

1. A gas-turbine engine, comprising:

at least one compressor including a flow duct, and

at least one bleed-air tapping device, which includes:

an annular duct in a radially outer wall of the flow duct, and

an annular closing element, which is arranged in a region of the annular duct and is movable in a substantially axial direction from a closed position blocking passage from the flow duct through the annular duct to an open position permitting passage from the flow duct through the annular duct, the closing element including an annular flow divider projection which projects into the flow duct in the open position.

2. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the flow duct in a region of the bleed-air tapping device angles toward an engine axis with respect to a direction of flow in the flow duct.

3. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising an annular sealing element arranged downstream of a leading edge of the flow divider projection.

4. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the closing element includes sealing mechanism.

5. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising a pre-compressor, wherein the bleed-air tapping device is arranged in a region of or downstream of the pre-compressor.

6. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising a bypass duct, wherein the annular duct issues into the bypass duct.

7. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising a plurality of struts positioned around a circumference of the engine attaching the flow divider projection to the annular closing element, wherein, in the open position, the struts are positioned in spaces between individual stator vanes of the engine.

8. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising a compressor having a stator and a rotor, wherein the bleed-air tapping device is arranged behind the stator or the rotor.

9. The gas-turbine engine in accordance with claim 1 , and further comprising a sealing component in an area of the wall of the flow duct, wherein the closing element is engageable with the sealing component.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2012
From: PICHEL, SACHA
To: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
Reel/Frame 028411/0188 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 101 331 · May 12, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120288359A1 · Nov 15, 2012