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Granted Patent B2
US 12,000,294 · App. 17/440,380 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Power withdrawal from a LP body and system for removing debris

Inventors: Nicolas Bertrand Georges De Blois (Moissy-Cramayel, FR); Clément Dupays (Moissy-Cramayel, FR)
Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
F01D25/002F02K3/02F05D2220/323
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Patent No.
US 12,000,294
App. No.
17/440,380
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention concerns a bypass turbomachine ( 1 ) with a primary flow path and a secondary flow path, comprising: —a low-pressure body comprising a low-pressure compressor ( 120 ) connected to a low-pressure turbine ( 122 ) via a low-pressure shaft ( 124 ), —a high-pressure body comprising a high-pressure compressor ( 130 ) connected to a high pressure turbine ( 132 ), via a high-pressure shaft ( 134 ), —a low-pressure power take-off system ( 220 ) comprising an electrical generator ( 226 ), configured to take power (W 12 ) from the low-pressure body, wherein—the turbomachine comprises a debris removal system ( 500 ), located between the two compressors ( 226, 236 ), —the low-pressure power take-off system ( 220 ) is configured to take power (W 12 ) from the low-pressure shaft ( 124 ) using the resistive torque of the electrical generator ( 226 ), in order to avoid a risk of surging.

Claims (14)

1. A bypass gas turbine engine comprising:

a low-pressure spool comprising a low-pressure compressor connected to a low-pressure turbine via a low-pressure shaft;

a high-pressure spool comprising a high-pressure compressor connected to a high-pressure turbine via a high-pressure shaft;

a low-pressure power withdrawal system comprising an electrical generator and configured to withdraw power from the low-pressure spool, wherein the low-pressure power withdrawal system is configured to withdraw power from the low-pressure shaft using a resistive torque of the electrical generator on a withdrawal command of an electronic control unit to slow down the low-pressure compressor and avoid a surge between the high-pressure compressor and the low-pressure compressor;

a debris detection device configured to detect a presence of debris between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor; and

a debris expulsion system located between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor, wherein the debris expulsion system comprises at least one door being opened only when the debris detection device detects a debris.

2. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the debris expulsion system is further configured to be activated when hail or water is ingested, on command of the electronic control unit.

3. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the power withdrawal is configured to be controlled as a function of rotational speed of the low-pressure compressor and of the high-pressure compressor, on command of the electronic control unit.

4. The gas turbine engine of claim 3 , wherein the electronic control unit controls the power withdrawal as a function of an instantaneous variations of rotational speed of the low-pressure compressor and of the high-pressure compressor.

5. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the at least one door is opened in a go no-go arrangement.

6. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the debris expulsion system is further configured to be controlled in a go no-go arrangement, on command of the electronic control unit.

7. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , further comprising a dedicated electronic control unit, separate from the electronic control unit of the gas turbine engine, and configured to control the power withdrawal as a function of an instantaneous variations of rotational speed of the low-pressure compressor and of the high-pressure compressor, on command of the electronic control unit.

8. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , wherein the debris expulsion system is further configured to be controlled in a go no-go arrangement, on command of the electronic control unit, in an event of a failure to maintain a surge margin through the low-pressure power withdrawal system, to expel an overpressure between the low-pressure compressor and the high-pressure compressor.

9. A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, comprising the gas turbine engine of claim 1 and the electronic control unit able to generate the withdrawal command to slow down the low-pressure compressor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: DE BLOIS, NICOLAS BERTRAND GEORGES; DUPAYS, CLÉMENT
To: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Reel/Frame 058867/0438 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 1902732 · Mar 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220154596A1 · May 19, 2022
Cited By (1)
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