Gas turbine engine with axial flow fan with twin stream impeller and variable area bypass nozzle
A gas turbine engine for a small aircraft such as a UAV having a bypass flow with a variable area bypass nozzle located at an outlet of the bypass channel, the nozzle having one position with a maximum flow area and a second position with a minimal flow area. The compressor is a twin stream compressor with an inner flow path for compressed air to the combustor and an outer flow path for the bypass channel. A fan stage can be used in front of the compressor.
1. A single spool gas turbine engine comprising:
a twin stream centrifugal compressor with an inner core flow path and an outer bypass flow path, the outer bypass flow path of the twin stream centrifugal compressor includes a row of fan blades to compress a bypass flow through a bypass flow channel;
a combustor to receive compressed air from the inner flow path of the twin stream centrifugal compressor;
a turbine driving the twin stream centrifugal compressor;
an outlet at an end of the bypass flow channel; and,
a two-position variable area bypass nozzle at the outlet of the bypass flow channel to change a flow area of the outlet of the bypass flow channel of the single spool gas turbine engine, the two-position variable area bypass nozzle is a sliding valve connected to an actuator for movement to a minimal flow area position and a spring for movement to a fully open position.
2. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , and further comprising:
the single spool gas turbine engine includes a fan stage connected to the twin stream centrifugal compressor upstream from the twin stream centrifugal compressor.
3. The gas turbine engine of claim 1 , and further comprising:
the actuator for the sliding valve is a hydraulic actuator with a fuel used for the gas turbine engine as the hydraulic fluid for the hydraulic actuator.