IP Library Granted Patent US 11,585,268
Granted Patent B2
US 11,585,268 · App. 17/737,179 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Geared turbofan engine with targeted modular efficiency

Inventor: Frederick M. Schwarz (Glastonbury, CT)
Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
F02C3/107F01D5/142F02K3/06F05D2220/327F05D2220/36F05D2260/40311Y02T50/60
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Patent No.
US 11,585,268
App. No.
17/737,179
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A turbine engine includes a first compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 67% of the radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section. A second compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than about 57% of a radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section.

Claims (35)

1. A turbine engine comprising;

a fan section;

a first compression section includes a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than 67% of a radial tip length of a leading edge of a first stage of the first compression section;

a second compression section including a last blade trailing edge radial tip length that is greater than 57% of the radial tip length of the leading edge of the first stage of the second compression section;

a turbine section including a fan drive turbine section and at least two turbine stages forward of a first turbine blade of the fan drive turbine section; and

a mid-turbine frame disposed between the fan drive turbine and the at least two turbine stages.

2. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fan section includes a fan blade having a leading edge and a hub to tip ratio of less than 0.34 and greater than 0.020 measured at the leading edge.

3. The turbine engine as recited in claim 2 , including a speed change system coupled between the fan drive turbine and the fan section, the speed change system including a gear ratio greater than 2.6 to 1.

4. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fan section provides a low fan pressure ratio less than 1.6.

5. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fan section provides a low fan pressure ratio between 1.45 and 1.20.

6. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fan section provides a bypass ratio greater than 8.

7. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fan section provides a bypass ratio greater than 12.

8. The turbine engine as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fan drive turbine includes at least three stages.

9. The turbine engine as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fan drive turbine is coupled to drive the first compression section.

10. The turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein the at least two stages comprise a two stage turbine forward of the fan drive turbine.

11. The turbine engine as recited in claim 9 , wherein the fan drive turbine comprises a turbine with from three to six stages.

12. A turbine engine comprising:

a fan section including a plurality of fan blades supported on a hub;

a speed change system coupled to the hub with a gear ratio greater than about 2.6 to 1;

a first compression section including a last blade trailing edge tip length that is greater than 67% of the radial length of a first stage leading edge of the first compression section;

a turbine section including a fan drive turbine section coupled to the speed change system and at least two turbine stages forward of a first turbine blade of the fan drive turbine section; and

a mid-turbine frame disposed between the fan drive turbine and the at least two turbine stages for guiding core flow into the fan drive turbine, the mid-turbine frame supporting a bearing system for one of the fan drive turbine and the at least two turbine stages.

13. The turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein at least one of the plurality of fan blades includes a leading edge and a hub to tip ratio is less than about 0.34 and greater than about 0.020 measured at the leading edge.

14. A turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , including an eight stage second compression section including a last blade with a trailing edge tip that includes a radial length that is greater than 57% of a radial length of the first stage leading edge of the second compression section.

15. The turbine engine as recited in claim 14 , wherein the second compression section operates at an efficiency of at least 0.82.

16. The turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the at least two stages comprise a two-stage second turbine section forward of the fan drive turbine.

17. The turbine engine as recited in claim 12 , wherein the fan drive turbine operates at an efficiency of at least 0.89 and the at least two turbine stages forward of the fan drive turbine section comprises a second turbine section operating at an efficiency of at least 0.85.

18. A turbine engine comprising:

a fan section including a plurality of fan blades supported on a hub;

a three-stage first compression section disposed aft of a geared architecture, the three-stage first compression section including a first rotating compressor blade with a leading edge and a last rotating compressor blade with a trailing edge, wherein a radial distance from an engine longitudinal axis to a tip of the trailing edge of the last rotating compressor blade is greater than 67% of a radial distance from the engine longitudinal axis to a tip of the first rotating compressor blade at the leading edge;

an eight stage second compression section including a last rotating compressor blade with a trailing edge tip that includes a radial length that is greater than 57% of a radial length of the first rotating compressor blade at the leading edge of the eight-stage first compression section;

a turbine section including a fan drive turbine section and a two stage turbine section forward of a first turbine blade of the fan drive turbine section, wherein the fan drive turbine operates at an efficiency of at least 0.89; and

the geared architecture coupled between the fan drive turbine and the hub of the fan section, the geared architecture including with a gear ratio greater than about 2.6 to 1.

19. The turbine engine as recited in claim 18 , wherein at least one of the plurality of fan blades includes a leading edge and a hub to tip ratio is less than about 0.34 and greater than about 0.020 measured at the leading edge.

20. The turbine engine as recited in claim 18 , including a mid-turbine frame disposed between the fan drive turbine and the two stage turbine section for guiding core flow into the fan drive turbine, the mid-turbine frame supporting a bearing system for one of the fan drive turbine and the two stage turbine section.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064714/0001 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17038608 · Sep 30, 2020
Continuation 16531704 · Aug 5, 2019
Continuation 14651923
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