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7631485 Tip turbine engine with a heat exchanger  
A liquid-air heat exchanger extracts thermal energy from an engine lubricating fluid system. The liquid-air heat exchanger is located within a tailcone section and is in communication with a...
7607318 Integrated environmental control and auxiliary power system for an aircraft  
An integrated environmental control system for an aircraft compartment and aircraft power system comprises first and second air compressors, an auxiliary power unit, and first and second...
7546739 Igniter tube and method of assembling same  
An igniter tube assembly includes an axis of symmetry extending therethrough, an igniter tube that includes a first opening extending coaxially therethrough having a diameter sized to receive a...
7540142 Multiple auxiliary power unit system inlet ducts controlled by a single actuator  
An auxiliary power unit (APU) compartment air inlet system seals, via one or more inlet doors driven by a single actuator, an APU compartment, and isolates the APU inlet and cooling system inlets...
7475549 Thermal management system for a gas turbine engine  
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a cooling airflow which enters through an air filter portion of a forward cover for filtration of particulate which may result in FOD...
7448215 Combustion chamber for a gas turbine engine  
A combustion chamber suitable for a gas turbine engine is provided with at least one Helmholtz resonator having a resonator cavity and a resonator neck in flow communication with the chamber...
7421842 Turbine spring clip seal  
An improved turbine spring clip seal for directing gases to be mixed with fuel in a combustor basket. The turbine spring clip seal may include an inner housing and an outer housing. The inner...
7409832 Gas turbine power generator plant with mutually independent cooling air channels from intake to exhaust  
A gas turbine power generator plant, intended to reduce its noise by making small the intake and exhaust outlets of the cooing air channel of a case, comprises an engine core in which a turbine, a...
7377098 Gas turbine engine frame with an integral fluid reservoir and air/fluid heat exchanger  
Disclosed is a structural frame for a gas turbine engine comprising an integral fluid reservoir and air/fluid heat exchanger. A central hub includes a reservoir for storing a fluid and an outer rim...
7373779 Methods and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engines  
A method for assembling a gas turbine engine assembly that includes mounting a gas turbine engine including an inlet and an exhaust within a module that includes an inlet area, an exhaust area, and...
7373771 Cooling arrangement for an accessory gearbox and method of cooling  
The accessory gearbox (AGB) has at least one coolant passage between the AGB and the accessory for externally cooling the accessory without coolant flow inside the accessory.
7287384 Bearing chamber pressurization system  
A method and device for improved pressure balancing in a bearing chamber pressurization system for gas turbine engines employ a partition member to substantially separate first and second air-oil...
7278475 Control arrangement for cooling power electronic components  
A control arrangement ( 10 ) comprises a first selectable controller ( 12 ) for controlling an action, and a second selectable controller ( 14 ) for controlling the action. The arrangement also...
7251942 Integrated gearless and nonlubricated auxiliary power unit  
An auxiliary power unit (APU) includes a compressor, a turbine, a combustor, and a starter-generator unit all integrated within a single containment housing. The turbine has an output shaft on...
7249463 Aerodynamic fastener shield for turbomachine  
A fastener shield for use in a fluid flow path within a gas turbine engine for reducing fluid drag and heating generated by fluid flow over a plurality of circumferentially spaced fasteners. The...
7231767 Forced air cooling system  
A forced air cooling system for an APU comprising at least an oil cooler, a plenum in fluid communication with the oil cooler, and a compressor rotated by a rotating shaft of the APU such that the...
7216488 Methods and apparatus for cooling turbine engine combustor ignition devices  
An ignition device assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor includes a body and a shroud. The body extends from an inlet end to an outlet end, and the shroud extends circumferentially around at...
7013651 Compact quick attach starter-generator installation  
A mounting system for mounting an air-cooled device to a mount, the device having a mounting flange and a cooling air outlet radially inward of an outer periphery of the device, the mounting flange...
6983607 Turbine compartment ventilation control system and method using variable speed fan  
A method to ventilate a rotary machine housed in a compartment having a ventilation air inlet and air exhaust, a variable speed ventilation fan and a temperature sensor, wherein the method...
6901737 Air intake for an auxiliary power unit in an aircraft  
An air intake for an aircraft forms a first airflow channel ( 8 ) for feeding fresh air into the aircraft, and a second airflow channel ( 2 ) for feeding cooling air to an auxiliary power unit...
6896038 Stator ring ventilation assembly  
An assembly for ventilating a stator ring having branched pipes that include feed pipes, distributors, and a plurality of manifolds adjacent to the stator ring and provided with drilled holes. The...
6851255 Normally open reverse flow flapper valve  
A fluid flow actuated valve for controlling the fluid flow in a conduit comprises a support structure adapted to be mounted within the conduit and at least one flap member pivotally mounted to the...
6766648 Anti-condensation device for a flame sensor of a combustion chamber  
An anti-condensation device for a flame sensor ( 10 ) of a combustion chamber ( 12 ), wherein the sensor ( 10 ) is disposed outside the combustion chamber ( 12 ) and determines the presence of the...
6763663 Injector with active cooling  
An injector includes a plurality of flat, circular plates which provide fuel delivery and cooling of the injector. Fuel delivery passages in the plates have swirl chambers and spray orifices which...
6343465 Aircraft fuel tank explosion reduction safety method  
An efficient, economical, reliable method for reducing aircraft fuel tank explosion potential that can easily be manufactured or retrofitted to existing aircraft systems. Ducting means to connect...
6227800 Bay cooled turbine casing  
A turbine casing supports a row of nozzle vanes through which are flowable hot combustion gases. A baffle surrounds the casing to define a cooling duct. A nacelle surrounds the turbine casing to...
6202403 Core compartment valve cooling valve scheduling  
A system is provided for cooling the undercowl environment of a gas turbine engine having a high pressure compressor and a core gas stream. An electronically controlled compartment cooling valve is...
6178733 External blower motor and starting motor for a combustion turbine system  
A combustion turbine system of this invention includes a compressor, a combustor, a turbine section, an external blower, an electrical generator and a prime mover for powering the blower and the...
6134878 Cooling arrangement for a gas turbine driven power system  
A gas turbine driven power system includes a shell having an air inlet and an exhaust outlet. Mufflers are provided at the air inlet and the exhaust outlet, respectively. A gas turbine as a power...
6112544 Generator cooling system  
In a generator cooling system (10) for a generator used for current generation in a power station, said generator having a generator cooler (11) which is arranged, together with further coolers...
6092360 Auxiliary power unit passive cooling system  
A passive cooling system for an auxiliary power unit (10) located in an aft compartment (20) of an aircraft is provided in which cooling air is drawn into the compartment through an aft opening...
6056538 Apparatus for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, particularly a gas turbine combustion chamber  
An apparatus is provided for suppressing flame/pressure pulsations in a furnace, in which a flame is surrounded by a gas shroud stream having a higher flow speed, whereby a ring vortex formation is...
6000210 Aircraft gas turbine engine with a liquid-air heat exchanger  
A turboprop engine having an oil cooler which is disposed in the engine pod and upon which cooling air acts. The oil cooler is disposed in a flow duct which at the rear opens into the environment...
5987877 Turboprop engine with an air-oil cooler  
A turboprop engine in the pod of which an air-oil cooler is disposed downstream of a cooling air inlet opening. The oil cooler exhaust air is discharged via an air duct with which a cooling air...
5839271 Quench cooler  
A quench cooler for cooling a hot flowing gas includes a cylindrical shell which is connected to a hot-gas line and to a cold-gas line and which has a device for injecting water. A packed column...
5782077 Device for bleeding off and cooling hot air in an aircraft engine  
The present invention relates to a device for bleeding off and cooling hot air in an aircraft engine, including: at least one hot air take-off at the outlet of the compressors of the engine, ...
5649418 Integrated power converter cooling system using turbine intake air  
Air flow cooling systems are used to increase component life. The present air flow cooling system increases the component life, increases efficiencies and eliminated components. For example, the...
5623820 Flow control apparatus for gas turbine engine installation pressure relief doors  
An improved pressure relief system for a turbine engine (10). The pressure relief system includes a pressure relief door (12) attached to the engine shroud (16) at its forward edge. The aft edge of...
5619850 Gas turbine engine with bleed air buffer seal  
A bleed air buffer seal arrangement is provided for improved buffer sealing of oil sump seals in a gas turbine engine. In a multiple spool gas turbine engine, bleed air for buffer sealing is...
5615547 System for regulating oil and fuel temperatures of a turbojet engine  
A system is disclosed for regulating oil and fuel temperatures in a turbojet engine having an engine accessory driven at constant speed by a power transmission which is driven by the turbojet...
5553449 Method of operating a gas turbine engine powerplant for an aircraft  
A method of operating a gas turbine engine powerplant 10 for an aircraft is disclosed. Various construction details are developed which decrease the temperature of failed components to decrease...
5482431 Arrangement for supplying cooling air to a turbine casing of an aircraft gas turbine  
The wall space and the mounting space for turbine bearings in the casing of an aircraft gas turbine are each supplied with cooling air via a separate pipe, a first cooling-air pipe opening into the...
5450719 Gas turbine engine rear magnetic or foil bearing cooling using exhaust eductor  
An exhaust housing having an eductor is provided. The eductor includes an outer annular casing circumscribing an inner annular casing to define a flow path therebetween for receiving the exhaust...
5414992 Aircraft cooling method  
A method for supplying cooling air on vehicles such as high speed aircraft includes diverting high pressure air from the compressor section of a gas turbine engine, cooling this air in a heat...
5410870 Aircraft engine layout  
Aircraft engine, whose ancillary equipment forms a unitary assembly wherein the equipment is located to the rear of the air intake duct in a substantially closed central compartment just upstream...
5357742 Turbojet cooling system  
The hot core engine compartment of a turbojet engine is cooled by the metered flow of cooling air exhausted through a laminar flow nacelle system. This arrangement reduces the need for extracting...
5353599 Fuel nozzle swirler for combustors  
The swirler for the fuel nozzle of the combustor of a gas turbine engine in engine designs where the swirler is off set from the center line of the combustor, localized erosion is obviated by...
5351476 Nacelle cooling and ventilation system  
A nacelle cooling and ventilation system for an aircraft gas turbine engine which includes a chin scoop and duct assembly for directing air through the engine bay where it is exhausted into the...
5319927 Ducted fan gas turbine engine  
A ducted fan gas turbine engine has a fan duct across which extends an aerodynamically configured fairing. The fairing has a leading edge region which is defined by a pair of doors. The doors pivot...
5269133 Heat exchanger for cooling a gas turbine  
A heat exchanger for cooling turbine components of a gas turbofan engine in which air to be cooled is directed along a first annular, radially extending path away from the engine and cooled by...
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