Tip clearance control system
US10605107B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2038 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02T50/60
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is disclosed having a tip clearance control system. The tip clearance control system has a cabin blower system, a casing arranged in use about a rotor of a gas turbine engine and a fluid delivery passage. The cabin blower system having a cabin blower compressor arranged in use to compress fluid used in a cabin of an aircraft and to compress fluid conducted via the fluid delivery passage into heat exchange with the casing.
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