Breather duct shielding
US8657569B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 16, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64C7/02
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas turbine engine comprising a nacelle and a breather duct. The breather duct provides communication between a component of the engine within the nacelle and the exterior of the nacelle and opens at an exhaust port on the external surface of the nacelle. There is at least one clean air outlet bounding the exhaust port and arranged to expel, in use, a vortical flow of clean air to form an aerodynamic barrier between the external surface of the nacelle and a flow of breather air expelled from the exhaust port.
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