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Low pressure turbine provided with splitters at the last stator array, in particular for a gas turbine engine

US9702253B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 16, 2014
Grant dateJul 11, 2017
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Expiry dateSep 19, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49245
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A low pressure turbine, in particular for a gas turbine engine, extends along an axis, has an annular conduit for guiding a gas flow and is provided with a plurality of stator arrays of blades and a plurality of rotor arrays of blades; the last of the stator arrays, considering the advancement direction of the gas flow, has a plurality of blades, which define a plurality of spaces between them in circumferential direction; the spaces are split by respective splitters into a radially outer conduit and into a radially inner conduit; the radial position of the splitters is in the neighborhood of a radial reference position such that at least one acoustic mode is of the cut-on type in the radially inner conduit.

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