GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH SHORTENED MID SECTION

An industrial gas turbine engine (10) rated for at least 75 MW maximum output, including: a can annular combustion assembly (80); and a single rotor shaft (114); wherein a combustion section length (112) between a trailing edge (28) of a last row of compressor airfoils (20, 22) and a leading edge (5...

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Main Author BEECK, ALEXANDER R
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.07.2015
Subjects
AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
BLASTING
COMBUSTION ENGINES
CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL
GAS-TURBINE PLANTS
HEATING
HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAMTURBINES
STEAM ENGINES
WEAPONS
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Summary:An industrial gas turbine engine (10) rated for at least 75 MW maximum output, including: a can annular combustion assembly (80); and a single rotor shaft (114); wherein a combustion section length (112) between a trailing edge (28) of a last row of compressor airfoils (20, 22) and a leading edge (54) of first row of turbine blades (56) is less than 20% of an engine length (154) between a leading edge (26) of a first row of compressor airfoils and a trailing edge (66) of a last row of turbine airfoils (60, 62).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20130753781