Gas turbine engine with power modulation capability
CA 1100768 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Sailer, Edward D.
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A device is provided for increasing the power output of a gas turbine engine at the low ambient inlet temperatures which would otherwise produce a decrease in power. The device includes a conduit for bypassing a portion of the compressor discharge air around the combustor whereupon it is reintroduced back into the engine downstream of the compressor-driving turbine and upstream of the power turbine. if any. A valve is provided to increase the bypass flow rate through the conduit at low ambient temperatures the increasing bypass flow permiting the engine to operate at a higher fuel flow and cycle temperature for the same compressor mass flow. The increased temperature with the same mass flow …
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- Granted May 12, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 12, 1998.
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