WO2024100355A1 - Système propulsif aéronautique à rendement propulsif amélioré - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C3/00—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid
- F02C3/04—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor
- F02C3/107—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor with two or more rotors connected by power transmission
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
- F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
- F02K3/00—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan
- F02K3/02—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber
- F02K3/04—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low pressure outputs, for augmenting the jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type
- F02K3/06—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low pressure outputs, for augmenting the jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type with front fan
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- TITLE Aeronautical propulsion system with improved propulsive efficiency
- the present application generally concerns the field of propulsion systems, and more particularly aeronautical propulsion systems comprising a ducted or non-ducted fan and having a dilution rate that is high, or even very high.
- a propulsion system generally comprises, from upstream to downstream in the direction of gas flow, a fan section, a compressor section which may include a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor, a combustion chamber and a combustion section.
- turbine which may include in particular a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine.
- the high pressure compressor is rotated by the high pressure turbine via a high pressure shaft.
- the fan and, where applicable, the low pressure compressor are rotated by the low pressure turbine via a low pressure shaft.
- propulsion systems have been proposed having a BPR dilution rate (bypass ratio in English, corresponding to the ratio between the flow rate of the secondary air flow and the flow rate of the primary air flow) high.
- BPR dilution rate bypass ratio in English, corresponding to the ratio between the flow rate of the secondary air flow and the flow rate of the primary air flow
- the fan section can be decoupled from the low pressure turbine, thus making it possible to independently optimize their respective rotation speed.
- decoupling is achieved using a reduction mechanism placed between the upstream end of the low pressure shaft and a rotor of the fan section. The rotor of the blower section is then driven by the low pressure shaft via the reduction mechanism at a rotational speed lower than that of the low pressure shaft.
- the current trend is to increase the overall compression ratio of the propulsion system, which corresponds to the ratio between the pressure at the outlet of the high pressure compressor and the pressure at the inlet of the fan. This makes it possible to increase the inlet pressure of the gases of the combustion chamber, and therefore to further improve the overall efficiency of the propulsion system.
- the increase in the overall compression ratio therefore requires increasing the compression ratio of the high pressure compressor and/or the low pressure compressor, all the more so as at the same time we seek to reduce the compression ratio of the blower for the reasons explained above.
- Moon consequences is that the high pressure body is smaller and the high pressure turbine is more mechanically loaded, in particular at the blade root.
- One aim of the present application is to optimize the propulsion system in order to increase its efficiency without mechanically and/or thermally overloading the high pressure turbine.
- an aeronautical propulsion system comprising:
- a first turbine configured to drive a first compressor via a first shaft
- a second turbine configured to drive a second compressor via a second shaft, the second shaft being configured to rotate at a higher speed than the first shaft;
- D is the diameter of the fan rotor in millimeters, measured in a plane normal to the axis of rotation at an intersection between a vertex and a leading edge of the blades of the fan rotor;
- BPR is the propulsion system dilution rate and is measured when the propulsion system is stationary in takeoff regime in a standard atmosphere and at sea level;
- Te is the inlet temperature of the first turbine when the propulsion system is stationary in takeoff mode in a standard atmosphere and at sea level and is expressed in degrees Celsius (°C);
- GAMMA is the adiabatic coefficient of air
- the average internal radius of the second turbine is at most equal to 300 mm;
- a hub-head ratio of the second turbine is greater than 0.77 and less than 0.90;
- the propulsion system further comprises an inter-turbine casing mounted on a bearing assembly, the inter-turbine casing extending between the first turbine and the second turbine;
- the inter-turbine casing comprises a series of guide vanes configured to straighten an air flow entering the first turbine;
- the propulsion system includes between twenty and thirty guide vanes;
- the second turbine is two-stage
- the second compressor comprises at least eight stages and at most eleven stages
- the diameter of the fan rotor is between 80 inches and 185 inches inclusive, preferably between 85 inches and 120 inches inclusive, for example of the order of 90 inches;
- a dilution ratio of the propulsion system is greater than or equal to 10, for example between 10 and 35 inclusive, preferably between 10 and 18 inclusive;
- a dilution rate of the propulsion system is greater than or equal to 40, for example between 40 and 80 inclusive;
- the reduction mechanism has a reduction rate greater than or equal to 2.5, preferably greater than or equal to 3.0 and less than or equal to 11.0;
- the first turbine comprises at least three stages and at most five stages;
- the first compressor comprises at least two stages and at most four stages.
- the present application proposes an aircraft comprising at least one propulsion system according to the first aspect fixed to the aircraft via a mast.
- the present application proposes a method for sizing or manufacturing a propulsion system comprising a reduction mechanism coupling a first turbine and a fan rotor to drive the fan rotor at a speed lower than a speed of the first turbine, and a second turbine configured to rotate at a higher speed than the first turbine, the second turbine being dimensioned so that an internal average radius of the second turbine is at least equal to: where: Rmeanjnt is the average internal radius of the second turbine in millimeters;
- D is the diameter of the fan rotor in millimeters, measured in a plane normal to the axis of rotation at an intersection between a vertex and a leading edge of the blades of the fan rotor;
- BPR is the propulsion system dilution rate and is measured when the propulsion system is stationary in takeoff regime in a standard atmosphere and at sea level;
- Te is the inlet temperature of the first turbine when the propulsion system is stationary in takeoff mode in a standard atmosphere and at sea level and is expressed in degrees Celsius (°C);
- GAMMA is the adiabatic coefficient of air
- Figure 1 is a schematic, partial and sectional view of an example of a propulsion system conforming to a first embodiment, in which the fan section is streamlined;
- Figure 2 is a schematic, partial, sectional view of an example of a propulsion system conforming to a first embodiment, in which the fan section is non-ducted;
- Figure 3 is a schematic sectional view of an example of a planetary reduction mechanism
- Figure 4 is a schematic sectional view of an example of an epicyclic reduction mechanism
- Figure 5 is an example of an aircraft that may comprise at least one propulsion system conforming to the first or second embodiment
- Figure 6 is a flowchart illustrating examples of steps of a sizing or manufacturing process according to one embodiment.
- a propulsion system 1 has a main direction extending along a longitudinal axis and a primary body 3, often called a “gas generator”, comprising a compressor section 4, 5, a combustion chamber 6 and a turbine section 7, 8.
- the propulsion system 1 is here an aeronautical propulsion system 1 configured to be fixed on an aircraft 100 via a pylon (or mast).
- the compressor section 4, 5 comprises a succession of stages each comprising a moving blade wheel (rotor) 4a, 5a rotating in front of a fixed blade wheel (stator) 4b, 5b.
- the turbine section 7, 8 also comprises a succession of stages each comprising a fixed blade wheel (stator) 7b, 8b behind which turns a movable blade wheel (rotor) 7a, 8a.
- the axial direction corresponds to the direction of the longitudinal axis X, in correspondence with the rotation of the shafts of the gas generator, and a radial direction is a direction perpendicular to this axis X and passing through it.
- the circumferential (or lateral, or even tangential) direction corresponds to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X and not passing through it.
- internal (respectively, interior) and external (respectively, exterior), respectively, are used with reference to a radial direction such that the internal part or face of an element is closer to the X axis than the part or external face of the same element.
- an air flow F entering the propulsion system 1 is divided between a primary air flow F1 and a secondary air flow F2, which flow from upstream to downstream in the propulsion system 1.
- the secondary air flow F2 (also called “bypass air flow”) flows around the primary body 3.
- the secondary air flow F2 makes it possible to cool the periphery of the primary body 3 and serves to generate the major part of the thrust provided by the propulsion system 1.
- the primary air flow F1 flows in a primary vein inside the primary body 3, passing successively through the compressor section 4, 5, the combustion chamber 6 where it is mixed with fuel to serve oxidizer, and the turbine section 7, 8.
- the passage of the primary air flow F1 through the turbine section 7, 8 receiving energy from the combustion chamber 6 causes a rotation of the rotor of the combustion section.
- the compressor section 4, 5 may comprise a low pressure compressor 4 and a high pressure compressor 5.
- the turbine section 7, 8 may comprise a high pressure turbine 7 and a low pressure turbine 8.
- the rotor of the high pressure compressor 5 is rotated by the rotor the high pressure turbine 7 via a high pressure shaft 10.
- the rotor of the low pressure compressor 4 and the rotor part 9 of the fan section 2 are rotated by the rotor of the low pressure turbine 8 via a low pressure shaft 11.
- the primary body 3 comprises a high pressure body comprising the high pressure compressor 5, the high pressure turbine 7 and the high pressure shaft 10, and a low pressure body including the blower section 2, the low pressure compressor 4, the low pressure turbine 8 and the low pressure shaft 11.
- the turbine section 7, 8 further comprises an intermediate turbine, positioned between the high pressure turbine 7 and the low pressure turbine 8 and configured to drive the rotor of the low pressure compressor 4 by the intermediate of an intermediate shaft.
- the fan rotor 9 and the high pressure compressor rotor 5 remain driven by the low pressure shaft 11 and the high pressure shaft 10, respectively.
- the low pressure shaft 11 is generally housed, over a section of its length, in the high pressure shaft 10 and is coaxial with the high pressure shaft 10.
- the low pressure shaft 11 and the high pressure shaft 10 can be co-rotating, that is to say being driven in the same direction around the longitudinal axis driven in opposite directions around the longitudinal axis can be co-rotating or contra-rotating.
- the fan section 2 comprises at least the fan rotor 9 capable of being rotated relative to a stator part of the propulsion system 1 by the turbine section 7, 8.
- Each fan rotor 9 comprises a hub 13 and blades 14 extending radially from the hub 13.
- the blades 14 of each rotor 9 can be fixed relative to the hub 12 or have a variable pitch.
- the base of the blades 14 of each rotor 9 is pivotally mounted along an axis of pitch and is connected to a pitch change mechanism 15 mounted in the propulsion system 1, the pitch being adjusted as a function of the flight phases by a pitch change mechanism 15.
- the pitch change mechanism 15 is illustrated in broken lines in Figure 1 to show that this feature is optional.
- the fan section 2 may further comprise a fan stator 16, or rectifier, which comprises vanes 17 mounted on a hub 18 of the fan stator 16 and has the function of straightening the secondary air flow F2 which flows at the outlet of the fan rotor 9.
- the blades 17 of the fan stator 18 can be fixed relative to the hub 18 or have variable timing.
- the foot of the stator blades 17 is pivotally mounted along a timing axis pitch being adjusted according to the flight phases by the pitch change mechanism.
- the propulsion system 1 has a high dilution rate (bypass ratio).
- high dilution rate we will understand here a dilution rate greater than or equal to 10, for example between 10 and 80 inclusive.
- the mass flow rate of the secondary air flow F2 and the mass flow rate of the primary air flow F1 are measured when the propulsion system 1 is stationary, uninstalled, in take-off mode in a standard atmosphere (as defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) manual, Doc 7488/3, 3rd edition) and at sea level (conditions known as SLS, for Seal Level Standard).
- IAO International Civil Aviation Organization
- the parameters are systematically determined under these conditions.
- not installed it will be understood here that the measurements are carried out when the propulsion system 1 is in a test bench (and not installed on an aircraft 100), the measurements then being simpler to carry out.
- the distances are on the other hand measured at ambient temperature (approximately 20°C) when the propulsion system 1 is cold, that is to say when the propulsion system has been stopped for a period sufficient so that the parts of the propulsion system are at ambient temperature.
- the fan rotor 9 is decoupled from the low pressure shaft 11 using a reduction mechanism 19, placed between an upstream end of the low pressure shaft 11 and the fan rotor 9, in order to independently optimize their respective rotation speed.
- the propulsion system 1 further comprises an additional shaft, called the fan shaft 20.
- the low pressure shaft 11 connects the low pressure turbine 8 to an inlet of the reduction mechanism 19 while the fan shaft 20 connects the output of the reduction mechanism 19 to the fan rotor 9.
- the fan rotor 9 is therefore driven by the low pressure shaft 11 via the reduction mechanism 19 and the fan shaft 20 at a rotation speed lower than the rotation speed of the low pressure turbine 8.
- the overall efficiency of the propulsion systems is conditioned to the first order by the propulsive efficiency, which is favorably influenced by a minimization of the variation in kinetic energy of the air as it passes through the propulsion system 1.
- most of the flow generating the propulsive effort is made up of the flow of secondary air F2 of the propulsion system 1, the kinetic energy of the secondary air flow F2 being mainly affected by the compression that the secondary air flow F2 undergoes when crossing the fan section 2.
- the pressure ratio of the fan which corresponds to the ratio between the average pressure at the outlet of the fan stator 17 (or, in the absence of a stator, of the fan rotor 9 ) and the average pressure at the inlet of the fan rotor 9 is less than or equal to 1.70, preferably less than or equal to 1.50, for example between 1.05 and 1.45.
- the average pressures are measured here over the height of the blade 14 (from the surface which radially delimits inside the flow vein at the inlet of the fan rotor 9 to the top 21 of the fan blade 14).
- the propulsion system 1 is configured to provide a thrust of between 18,000 Ibf (80,068 N) and 51,000 Ibf (22,2411 N), preferably between 20,000 Ibf (88,964 N) and 35,000 Ibf (15,5688 N).
- the fan section 2 can be ducted or not ducted.
- the fan section 2 comprises a fan casing 12 and the fan rotor 9 is housed in the fan casing 12.
- a ducted fan section 2 comprises a fan rotor 9 extending upstream of a fan stator.
- the blades of the fan stator are then generally called outlet blades (“Outlet Guide Vane” or “OGV” in English) and have a fixed setting relative to the hub of the fan stator.
- the dilution rate of the propulsion system 1 is preferably greater than or equal to 10, for example between 10 and 35 inclusive, preferably between 10 and 18 inclusive.
- the fan rotor 9 is preferably with variable timing.
- the peripheral speed at the top 21 of the blades of the fan rotor 9 can also be between 260 m/s and 400 m/s.
- the blades 14 of the fan rotor 9 can be fixed or have variable pitch.
- the fan pressure ratio can then be between 1.20 and 1.45.
- a non-ducted fan section 2 the fan section 2 is not surrounded by a fan casing.
- the fan section 2 being non-ducted, the blades 14 of the fan rotor 9 have a variable pitch.
- Propulsion systems comprising at least one unducted fan rotor 9 are known by the English terms “open rotor” or “unducted fan”.
- the propulsion system 1 may include two fan rotors 9 which are non-ducted and counter-rotating.
- Such a propulsion system 1 is known by the English acronym CROR for “Contra-Rotating Open Rotor” (contra-rotating open rotor in French) or UDF for “Unducted Double Fan” (unducted double fan in French).
- the fan rotor(s) 9 can be placed at the rear of the primary body 3 so as to be of the pusher type or at the front of the primary body 3 so as to be of the tractor type.
- the propulsion system 1 may comprise a single non-ducted fan rotor 9 and an non-ducted fan stator 16 (rectifier).
- a propulsion system 1 is known by the English acronym USF for “ Unducted Single Fan.
- the blades 17 of the rectifier 16 are fixed in rotation relative to the axis X of rotation of the upstream fan rotor 9 and therefore do not undergo centrifugal force.
- the blades 17 of the rectifier 16 are also variable in pitch.
- the removal of the fairing around the fan section 2 makes it possible to increase the dilution rate very significantly without the propulsion system 1 being penalized by the mass of the casings or nacelles intended to surround the fan section 2.
- the rate dilution of the propulsion system 1 comprising a non-ducted fan section 2 is thus greater than or equal to 40, for example between 40 and 80 inclusive.
- the peripheral speed at the top 21 of the blades 14 of the fan rotor(s) 9 can also be between 210 m/s and 260 m/s.
- the fan pressure ratio can then preferably be between 1.05 and 1.20.
- the reduction mechanism 19 may comprise, for example, a reduction mechanism 19 with an epicyclic gear train, for example of the “epicyclic” or “planetary” type, single-stage or two-stage.
- the reduction mechanism 19 can be of the planetary type (“star” in English) ( Figure 3) and comprise a sun pinion 19a (input of the reduction mechanism 19), centered on an axis X of rotation of the mechanism reduction gear 19 (generally confused with the longitudinal axis rotation of the fan shaft 20 around the axis X of rotation, and a series of satellites 19c distributed circumferentially around the axis sun pinion 19a and externally with the crown 19b.
- the series of satellites 19c is mounted on a planet carrier 19d which is fixed relative to a stator part 19e of the propulsion system 1, for example relative to a casing of the compressor section 4, 5.
- the reduction mechanism 19 can be planetary ( Figure 4), in which case the crown 19b is fixedly mounted on the stator part 19e of the propulsion system 1 and the fan shaft 20 is rotated by the door -satellites 19d (which is therefore mobile in rotation relative to a stator part 19e of the propulsion system 1, for example relative to a casing of the compressor section 4, 5).
- the diameter of the ring gear 19b and of the satellite carrier 19d are greater than the diameter of the sun pinion 19a, so that the rotation speed of the fan rotor 9 is lower than the rotation speed of the low pressure shaft 11.
- the reduction rate of the reduction mechanism 19 is greater than or equal to 2.5 and less than or equal to 11.
- the reduction rate can be greater than or equal to 2.7 and less than or equal to 6.0, typically around 3.0.
- the reduction rate can be between 9.0 and 11.0.
- the speed limit corresponds to the maximum rotation speed when the propulsion system is healthy (and potentially at the end of its life). It is therefore likely to be reached by the low pressure shaft 11 in flight conditions.
- This speed limit is part of the data declared in the engine certification (“type certificate data sheet” in English). Indeed, this rotation speed is usually used as a reference speed for the sizing of propulsion systems 1 and in certain certification tests (such as blade loss or rotor integrity tests).
- the high pressure turbine 7 is dimensioned so that its average internal radius Rmeanjnt is at least equal to:
- D is the diameter of the fan rotor 9, in millimeters (mm);
- BPR is the dilution rate of propulsion system 1
- Te is the inlet temperature of the low pressure turbine 8, in degrees Celsius (°C);
- GAMMA is the adiabatic coefficient of air
- the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine Rmoyenjnt is equal to the arithmetic average of the internal radii R1 of the rotors 7b (moving blade wheels) of the high pressure turbine 7.
- the internal radius R1 of a rotor 7b corresponds to the distance, in a plane normal to the axis of rotation 7b) and the axis of rotation , when the propulsion system 1 is at rest.
- Sizing the high pressure turbine 7 so as to respect formula (1) defined above makes it possible to obtain a compromise between an acceptable aerodynamic loading at the blade root and sufficient expansion work to increase the compression ratio of the compressor high pressure 5 (at iso-number of stages) and therefore increase the overall compression rate of the propulsion system 1.
- such sizing of the high pressure turbine 7 makes it possible to reduce the compression rate of the low pressure compressor 4 (to overall iso-compression rate), and therefore reduce its average radius at iso-load, which makes it possible to improve the BPR dilution rate of the system propulsion 1.
- the high pressure turbine 7 can in fact rotate at rotational speeds (in revolutions per minute) high enough to allow the high pressure compressor 5 to reach a compression ratio greater than 21 (in takeoff mode) without necessarily require increasing the number of stages in the high pressure compressor 5.
- the high pressure compressor 5 can comprise at least eight stages and at most eleven stages, for example nine stages.
- the diameter of the high pressure turbine 7 can also be large enough to allow the passage and, where appropriate, the radial movements, of a supercritical low pressure shaft 11.
- the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine 11 Rmeanjnt is at most equal to 300 mm.
- formula (1) also gives an average internal radius Rmeanjnt at least equal to 200 mm.
- the inlet temperature of the low pressure turbine Te can be between 950°C and 1230°C.
- the distributor at the outlet of the combustion chamber 6 and the section of the flow stream at the inlet of the high pressure turbine 7 so that, in take-off mode (as defined above), the Mach number in the vein section is substantially equal to 1.
- the average radius of the high pressure turbine 7 is fixed by the acceptable aerodynamic load in the high pressure turbine 7, which is itself defined by the energy which must be supplied to the high pressure compressor 5 and the rotation speed of the high pressure shaft 10 in order to obtain the ratio desired compression.
- the section of the flow stream in the high pressure turbine 7 depends on the reduced flow rate in the flow stream at a given Mach.
- the section of the flow vein can therefore be dimensioned so that the Mach number in the vein section is equal to 1.
- the average internal radius Rmeanjnt is then deduced from the section of the vein thus dimensioned and the radius average determined from the aerodynamic load.
- the rotation speed of the high pressure turbine 7 can then be between 15,000 revolutions per minute and 27,000 revolutions per minute.
- High pressure turbines 7 respecting formula (1) can then have a hub-head ratio, which corresponds to the ratio between the external radius R2 of the high pressure turbine 7 and the internal radius R1 of the rotor 7b (moving blade wheels) of the high pressure turbine 7, greater than 0.77 and less than 0.90.
- the external radius R2 of the high pressure turbine 7 and the internal radius R1 are measured here in a plane normal to the axis of rotation X at 50% of the chord at the blade root of the rotor 7b most downstream of the turbine high pressure 7 (that is to say, from the last stage of the high pressure turbine 7).
- the external radius R2 of the high pressure turbine 7 corresponds to the distance, in this plane, between the top 7e of the blades of the rotor 7b of the high pressure turbine 7 and the axis of rotation X of the high pressure turbine 7, when the propulsion system 1 is at rest.
- the internal radius R1 was defined above.
- Such high pressure turbines 7 then have an optimized outlet section Ss. Indeed, the more the hub-head ratio is reduced, the lower the external diameter of the high pressure turbine 7 (at iso-section).
- the sizing of the high pressure turbine 7 so as to obtain a hub-head ratio of between 0.77 and 0.90 therefore makes it possible to make the high pressure turbine 7 more efficient, and therefore reduce the specific consumption of the propulsion system 1, without penalizing its mechanical or thermal load.
- a propulsion system 1 comprising a high pressure turbine 7 whose average internal radius Rmeanjnt complies with formula (1) can then present an overall compression ratio, which corresponds to the pressure ratio between the pressure at the outlet of the high pressure compressor 5 and the pressure at the inlet of the fan rotor 9 (measured at the level of the foot of the fan rotor 9), greater than or equal to 40 and less than or equal to 70, preferably greater than or equal to 44 and less than or equal to 55.
- the propulsion system 1 further comprises an inter-turbine casing 24 extending between the high pressure turbine 7 and the low pressure turbine 8.
- the inter-turbine casing delimits the flow path between the high pressure turbine 7 and the low pressure turbine 8 and comprises guide vanes 25 configured to straighten a flow of air leaving the high pressure turbine 7 and thus make it possible to improve the supply of the low pressure turbine 8 and therefore the efficiency of the low pressure body pressure.
- the guide vanes 25 therefore have an aerodynamic surface configured to redirect the flow of air entering the low pressure turbine 8.
- the propulsion system 1 comprises between twenty and thirty guide vanes 25.
- the inter-turbine casing 24 forms a structural casing of the propulsion system 1 making it possible to improve the overall dynamics of the propulsion system 1.
- the inter-turbine casing comprises an internal shell mounted on a set of bearings of the propulsion system 1, typically a rear bearing 26 of the high pressure shaft, an external shroud which can be configured to take up the mechanical forces in the propulsion system 1, as well as a series of arms extending radially between the internal shroud and the external shell and configured to allow the passage of easements and the resumption of mechanical forces between the internal shell and the external shell.
- the guide vanes 25 can be distinct from the arms and extend between the arms and the low pressure turbine 8.
- Engine 1 is a double-body propulsion system corresponding to the current technical standard (at the filing date of this application) which we seek to improve, which includes a ducted fan section.
- the engine 2 is a double body propulsion system 1 conforming to the teaching of the present application which includes a ducted fan.
- the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine of engine 1 does not respect the claimed formula since it is less than 236.9 mm. Conversely, the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine 7 of engine 2 respects the claimed formula. It appears that engine 2 has a lower aerodynamic loading N2 2 S at the blade root than engine 1 while retaining sufficient expansion work to maintain the compression ratio of the high pressure compressor, at iso-number of stages .
- the overall compression ratio was increased as well as the inlet temperature of the high pressure turbine 7, which made it possible to increase the thermal efficiency of the propulsion system 1.
- the diameter D of the fan and the dilution rate BPR were increased, which made it possible to improve the propulsive efficiency of engine 2.
- Engine 3 is a double-body propulsion system corresponding to the current technical standard
- the engine 4 is a double body propulsion system 1 conforming to the teaching of the present application which includes a non-ducted fan section.
- the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine of engine 3 does not respect the claimed formula since it is less than 255.9 mm. Conversely, the average internal radius of the high pressure turbine 7 of engine 4 respects the claimed formula. Analogously to the shrouded engine 2, the engine 4 has a lower aerodynamic loading N2 2 S at the blade root than the engine 1 while retaining sufficient expansion work to maintain the compression ratio of the high pressure compressor, at iso -number of floors.
- the diameter of the fan D was reduced as well as the dilution rate in order to facilitate the integration of engine 4 under the wing.
- the fan pressure ratio has also been slightly increased (while remaining well below 1.45) to maintain the fan thrust.
- the overall compression ratio has also been increased, as well as the inlet temperature of the high pressure turbine, in order to improve the thermal efficiency of the high pressure body and to compensate for the loss of specific consumption linked to the increase in the compression ratio. blower pressure.
- the number of stages in the low-pressure compressor has also been increased to increase the overall compression ratio. Reducing the diameter of the fan allows greater compactness of the propulsion system, facilitating its installation on an aircraft and a reduction in the mass of the propulsion system, favorable to reducing the aircraft's consumption.
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