Abstract: A powerplant for an aircraft, comprising a frame, a propulsion system comprising a core enclosed in a casing and comprising a combustion chamber and a turbine, a supply pipe for conveying dihydrogen to the combustion chamber and that snakes outside the casing running along the turbine before dropping down into the combustion chamber through the casing, and a protective plate fastened to the frame and positioned between the casing and the supply pipe. With such an arrangement, if a blade of the turbine became detached it would meet the protective plate blocking its path to the dihydrogen pipe and would thus be diverted or stopped.

Abstract: A propulsive assembly for an aircraft with an engine system with a core in a casing and having a combustion chamber and a turbine with blades, a supply line supplying dihydrogen, an injector manifold equipped with injectors which dip into the combustion chamber, and a distribution network with several bypass lines distributed around the casing, a rear manifold connected to the supply line and to the bypass lines and a front manifold connected to the bypass lines and to the injector manifold, in which the rear manifold is at the rear of the turbine and the front manifold is at the front of the turbine.

Abstract: A fuel injector for a gas turbine engine combustor is provided that includes a swirler, a mounting stage, and a distributor. The swirler has a shaft, a collar, a throat section, and first and second axial ends. The throat section includes an inner radial surface that defines a central passage that extends between the swirler inner bore and the collar. The collar includes a plurality of apertures extending therethrough disposed radially outside of the central passage. The mounting stage is disposed in the inner bore, and has an annular flange, a central hub, and at least one strut. The distributor has a stem attached to a head. The stem has a distal end opposite the head portion engaged with the central hub. The head portion has an end surface and a side surface. The distributor is selectively positionable relative to the throat section.

Abstract: An aircraft nacelle equipped with a thrust reversal device which comprises: at least one deflection system configured to deflect an air stream channeled in the nacelle toward a lateral opening of the nacelle, in the activated state; at least one orientation system having: at least one transverse deflector configured to orient the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle, at least one downstream deflector positioned at the downstream edge of the lateral opening and configured to deflect the air stream deflected by the deflection system toward the upstream end of the nacelle.

Abstract: Power plant system and method of operating the same, the power plant system having a solid oxide fuel cell and a gas turbine, wherein the fuel cell and the gas turbine are set up such that compressed charge air of a compressor of the gas turbine can be provided to the fuel cell and/or an exhaust gas of the fuel cell can be provided to a combustion chamber of the gas turbine, wherein the system is configured such that the solid oxide fuel cell can be operated in a cell mode as well as in an electrolysis mode and wherein the solid oxide fuel cell is set up such that an excess grid energy is used for executing an electrolysis in the electrolysis mode of the fuel cell and thereby to chemically reduce water and/or carbon dioxide into hydrogen and/or syngas.

Abstract: Aircraft turbomachine including a centrifugal compressor, a combustion chamber, the combustion chamber being supplied by the compressor via a diffuser and via a straightener, and a heat exchanger, the exchanger including a first circuit, supplied with exhaust gas from the turbomachine, and a second circuit, which are connected by volutes on the one hand to an outlet of the diffuser and on the other hand to an inlet of the straightener, the volutes having reversed winding directions such that their connection ports to the exchanger are independent of one another and are substantially diametrically opposed, and such that the minimum cross section of each duct is situated at a larger cross section of the other duct.

Abstract: A compressed air supply system that extracts compressed air from a gas turbine engine and supplies the compressed air to an air conditioning pack of an airframe. The compressed air supply system includes: a low-pressure bleed air port that extracts compressed air from an upstream side of a high-pressure compressor; a high-pressure bleed air port that extracts compressed air from a downstream side of a front-stage portion of the high-pressure compressor; a main pipe extending from the low-pressure bleed air port toward the air conditioning pack; an auxiliary compressor that is located at the main pipe and increases pressure of the compressed air; a high-pressure bleed air pipe that couples the main pipe to the high-pressure bleed air port; a high-pressure bleed air valve located at the high-pressure bleed air pipe; and circuitry that opens the high-pressure bleed air valve when the circuitry determines that an insufficient pressure state occurs.

Abstract: A method for energy conversion for a vehicle is provided. The method including extracting a flow of compressed fluid from a compressor section of a propulsion system; flowing the flow of compressed fluid to a turbine operably coupled to a driveshaft, in which the driveshaft is operably coupled to a load device; expanding the flow of compressed fluid through the turbine to generate an output torque at the driveshaft to operate the load device; and flowing the expanded flow of compressed fluid from the turbine to thermal communication with a thermal load.

Abstract: A screen for an aeronautical gas turbine engine includes a plurality of first filaments and a plurality of second filaments. The plurality of second filaments define a plurality of openings with the plurality of first filaments. The plurality of first filaments and the plurality of second filaments define a first arrangement in which the plurality of first filaments are perpendicular to the plurality of second filaments. Upon application of a force to the screen, at least some of the plurality of first filaments and at least some of the plurality of second filaments are configured to translate from the first arrangement to a second arrangement in which a size of at least one of the openings is configured to change from a first size to a second size.

Abstract: An inlet system for an auxiliary power unit includes an inlet duct, and a frame coupled about the inlet duct. The frame defines an opening configured to be in fluid communication with the inlet duct. The inlet system includes a door having a first end opposite a second end. The door is coupled to the frame at the second end. The door is configured to move relative to the frame between a first position in which the door cooperates with the frame to inhibit airflow into the inlet duct and a second position in which the door is configured to enable the airflow into or out of the inlet duct. The door defines a ramp at the second end. A hook is spaced a distance apart from the ramp to define a gap configured to enable the airflow into or out of the inlet duct in the second position.

Abstract: There is provided an air pressurisation system comprising: a blower compressor coupled to a spool of a gas turbine engine and configured to receive inlet air from a bypass duct of the gas turbine engine; an air treatment apparatus to mix air from the air cycle line with air from the bypass line to control a temperature of air for discharge to an airframe system; and a core bleed line configured to provide a second inlet flow of air from a compressor of the gas turbine engine to the air treatment apparatus in an augmented air supply mode of the air pressurisation system; wherein the core bleed line is configured to provide the second inlet flow of air directly to the bypass line or mix the second inlet flow of air with air from the blower compressor upstream of the bypass line.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes: an engine core; fan; turbomachinery bearings; power gearbox; and a heat management system configured to provide lubrication and cooling to the power gearbox and turbomachinery bearings and including at least one air-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a first amount of heat to a first heat sink, and at least one fuel-lubricant heat exchanger to dissipate a second amount of heat to a second heat sink, wherein the heat management system is configured to provide a first proportion of heat generated by the power gearbox and the turbomachinery and dissipated to air at 85% of a core shaft maximum take-off speed in the range of 0.25 to 0.70, and a second proportion of heat generated by the power gearbox and the turbomachinery and dissipated to air at 65% of the core shaft maximum take-off speed in the range of 0.60 to 1.

Abstract: A method for monitoring a starting sequence of a turbomachine including a compressor provided with a rotor, a starter capable of rotating the rotor and a combustion chamber, the method including determining a bracketing of a time zone during which the ignition instant takes place, the bracketing being defined by, on the one hand, a lower limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place before the ignition instant and an upper limit corresponding to an event necessarily taking place after the ignition instant; and determining between the lower limit and the upper limit, a break point in the variation with time of the measurement signal, this break point corresponding to an ignition instant of the air-fuel mixture in the combustion chamber.

Abstract: A thermal management system includes a thermal circuit having a thermal transport bus with a thermal fluid flowing therethrough. The thermal transport bus includes first and second bus segments. First and second thermal loads are on the first and second bus segments, respectively, and have different first and second inlet temperature requirements. The thermal management system includes a plurality of heat exchangers in thermal communication with the first and second thermal loads. The heat exchangers include a first heat exchanger and one or more second heat exchangers. The first heat exchanger is on one of the first or second bus segments for rejecting heat to engine fuel. The thermal fluid is split between each of the first and second bus segments such that only a portion of the thermal fluid flows through the first heat exchanger to accommodate the different first and second inlet temperature requirements.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a bypass duct, an inlet cowl, and a heat-exchanger assembly. The bypass duct is configured to direct air through a flow path to provide thrust to propel the gas turbine engine. The inlet cowl is located in the bypass duct and configured to collect a portion of the air flowing in the bypass duct. The heat-exchanger assembly is removably coupled with the inlet cowl and configured to receive the portion of the air from the inlet cowl.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises at least one radially extending bleed passage optionally in fluid communication with at least one generally circumferentially extending plenum. The passage has an upstream inlet in fluid communication with a bleed passage and an outlet for releasing air from the plenum. The upstream leading edge of the inlet or the downstream trailing edge of the inlet has a non-uniform profile.

Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor and a turbine section. At least one casing surrounds at least one of the compressor and turbine section. The at least one casing is formed of sheet metal. The at least one casing has at least one potential peak displacement point due to vibration across a speed range of the one of the compressor and turbine section. A damper is placed on the casing at the at least one potential peak displacement point. The damper has one end fixed to the casing, and a second end not fixed to the casing and the second end provides an interference fit such that the second end cannot move to a relaxed position of the second end due to the wall of the casing. A method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A support assembly for supporting a main accessory gearbox of an aircraft turbine engine, the accessory gearbox including gears and supporting at least one item of equipment driven by the gears. The support assembly can include a structure for connecting and supporting the turbine engine to a pylon of the aircraft including: an intermediate axial portion for attachment to the pylon, having an upper end that defines a linking interface with the pylon, the intermediate axial portion bearing suspension rods, which are intended to be connected to the turbine engine; a front axial portion extending forward of the intermediate portion and having at least one suspension member configured to be connected to the turbine engine; and a rear axial portion extending rearwards of the intermediate portion and supporting the main accessory gearbox.

Abstract: A propulsion system for an air vehicle includes a fan system that includes a fan that is coupled to a fan drive electric motor for generating a fan discharge airflow, an augmentor where fuel is mixed with a portion of the fan discharge airflow to generate a propulsive flow in a first operating configuration, a bypass duct for directing the fan discharge airflow into the augmentor, a duct blocker for selectively closing the bypass duct to the fan discharge airflow, a liquid oxygen system that is configured to inject liquid oxygen into the augmentor to mix with the fuel when the fan discharge airflow is closed by the duct blocker, the mixture of fuel flow and liquid oxygen generates the propulsive flow in a second operating configuration, and an electric power generation system is coupled to drive the fan drive electric motor.

Abstract: A turbine engine for an aircraft. The turbine engine includes a combustor and a steam system. Fuel and steam are injected into the combustor to mix with compressed air to generate a fuel and air mixture. The fuel and air mixture is combusted in the combustor to generate combustion gases. The steam system is fluidly coupled to the combustor as the steam source to provide steam to the combustor. The steam system includes a hot gas path and a steam hot gas path component. The hot gas path is fluidly coupled to the combustor to receive the combustion gases and to route the combustion gases through the steam system. The steam hot gas path component includes a wall having a combustion-gas-facing surface facing the hot gas path and a hydrophobic coating formed on the combustion-gas-facing surface.