18463793. TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A BLEED SYSTEM (General Electric Company)
TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A BLEED SYSTEM
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Brandon W. Miller of Middletown OH (US)
Andrew J. Hank of Maineville OH (US)
Scott D. Hunter of Seattle WA (US)
Geoffrey Whitener of Cincinnati OH (US)
Paul Pezzi of Cincinnati OH (US)
Jeffrey D. Clements of Mason OH (US)
TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A BLEED SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18463793 titled 'TURBINE ENGINE HAVING A BLEED SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
A turbine engine includes a high-pressure (HP) compressor and a bleed system. The HP compressor includes an HP compressor flowpath and a plurality of stages of HP compressor rotor blades and HP compressor stator vanes. The bleed system includes a plurality of bleed flowpaths including at least three bleed flowpaths in fluid communication with the HP compressor flowpath. The plurality of bleed flowpaths direct compressed air from the HP compressor flowpath. At least two of the bleed flowpaths are at successive stages of the plurality of stages.