Pratt-Whitney Canada Corp

Patrick Thivierge

Daniel Alecu

Sam Cutrara

Pierre Gauvin

Ritchie Domingo

Tom Haslam-Jones

Mélanie Papillon

Patrick Arkinson

Robert Scandella

An oil tank and scavenge pipe assembly of a gas turbine engine comprises a tank, and a scavenge pipe having a discharge portion disposed inside the tank. The discharge portion comprises a first portion having first and second ends. The first end is adapted to connect to an oil return line for receiving a mixture of oil and air. A bend extends from the second end downstream thereof relative to a flow of the mixture of oil and air through the scavenge pipe. The bend is configured to cause stratification of the mixture of oil and air as the mixture of oil and air flows through it. An outlet downstream of the bend delivers the mixture of oil and air to the tank. A method of delivering an oil and air mixture to a rotating oil volume of a tank of a gas turbine engine is also presented.

Oil tank and scavenge pipe assembly of a gas turbine engine and method of delivering an oil and air mixture to same

A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine including at least one porous element located in a cavity containing at least one rotating component receiving a flow of the lubricant, the porous element being located across a path taken by a portion of the lubricant expelled from the at least one respective rotating component such that the portion of the lubricant circulates therethrough, the at least one porous element being made of a material resistant to a temperature of the lubricant, the at least one porous element reducing a velocity of the portion of the lubricant circulating therethrough.

Lubrication system with porous element

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St-Basile-le-Grand, Canada

Patrick Thivierge