Onera (office National D'etudes Et De Recherches Aerospatiales)

Onera

Yves Ribaud

Joel Guidez

Jean-Paul Breteau

Thierry Courvoisier

Clement Dumand

Clément Dumand

Joël Guidez

The engine comprises a low pressure stage () and a high pressure stage () with two independent rotors () and associated fixed fluid preparation members (), combining 'compressor' means () and 'expander' means () and at least one combustion chamber () in a central volume defined axially by the rotors () and laterally by three substantially cylindrical, coaxial walls (), defining in pairs an outer duct () connecting the outlet of the LP compressor () to the inlet of the HP compressor () and an inner duct () connecting the outlet of the HP compressor () to the inlet of a first combustion chamber (), whose outlet supplies the HP expander () with gases produced by combustion guided to the inlet of the LP expander (), whose outlet is in communication with the outside via at least one exhaust opening () for the combustion gases.

High efficiency thermal engine

A radial turbine with a novel inlet and a outlet is combined with a centrifugal compressor, also having novel inlet and outlet, so as to obtain a turbocompressor unit wherein the respective inlets and/or exhausts of which are improved. The combination of above improves the overall efficiency of the turbocompressor unit. In addition, the combination limits the axial bulk of such a unit at the cost of a limited increase both in the cross section and the weight and structural complexity of the turbocompressor unit. Such a turbomachine: a radial turbine with an optional centrifugal compressor can be produced using two-microelectronic dimensional machining techniques of the microelectronic type.

Turbomachine with a vaneless rotating diffuser and nozzle

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Bonnelles, France

Yves Ribaud