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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2018
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Matthew E Bintz, West Hartford, CT (US);
Enzo DiBenedetto, Berlin, CT (US);
Paul E Coderre, East Hampton, CT (US);
RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine is disclosed. The gas turbine engine includes a first rotor supporting a first plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor blades and a second rotor disposed axially downstream of the first rotor and supporting a second plurality of circumferentially spaced rotor blades, a first bore cavity between the first rotor and the second rotor, a first fluid passageway configured to provide cooled air to the first bore cavity and a first anti-vortex component positioned proximate the first bore cavity and configured to increase pressure of the cooled air as the cooled air traverses radially outward from the first bore cavity.