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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2023
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Viktor Kilchyk, Lancaster, NY (US);
John H. Paliulis, South Windsor, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A turbine of an air cycle machine, having: a housing; an output shaft that spins about a spin axis; a turbine disposed on the output shaft; a first nozzle defining a first inlet area that directs a first flow into the housing, the first nozzle extending along a first axis that is disposed at a first meridional angle to the spin axis; a second nozzle defining a second inlet area that differs from the first inlet area, the second nozzle directs a second flow into the housing to provide a mixed flow within the housing, the second nozzle extending along a second axis that is disposed at a second meridional angle to the spin axis, the second meridional angle differing from the first meridional angle; and a control valve configured to open and close the second nozzle.