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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2023
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Malkus, Albany, NY (US);
Trevor H. Wood, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Giridhar Jothiprasad, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Nageswar Ganji, Bengaluru, IN;
Hiranya Kumar Nath, Bengaluru, IN;
Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Bengaluru, IN;
Ambika Shivamurthy, Bengaluru, IN;
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
Aero-acoustically damped bleed valves are disclosed. An example variable bleed valve apparatus comprises a variable bleed valve door to actuate the variable bleed valve apparatus, and a variable bleed valve port including an upstream edge and a downstream edge, the VBV port to define a secondary flowpath, the VBV door to cover the VBV port in a closed position, and a vortex device at the upstream edge of the variable bleed valve port, the vortex device including a vorticity generating feature along the upstream edge of the variable bleed valve port.