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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2020
Institut Superieur DE L'aeronautique ET DE L'espac, Toulouse, FR;
Safran, Paris, FR;
Safran Aircraft Engines, Paris, FR;
Patrick Gonidec, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Miguel Angel Aguirre, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Sébastien Duplaa, Pompertuzat, FR;
Bernard Robic, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Benoit Rodriguez, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
Nicolas Jérôme Jean Tantot, Moissy-Cramayel, FR;
INSTITUT SUPERIEUR DE L'AERONAUTIQUE ET DE L'ESPACE, Toulouse, FR;
SAFRAN, Paris, FR;
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A propulsion unit including: a gas generator including a compressor, a combustion chamber, a turbine, at least two compressed-air propulsion modules, each propulsion module including: a fan, a compressed-air turbine configured to drive the rotation of the fan, a manifold allowing the respective turbines of the compressed-air propulsion modules to be supplied with compressed air, wherein the manifold is configured to collect and mix: at least a portion of the flow that has passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator, typically as it leaves the turbine, and at least one bypass flow, the bypass flow being a flow of air which is not passed through the combustion chamber of the gas generator.