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Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025

Filed:

May. 02, 2023
Applicant:

Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventor:

Christopher J. Hanlon, Sturbridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/30 (2006.01); F02C 6/08 (2006.01); F02C 6/20 (2006.01); F02C 9/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/305 (2013.01); F02C 3/30 (2013.01); F02C 6/08 (2013.01); F02C 6/20 (2013.01); F02C 9/18 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01); F05D 2260/2322 (2013.01);
Abstract

A powerplant is provided for an aircraft. This aircraft powerplant includes a turbine engine core, a steam system and a bypass system. The turbine engine core includes a flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. The flowpath extends through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section from an inlet into the flowpath to an exhaust from the flowpath. The steam system includes an evaporator disposed along the flowpath downstream of the turbine section. The steam system is configured to evaporate water into steam using the evaporator. The steam system is configured to introduce the steam into the flowpath upstream of the turbine section. The bypass system is configured to bleed fluid from the flowpath upstream of the turbine section to provide bleed fluid. The bypass system is configured to direct the bleed fluid into the flowpath downstream of the evaporator.


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