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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Giridhar Jothiprasad, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Christopher E. LaMaster, Franklin, OH (US);
Jeffrey D. Carnes, Framingham, MA (US);
Thomas Malkus, Albany, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US);
Abstract
Compact bleed valve assemblies are disclosed. An example turbine engine comprises a rotor blade having an axial chord (C) measured at a tip of the rotor blade, and a variable bleed valve (VBV) including a VBV port defining a bleed flowpath and an exit angle (β) for bleed air exiting the VBV port, the VBV port including a forward entrance edge and an aft exit edge and a first length (LA) therebetween, and a VBV door corresponding to the VBV port, the VBV door to generate a bleed cavity having a bleed cavity area (BA) in the VBV port when the VBV is in a closed position, the VBV door to move between an open position and the closed position at a rotation angle (Δθ), the VBV door to extend a distance (LA) beyond the first length (LA), wherein and wherein