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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Jonathan Ortiz, Torrance, CA (US);
William K. Ackermann, East Hartford, CT (US);
Matthew P. Forcier, South Windsor, CT (US);
RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A bleed air cooling system for a gas turbine engine includes a bleed port located at an axial location of the gas turbine engine to divert a bleed airflow from a gas turbine engine flowpath, a bleed outlet located at a cooling location of the gas turbine engine and a bleed duct in fluid communication with the bleed port and the configured to convey the bleed airflow from the bleed port to the bleed outlet. A modulating valve is located at the bleed duct and is movable between a fully open position and a fully closed position to regulate the bleed airflow through the bleed duct based on one or more operating conditions of the gas turbine engine.