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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2023
Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Stephen K. Kramer, Cromwell, CT (US);
Lance L Smith, West Hartford, CT (US);
Zhongtao Dai, West Hartford, CT (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An aircraft propulsion system is provided that include a propulsor rotor, a turbine engine core and a steam system. The turbine engine core is configured to power the propulsor rotor. The turbine engine core includes a core flowpath, a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section. The core flowpath extends through the compressor section, the combustor section and the turbine section from a flowpath inlet to a flowpath exhaust. The combustor section includes a diffuser plenum and a combustor disposed within the diffuser plenum. The steam system is configured to introduce steam into the core flowpath upstream of the diffuser plenum.