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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2004
Kattalaicheri Srinivasan Venkataramani, West Chester, OH (US);
Lawrence Butler, Eydon, GB;
James Paul Davidson, Mason, OH (US);
Kattalaicheri Srinivasan Venkataramani, West Chester, OH (US);
Lawrence Butler, Eydon, GB;
James Paul Davidson, Mason, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine having a longitudinal centerline axis therethrough, including: a fan section at a forward end of the gas turbine engine including at least a first fan blade row connected to a first drive shaft; a booster compressor positioned downstream of the fan section, the booster compressor including a first compressor blade row and a second compressor blade row connected to a second drive shaft and interdigitated with the first compressor blade row; and, a pulse detonation system for powering the first and second drive shafts. The pulse detonation system powers only the second drive shaft during a first designated condition of the gas turbine engine and both the first drive shaft and the second drive shaft during a second designated condition of the gas turbine engine. The first and second drive shafts are powered independently of each other by the pulse detonation system.