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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2012
Daniel Benjamin, Simsbury, CT (US);
Daniel Carminati, Berlin, CT (US);
David S. Jang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stephan Proestler, Inning a. Ammersee, DE;
Daniel Benjamin, Simsbury, CT (US);
Daniel Carminati, Berlin, CT (US);
David S. Jang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Stephan Proestler, Inning a. Ammersee, DE;
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A thermal management system for a gas turbine engine includes a high pressure compressor rotor having a plurality of disks and a shaft; at least one forward cavity between a rim of at least one of the disks and the shaft and at least one aft cavity formed between a rim of at least one other of the disks and the shaft; a first flow of cooling air in the at least one forward cavity; and a second flow of cooling air in the at least one aft cavity.