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Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:

Rolls-royce North American Technologies, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

James C. Loebig, Greenwood, IN (US);

Robert Manning, Lebanon, IN (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 7/143 (2006.01); F02C 3/04 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01); F02K 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/04 (2013.01); F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F02C 7/143 (2013.01); F02K 3/06 (2013.01); F05D 2210/14 (2013.01); F05D 2220/62 (2013.01); F05D 2220/72 (2013.01); F05D 2220/76 (2013.01); Y02T 50/675 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49229 (2015.01);
Abstract

A turbine engine includes a fan that provides an air flow to the turbine engine as compressor intake air and as compressor bypass air, a first stage compressor positioned to receive the compressor intake air and output a first stage compressed air, and a boiler positioned to cool the first stage compressed air using a fluid. A second stage compressor is positioned to receive the cooled first stage compressed air. A pump is configured to pump the fluid as a liquid into the boiler, extract energy from the first stage compressed air, and cause the cooling of the first stage compressed air.


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