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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
David A. Topol, West Hartford, CT (US);
Glen E. Potter, Vernon, CT (US);
Flavien L. Thomas, Moodus, CT (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A disclosed fan section of a gas turbine engine includes a fan rotor having a plurality of fan blades and a duct defining a passageway aft of the fan rotor. A fan exit guide vane is disposed within the duct downstream of the fan blades. The fan exit guide vane includes a plurality of exit guide vanes positioned downstream of the fan rotor with at least two of the plurality of exit guide vanes including different aft geometries for guiding airflow through the passage to reduce pressure distortions at the fan blades.
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