US 12,012,892 B1
Water separator for turbine engine
Abbas A. Alahyari, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Jon E. Sobanski, Glastonbury, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/199,767.
Int. Cl. F02C 7/143 (2006.01); F02C 7/052 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 7/052 (2013.01) [F02C 7/143 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F05D 2260/609 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. An apparatus for a turbine engine, comprising:
a water separator including a flowpath duct and a collector duct;
the flowpath duct extending axially along and circumferentially about an axis;
the collector duct extending axially along and circumferentially about the flowpath duct, the collector duct fluidly coupled with the flowpath duct through a plurality of water permeable regions in an outer wall of the flowpath duct, the plurality of water permeable regions spaced axially along the axis, and each of the plurality of water permeable regions extending circumferentially about the axis; and
the water separator configured to passively separate water from other combustion products flowing through the flowpath duct, and the water separator configured to direct the water through the plurality of water permeable regions into the collector duct.