WO2006059970A2 - Turbine engine with differential gear driven fan and compressor - Google Patents

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WO2006059970A2
WO2006059970A2 PCT/US2004/039972 US2004039972W WO2006059970A2 WO 2006059970 A2 WO2006059970 A2 WO 2006059970A2 US 2004039972 W US2004039972 W US 2004039972W WO 2006059970 A2 WO2006059970 A2 WO 2006059970A2
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Gabriel L. Suciu
Gino J. Pagluica
Loc Quang Duong
Lawrence E. Portlock
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02K—JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02K3/00—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan
    • F02K3/02—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber
    • F02K3/04—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low pressure outputs, for augmenting the jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type
    • F02K3/06—Plants including a gas turbine driving a compressor or a ducted fan in which part of the working fluid by-passes the turbine and combustion chamber the plant including ducted fans, i.e. fans with high volume, low pressure outputs, for augmenting the jet thrust, e.g. of double-flow type with front fan
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C3/00—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid
    • F02C3/04—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor
    • F02C3/107—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor with two or more rotors connected by power transmission
    • F02C3/113—Gas-turbine plants characterised by the use of combustion products as the working fluid having a turbine driving a compressor with two or more rotors connected by power transmission with variable power transmission between rotors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02C—GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F02C7/00—Features, components parts, details or accessories, not provided for in, or of interest apart form groups F02C1/00 - F02C6/00; Air intakes for jet-propulsion plants
    • F02C7/36—Power transmission arrangements between the different shafts of the gas turbine plant, or between the gas-turbine plant and the power user
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04D—NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04D25/00—Pumping installations or systems
    • F04D25/02—Units comprising pumps and their driving means
    • F04D25/04—Units comprising pumps and their driving means the pump being fluid-driven
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05D—INDEXING SCHEME FOR ASPECTS RELATING TO NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, GAS-TURBINES OR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS
    • F05D2260/00—Function
    • F05D2260/40—Transmission of power
    • F05D2260/403—Transmission of power through the shape of the drive components
    • F05D2260/4031—Transmission of power through the shape of the drive components as in toothed gearing
    • F05D2260/40311—Transmission of power through the shape of the drive components as in toothed gearing of the epicyclical, planetary or differential type

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  • This invention relates to turbine engines and more particularly to a turbine engine using a differential gear to drive the fan and compressor.
  • a gas turbine engine such as a turbo fan engine for an aircraft, includes a fan section, a compression section, a combustion section and a turbine section.
  • An axis of the engine is centrally disposed within the engine and extends longitudinally through the sections.
  • the core air flow path extends axially through the sections of the engine.
  • a bypass air flow path extends parallel to and radially outward of the core air flow path.
  • the fan section includes a plurality of radially extending fan blades. The fan blades extend through the bypass flow path and interact with the air and transfer energy between the blades and air.
  • a fan case circumscribes the fan in close proximity to the tips of the fan blades.
  • the fan draws the air into the engine.
  • the fan raises the pressure of the air drawn along the bypass air flow path, thus producing useful thrust.
  • the air drawn along the core air flow path into the compressor section is compressed.
  • the compressed air is channeled to the combustion section where fuel is added to the compressed air and the air/fuel mixture is burned.
  • the products of combustion are discharged to the turbine section.
  • the turbine section extracts work from these products to power the fan and compressed air. Any energy from the products of combustion not needed to drive the fan and compressor contributes to useful thrust.
  • a turbine engine according to the present invention provides a differential gear system coupling the turbine to the bypass fan and the compressor. In this manner, the power/speed split between the bypass fan and the compressor can be optimized under all conditions.
  • the embodiment shown for purposes of illustration includes an epicyclic differential gear, in particular, a planetary differential gear system.
  • the turbine drives a sun gear, which drives a planet carrier and a ring gear in a differential manner.
  • One of the planet carrier and the ring gear is coupled to the bypass fan, while the other is coupled to the compressor.
  • an amplifying gear system provides a speed increase from the turbine to the differential gear.
  • the amplifying gear system is also an epicycle gear system, in particular, a star gear system.
  • the turbine is coupled to a ring gear, which drives star gears mounted on a carrier mounted to static structure in the turbine engine.
  • the star gears also drive a sun gear, which is coupled to the sun gear of the differential gear system.
  • a tower shaft engages a high spool of the turbine aft of the turbine.
  • the tower shaft provides rotational input to the turbine in order to start the turbine engine.
  • Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of a turbine engine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • Figure 2 is a partial sectional view of a turbine engine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
  • a gas turbine engine 10 circumferentially disposed about an engine centerline A is shown in Figure 1.
  • the engine 10 generally includes a fan 14, a low pressure compressor 16, a combustor 18 and a turbine 20.
  • air compressed in the low pressure compressor 16 is mixed with fuel which is burned in the combustor 18 and expanded in turbine 20.
  • the air flow path through the low pressure compressor 16, through the combustor 18 and the turbine 20 may be referred to as the core air flow path 22.
  • the fan 14 includes a fan hub 28 and a plurality of fan blades 30.
  • the plurality of fan blades 30 extends radially outwardly from the fan hub 28 across the bypass air flow path and the core air flow path.
  • the low pressure compressor 16 includes a plurality of blades 32 extending radially from a compressor rotor 34. A plurality of static vanes 36 extend between some adjacent pairs of rows of blades 32.
  • the core air flow path 22 turns radially inwardly between the low pressure compressor 16 and a diffuser 24 leading to the combustor 18.
  • the low pressure compressor 16 compresses the core air flow, which is then mixed with fuel and ignited in the combustor 18.
  • the ignited fuel/core air flow mixture expands to create a high energy gas stream from the combustor 18.
  • the turbine 20 is downstream of the combustor 18 and includes a plurality of turbine blades 40 extending radially outwardly from a rotatable turbine rotor 42, which is coupled to a high spool 43.
  • a plurality of static turbine vanes 44 alternate with the turbine blades 40.
  • At least one tower shaft 50 engages a bull gear 52 aft of the turbine 20.
  • the tower shaft 50 rotatably drives the high spool 43 and the turbine 20 to start the turbine engine 10.
  • the turbine rotor 42 is coupled via a pair of gear systems 56, 58 to rotatably drive the bypass fan 14 and the compressor rotor 34.
  • the first gear system 56 amplifies the rotational speed of the input from the turbine 20.
  • the second gear system 58 is a differential gear system, providing optimum power/speed splits between the bypass fan 14 and the compressor rotor 34 of the low pressure compressor 16.
  • the first gear system 56 shown is a star gear system in which the high spool 43 is directly coupled to a ring gear 60 which rotates with the turbine 20.
  • the ring gear 60 engages a plurality of star gears 62 on a carrier 64 that is fixed to the static structure of the turbine engine 10.
  • the star gears 62 engage a sun gear 68, which is the output of the first gear system 56.
  • the first gear system 56 provides a rotational speed increase from the turbine to the sun gear 68 and also reverses the direction of rotation from the ring gear to the sun gear.
  • the sun gear 68 of the first gear system 56 is coupled, such as via a flex coupling 70, to a sun gear 74 on the second gear system 58.
  • the sun gear 74 engages planet gears 76 on a planet carrier 78 that is coupled to the fan hub 28 via a fan shaft 79, such that the fan hub 28 rotates with the planet carrier 78.
  • the planet gears 76 also engage a ring gear 80 that is coupled to the compressor rotor 34, such that the compressor rotor 34 rotates with the ring gear 80.
  • the second gear system 58 is an epicyclic gear system, and more particularly a planetary gear system, with the ring gear 80, planet carrier 78 and sun gear 74 all un-fixed relative to the static structure of the turbine engine 10, the second gear system 58 acts like a differential gear system providing an optimum power/speed split between the compressor rotor 34 of the low pressure compressor 16 and the bypass fan 14. As one of the compressor rotor 34 and the bypass fan 14 encounters more resistance, more speed is transferred to the other of the compressor rotor 34 and the bypass fan 14.
  • the low pressure compressor 16 compresses the core air flow, which is then mixed with fuel and ignited in the combustor 18.
  • the ignited fuel/core air flow mixture expands to create a high energy gas stream from the combustor 18, which rotatably drives the turbine blades 40.
  • Rotation of the turbine rotor 42 drives high spool 43.
  • the high spool 43 rotatably drives the ring gear 60 in the first gear system 56.
  • the ring gear 60 rotatably drives the star gears 62 to drive the sun gear 68 at a higher rate, which is coupled to the sun gear 74 of the second gear system 58.
  • Rotation of the sun gear 74 drives the bypass fan 14 via the planet carrier 78 and the low pressure compressor 16 via the ring gear 80.
  • the second gear system 58 is a differential gear system, which varies the relative rotation rates of the bypass fan 14 and the low pressure compress 16 over time, based upon current conditions.
  • Figure 2 illustrates a turbine engine 110 according to an alternate embodiment of the present invention.
  • the turbine engine 110 includes everything shown and described above with respect to the turbine engine 10 of Figure 1. Therefore, that description will not be repeated and only the differences will be described.
  • the turbine engine 110 of Figure 2 additionally includes a high pressure compressor 114 between the low pressure compressor 16 and the combustor 18.
  • the high pressure compressor 114 is also radially inward of the low pressure compressor 16.
  • the high pressure compressor 114 includes a plurality (three shown) of stages of compressor blades 132 extending radially from a compressor rotor 134 and alternating compressor vanes 136.
  • the compressor rotor 134 is directly coupled to the high spool 43 such that the compressor rotor 134 of the high pressure compressor 114 rotates at the same rate as the turbine 2OA.
  • the high pressure compressor 114 provides additional compression of the core air flow into the combustor 18. It is expected that this design would operate at an operating pressure ratio of approximately twice that of the first embodiment. Consequently, and to assist in driving the high pressure compressor 114, the turbine 2OA includes an additional stage of turbine blades 40 compared to the first embodiment.

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Abstract

A gas turbine engine (10) provides a differential gear system (58) coupling the turbine (20) to the bypass fan (14) and the compressor (16). In this manner, the power/speed split between the bypass fan and the compressor can be optimized under all conditions. In the example shown, the turbine drives a sun gear (74), which drives a planet carrier (78) and a ring gear (80) in a differential manner. One of the planet carrier and the ring gear is coupled to the bypass fan, while the other is coupled to the compressor.

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TURBINE ENGINE WITH DIFFERENTIAL GEAR DRIVEN FAN AND COMPRESSOR
This invention was conceived in performance of NASA contract NAS3- 98005. The government may have rights in this invention.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to turbine engines and more particularly to a turbine engine using a differential gear to drive the fan and compressor.
A gas turbine engine, such as a turbo fan engine for an aircraft, includes a fan section, a compression section, a combustion section and a turbine section. An axis of the engine is centrally disposed within the engine and extends longitudinally through the sections. The core air flow path extends axially through the sections of the engine. A bypass air flow path extends parallel to and radially outward of the core air flow path. The fan section includes a plurality of radially extending fan blades. The fan blades extend through the bypass flow path and interact with the air and transfer energy between the blades and air. A fan case circumscribes the fan in close proximity to the tips of the fan blades.
During operation, the fan draws the air into the engine. The fan raises the pressure of the air drawn along the bypass air flow path, thus producing useful thrust. The air drawn along the core air flow path into the compressor section is compressed. The compressed air is channeled to the combustion section where fuel is added to the compressed air and the air/fuel mixture is burned. The products of combustion are discharged to the turbine section. The turbine section extracts work from these products to power the fan and compressed air. Any energy from the products of combustion not needed to drive the fan and compressor contributes to useful thrust.
In the known turbine engines, the turbine section drives the fan and the compressor at fixed relative rates. However this may not be the ideal power/speed split during all conditions. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A turbine engine according to the present invention provides a differential gear system coupling the turbine to the bypass fan and the compressor. In this manner, the power/speed split between the bypass fan and the compressor can be optimized under all conditions.
Although not limited to such a configuration, the embodiment shown for purposes of illustration includes an epicyclic differential gear, in particular, a planetary differential gear system. In this example, the turbine drives a sun gear, which drives a planet carrier and a ring gear in a differential manner. One of the planet carrier and the ring gear is coupled to the bypass fan, while the other is coupled to the compressor.
As an additional, optional feature, an amplifying gear system provides a speed increase from the turbine to the differential gear. In the example shown, the amplifying gear system is also an epicycle gear system, in particular, a star gear system. The turbine is coupled to a ring gear, which drives star gears mounted on a carrier mounted to static structure in the turbine engine. The star gears also drive a sun gear, which is coupled to the sun gear of the differential gear system.
In another optional feature, a tower shaft engages a high spool of the turbine aft of the turbine. The tower shaft provides rotational input to the turbine in order to start the turbine engine.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other advantages of the present invention can be understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:
Figure 1 is a partial sectional view of a turbine engine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a partial sectional view of a turbine engine according to a second embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A gas turbine engine 10 circumferentially disposed about an engine centerline A is shown in Figure 1. The engine 10 generally includes a fan 14, a low pressure compressor 16, a combustor 18 and a turbine 20. Generally, air compressed in the low pressure compressor 16 is mixed with fuel which is burned in the combustor 18 and expanded in turbine 20. The air flow path through the low pressure compressor 16, through the combustor 18 and the turbine 20 may be referred to as the core air flow path 22.
The fan 14 includes a fan hub 28 and a plurality of fan blades 30. The plurality of fan blades 30 extends radially outwardly from the fan hub 28 across the bypass air flow path and the core air flow path.
The low pressure compressor 16 includes a plurality of blades 32 extending radially from a compressor rotor 34. A plurality of static vanes 36 extend between some adjacent pairs of rows of blades 32. The core air flow path 22 turns radially inwardly between the low pressure compressor 16 and a diffuser 24 leading to the combustor 18. The low pressure compressor 16 compresses the core air flow, which is then mixed with fuel and ignited in the combustor 18. The ignited fuel/core air flow mixture expands to create a high energy gas stream from the combustor 18.
The turbine 20 is downstream of the combustor 18 and includes a plurality of turbine blades 40 extending radially outwardly from a rotatable turbine rotor 42, which is coupled to a high spool 43. A plurality of static turbine vanes 44 alternate with the turbine blades 40.
At least one tower shaft 50 engages a bull gear 52 aft of the turbine 20. The tower shaft 50 rotatably drives the high spool 43 and the turbine 20 to start the turbine engine 10.
In the present invention, the turbine rotor 42 is coupled via a pair of gear systems 56, 58 to rotatably drive the bypass fan 14 and the compressor rotor 34. Generally, the first gear system 56 amplifies the rotational speed of the input from the turbine 20. The second gear system 58 is a differential gear system, providing optimum power/speed splits between the bypass fan 14 and the compressor rotor 34 of the low pressure compressor 16. The first gear system 56 shown is a star gear system in which the high spool 43 is directly coupled to a ring gear 60 which rotates with the turbine 20. The ring gear 60 engages a plurality of star gears 62 on a carrier 64 that is fixed to the static structure of the turbine engine 10. The star gears 62 engage a sun gear 68, which is the output of the first gear system 56. The first gear system 56 provides a rotational speed increase from the turbine to the sun gear 68 and also reverses the direction of rotation from the ring gear to the sun gear.
The sun gear 68 of the first gear system 56 is coupled, such as via a flex coupling 70, to a sun gear 74 on the second gear system 58. The sun gear 74 engages planet gears 76 on a planet carrier 78 that is coupled to the fan hub 28 via a fan shaft 79, such that the fan hub 28 rotates with the planet carrier 78. The planet gears 76 also engage a ring gear 80 that is coupled to the compressor rotor 34, such that the compressor rotor 34 rotates with the ring gear 80. Because the second gear system 58 is an epicyclic gear system, and more particularly a planetary gear system, with the ring gear 80, planet carrier 78 and sun gear 74 all un-fixed relative to the static structure of the turbine engine 10, the second gear system 58 acts like a differential gear system providing an optimum power/speed split between the compressor rotor 34 of the low pressure compressor 16 and the bypass fan 14. As one of the compressor rotor 34 and the bypass fan 14 encounters more resistance, more speed is transferred to the other of the compressor rotor 34 and the bypass fan 14.
In operation, the low pressure compressor 16 compresses the core air flow, which is then mixed with fuel and ignited in the combustor 18. The ignited fuel/core air flow mixture expands to create a high energy gas stream from the combustor 18, which rotatably drives the turbine blades 40. Rotation of the turbine rotor 42 drives high spool 43. The high spool 43 rotatably drives the ring gear 60 in the first gear system 56. The ring gear 60 rotatably drives the star gears 62 to drive the sun gear 68 at a higher rate, which is coupled to the sun gear 74 of the second gear system 58. Rotation of the sun gear 74 drives the bypass fan 14 via the planet carrier 78 and the low pressure compressor 16 via the ring gear 80. The second gear system 58 is a differential gear system, which varies the relative rotation rates of the bypass fan 14 and the low pressure compress 16 over time, based upon current conditions. Figure 2 illustrates a turbine engine 110 according to an alternate embodiment of the present invention. The turbine engine 110 includes everything shown and described above with respect to the turbine engine 10 of Figure 1. Therefore, that description will not be repeated and only the differences will be described. The turbine engine 110 of Figure 2 additionally includes a high pressure compressor 114 between the low pressure compressor 16 and the combustor 18. The high pressure compressor 114 is also radially inward of the low pressure compressor 16. The high pressure compressor 114 includes a plurality (three shown) of stages of compressor blades 132 extending radially from a compressor rotor 134 and alternating compressor vanes 136. The compressor rotor 134 is directly coupled to the high spool 43 such that the compressor rotor 134 of the high pressure compressor 114 rotates at the same rate as the turbine 2OA.
The high pressure compressor 114 provides additional compression of the core air flow into the combustor 18. It is expected that this design would operate at an operating pressure ratio of approximately twice that of the first embodiment. Consequently, and to assist in driving the high pressure compressor 114, the turbine 2OA includes an additional stage of turbine blades 40 compared to the first embodiment. hi accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes and jurisprudence, exemplary configurations described above are considered to represent a preferred embodiment of the invention. However, it should be noted that the invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically illustrated and described without departing from its spirit or scope.

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1. A turbine engine comprising: a turbine; a fan driven at a first rate by the turbine; and a compressor driven at a second rate by the turbine, the first rate and the second rate varying relative to one another over time.
2. The turbine engine of claim 1 further including at least one gear coupling the turbine to the fan.
3. The turbine engine of claim 1 further including at least one gear coupling the turbine to the compressor.
4. The turbine engine of claim 1 further including an epicyclic gear system coupling the turbine to the fan and the compressor.
5. The turbine engine of claim 4 wherein the turbine drives a sun gear of the epicyclic gear system.
6. The turbine engine of claim 1 further including a differential gear system coupling the turbine to the fan and the compressor.
7. The turbine engine of claim 1 further including a planetary gear system coupling the turbine to the fan and the compressor.
8. The turbine engine of claim 7 wherein the turbine is coupled to a sun gear of the planetary gear system.
9. The turbine engine of claim 8 wherein one of the fan and the compressor is coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear system, the ring gear driven by at least one planet gear driven by the sun gear.
10. The turbine engine of claim 9 wherein the compressor includes a compressor rotor from which a plurality of compressor blades extends radially, the compressor rotor coupled to the ring gear.
11. The turbine engine of claim 8 wherein one of the fan and the compressor is coupled to a planet carrier of the planetary gear system, the planet carrier carrying at least one planet gear driven by the sun gear.
12. The turbine engine of claim 11 wherein the fan is coupled to the planet carrier.
13. The turbine engine of claim 12 wherein the compressor includes a compressor rotor from which a plurality of compressor blades extends radially, the compressor rotor coupled to a ring gear of the planetary gear system.
14. The turbine engine of claim 13 further including an amplifying gear system coupled between the turbine and the sun gear, the amplifying gear system increasing a rate of rotation of the sun gear relative to the turbine.
15. The turbine engine of claim 14 wherein the planetary gear system is a differential planetary gear system and wherein the amplifying gear system is an amplifying star gear system.
16. The turbine engine of claim 15 wherein the turbine is coupled to a ring gear of the amplifying star gear system and wherein a sun gear of the amplifying star gear system is coupled to the sun gear of the differential planetary gear system.
17. A turbine engine comprising: a turbine; a differential gear having an input, a first output and a second output, the input driven by the turbine; a fan driven by the first output of the differential gear; and a compressor rotor driven by the second output of the differential gear.
18. The turbine engine of claim 17 wherein the differential gear is an epicyclic gear system.
19. The turbine engine of claim 18 wherein the epicyclic gear system is a planetary gear system, one of the fan and the compressor is coupled to a planet carrier of the planetary gear system, the planet carrier carrying at least one planet gear driven by the sun gear.
20. A method for operating a turbine engine including the steps of: driving a bypass fan at a first rate; and driving a compressor at a second rate, a ratio of the first rate relative to the second rate varying over time.
21. The method of claim 20 wherein the bypass fan and the compressor are driven by an epicyclic gear system.
22. The method of claim 20 wherein the bypass fan and the compressor are driven by a turbine.
23. A turbine engine comprising: a combustor; a high spool; a turbine mounted to the high spool aft of the combustor; and a tower shaft engaging the high spool aft of the combustor.
24. The turbine engine of claim 23 wherein the tower shaft engages a bull gear on the high spool.
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