The invention adds details and alternate design supplementing the concept established with my
patent application Ser. No. 12 / 013,431, Aircraft Propulsion
System (APS). The APS ultimate fuel economy objectives requires long term design development, and this invention compromises some fuel economy for the expediency of short term implementation of a
heat regeneration for turbofans via the re-arrangement of existing components and a few unique items readily designed. While this Velarus Propulsion (VPx) attains only 42% fuel economy, it retains the original APS fundamental architecture implementing
heat regeneration for a
turbofan engine, as well as the additional benefits of
noise and emission abatement. This invention consists of the three APS technologies as follows:a) A novel arrangement of the power generation core features the
turbine exhaust entering directly into the
thrust chamber, thus providing
heat regeneration with an appropriate configuration of the
thrust chamber.b) The design of a modified
combustor introduces the concept of a
supersonic nozzle driving the turbines which allows for greater
combustor's chamber temperature while injecting the gases at temperatures acceptable to current
turbine blade
metallurgy. This feature increases the engine
thermal efficiency.c) The hub design allows for two options, a simpler fixed fanblade design or an advanced controllable
pitch fan blade, increasing the mission and performance flexibility of a given
turbofan size.In addition, this invention adds functionality to the aft cone, such as debris purge, accessories installation, and thrust reversers free from hot gases.