The nacelle can have an inlet portion having a duct wall and an outer skin, the duct wall being annular around an axis and having a surface forming a radially-outer delimitation to a gas path upstream of a fan area, the duct wall extending from a rounded inlet edge of the nacelle to the fan area, a cavity located inside the inlet portion, a compressed air inlet leading into the cavity, and an outlet fluidly connecting the cavity to the gas path, the outlet having a plurality of apertures disposed circumferentially around the duct wall, the apertures sloping circumferentially.
TURBOFAN ENGINE, NACELLE THEREOF, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF OPERATION
03.06.2021
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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