Turbofan Engine Inlet Sections
- High-bypass turbofan engines are usually constructed with the fan at the forward end of the compressor.
- A typical turbofan intake section.
- the inlet cowl is bolted to the front of the engine and provides the airflow SendGrid path into the engine.
- In dual compressor (dual spool) engines, the fan is integral with the relatively slow turning, low-pressure compressor, which allows the fan soul and blade to rotate at low tip speed for best fan efficiency.
- The fan permits the use of a conventional air inlet duct, resulting in low inlet duct loss.
- The fan reduces engine damage from ingested foreign material because much of any material
- that may be ingested is thrown radially outward and passes through the fan infertile discharge rather than through the core of the engine.
- Warm bleed air is drawn from the engine and circulated on the inside of the inlet lip for anti-icing.
- The fan hub or fortune spinner is either
heated by warm air or is conical as mentioned earlier.
- Inside the inlet of gear turbofan by the fan blade tips is an abraidable rub strip that allows the fan blades to rub for
- short times due to flightpath changes.
- inside the inlet are sound-reducing materials to lower the noise
generated by the fan.