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POWER SECTION - DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

1. Description and Operation (Ref. Fig. 1)

The power section is essentially a two-stage rotor and shaft assembly coupled to a reduction
gearbox and propeller shaft. The turbine shaft housing and shrouds enclosing the rotor
and stator assemblies are contained within the twin-ported exhaust duct attached to the
reduction gearbox casing.

First and second-stage turbine disks are coupled together and secured on the rear end of
the power turbine shaft by a special nut and slotted washer. A splined coupling, connected to
the second-stage turbine disk, transmits the drive to the shaft. The power turbine shaft is
supported at the front end by a ball bearing (No 4), and at the rear end by a roller bearing
(No. 3). Both bearings are carried in the shaft housing, which is attached to the rear half of the
reduction gearbox casing. The sun gear set, which is a combination gear, shaft and
splined coupling, connects the forward end of the turbine shaft to the first-stage reduction
geartrain.

The first-stage stator assembly, comprising a vane ring, first-stage shroud, interstage baffle
and stator air seal, is situated between compressor and power turbines. An interstage stator,
between the first and second-stage power turbines, carries the second-stage stator vanes
and interstage stator air seal. Both stators and second-stage shroud are interlocked and
secured by a shroud housing attached to rear flange of the exhaust duct. This housing
supports part of the T5 system, either a thermocouple bas-bar and integral probe assembly
or two bus-abars with individual thermocouples.

An insulating blanket, sandwiched between the inner side of the exhaust duct and the outer
casing of the rear-half reduction gearbox and shaft housing, shields the shaft assembly
and bearings from the high temperatures prevailing in the exhaust duct.

After driving the compressor turbine, the gas stream enters the power section where it
passes through the power turbine stators, impinging in turn on the blades of the first and
second-stage turbines. Leaving the second-stage power turbine, the exhaust gas stream
discharges to atmosphere through the twin-ported exhaust duct. Driving power is transmitted
from the coupled turbine rotors through a common shaft and sun gear coupling to a
two-stage planetary reduction gear and propeller shaft.

Two oil tubes carried in the shaft housing circulate lubricating oil in the shaft bearing areas.
The upper tube receives oil from the pressure side of the engine lubrication system, and
directs it onto Nos. 3 and 4 bearings through three spray jets. The lower tube conducts
scavenge oil from the housing to the tank return line.

The turbine disks and shaft are cooled by a flow of air entering the compressor/power
turbine interstage area from the compressor discharge through the bore of the compressor
turbine. From this point, a portion of the air flow is directed by metering disks on the interstage
baffle to the rear face of the first-stage power turbine. The remainder of the air flow is
directed through holes in the disk hub to the power turbine interstage area. Some of the
remaining flow is allowed to bleed through the interstage stator air seal and across the disk
faces, while the balance passes through holes in the second-stage turbine disk to
pressurize the No. 3 bearing air seal. Air entering the shaft housing through the air seal is
exhausted through the oil scavenge tube to the accessory gearbox, where it vents to
atmosphere after undergoing oil separation in the centrifugal breather.

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T5 HARNESS AND
THERMOCOUPLE BUSBAR
POWER TURBINE
SHAFT HOUSING SECOND−STAGE
INSULATING
BLANKET POWER TURBINE SHROUD

REDUCTION GEARBOX
REAR HOUSING
SECOND−STAGE STATOR VANE

SHROUD HOUSING
PROPELLER
SHAFT THERMOCOUPLE
PROBE

INTERSTAGE
BAFFLE

FIRST−STAGE STATOR
AND SHROUD ASSEMBLY

EXHAUST
DUCT POWER TURBINE
REDUCTION GEARBOX SHAFT FIRST−STAGE
SUN GEAR POWER TURBINE
FRONT HOUSING SET NO. 3
NO. 4 BEARING BEARING
SECOND−STAGE
POWER TURBINE

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Cross-section of Power Section (Typical)
Figure 1

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The interturbine temperature (T5) is monitored by thermocouple probes projecting into the
annular space between compressor turbine and first-stage power turbine.

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