Air direction arrangement for an aircraft with integrated heat exchanger

An air direction arrangement for an aircraft comprising:

• an inlet opening and an inlet channel connected thereto, the inlet channel being at least partially surrounded by an outer wall and configured to guide a flow of air to an engine of the aircraft, wherein:
• the outer wall comprises an outlet channel and an outlet element;
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• the outlet element is configured to selectively release or close the outlet channel for controlling an air flow from the inlet channel into an environment of the aircraft;
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• a heat exchanger in the outlet channel, the heat exchanger being configured to discharge thermal energy into the airflow flowing from the inlet channel and through the outlet channel, into the environment of the aircraft;
• wherein, in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of the flow of air in the inlet channel, the heat exchanger has a height that is lower than a width of the outer wall;
• wherein the heat exchanger is arranged in the outlet channel such that an inner side of the outer wall is closer to the fuselage of the aircraft than the heat exchanger and an outer skin of the outer wall is further away from the fuselage of the aircraft than the heat exchanger;
• wherein the heat exchanger is arranged such that, when the outlet channel is closed, the flow of air through the inlet channel flows to the engine, past the heat exchanger, such that the heat exchanger does not discharge any thermal energy into the flow of air and, when the outlet channel is released, only the airflow through the outer channel flows through the heat exchanger, the air flow being transverse relative to the inlet channel;
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• wherein the heat exchanger is sized to not protrude beyond the inner side of the outer wall, into the inlet channel, and also to not protrude beyond the outer skin of the outer wall, into the environment of the aircraft.