Fuel conveying member with heat pipe
AssigneePratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
InventorsLev Prociw, Harris Shafique
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Abstract
A fuel conveying member in a gas turbine engine includes a heat pipe disposed in heat transfer communication with a fuel flow passage thereof, such that heat is transferred by the heat pipe from a high temperature region to a lower temperature region of the fuel flow passage.
Claims11
A gas turbine engine internal fuel manifold comprising at least one fuel flow passage and at least one heat pipe mounted to the fuel manifold, the heat pipe being adapted to transfer heat from a high temperature region of said fuel flow passage to a lower temperature region of the engine.
A fuel conveying member in a gas turbine engine, the fuel conveying member comprising at least one fuel flow passage having a high temperature region and a lower temperature region thereof, a heat pipe being disposed in heat transfer communication with said fuel flow passage and extending between said high and low temperature regions.
A gas turbine engine including a fuel system providing fuel to the combustor, the fuel system including a fuel manifold having mounted thereto self-contained heat transfer means disposed therewithin for passively transferring heat from a high temperature region of said fuel manifold to a lower temperature region thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.