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US 2014/0209286 A1Published application
Gas turbine engine integrated heat exchanger
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsSebastian Walter Freund, William Joseph Antel, Benignos Jorge Alejandro Carretero
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Abstract
A heat exchanger apparatus including at least one cooling channel formed within and about an engine booster lip or an engine nacelle and configured to receive a flow of a circulating working fluid; and at least one fluid port communicating with the at least one cooling channel and an exterior of the engine booster lip or the engine nacelle.
Claims20
A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
- at least one cooling channel formed within and about an engine booster lip or an engine annular fan casing and configured to receive a flow of a circulating working fluid;
- and
- at least one fluid port communicating with the at least one cooling channel and an exterior of the engine booster lip or the engine annular fan casing.
A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of cooling channels integrally formed within and about at least a portion of a circumference of one of an engine booster lip or an engine nacelle and wherein each of the plurality of cooling channels is configured to receive a flow of circulating working fluid;
- and
- inlet and outlet ports communicating with the at least one cooling channel and an exterior of the engine booster lip or the engine nacelle.
An engine comprising:
- a core engine;
- and
- a heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
- at least one cooling channel integrally formed within and about an engine booster lip or an engine annular fan casing and configured to receive a flow of a circulating working fluid;
- and
- at least one fluid port communicating with the at least one flush mounted cooling channel and an exterior of the engine booster lip or the engine annular fan casing,
- wherein the at least one cooling channel is configured to provide an increase in the heat transfer coefficient of the heat exchanger apparatus while minimizing aerodynamic losses and specific fuel consumption (SFC).
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