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US 2026/0131901 A1Published application
Cooling system for aircraft, and an aircraft tailcone including the cooling system
AssigneeAirbus Operations S.L.U.
InventorsAlberto MOLINA PARGA, Alfonso TEJELO MANZANO, Antonio José RUIZ-RICO RUIZ
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Abstract
A compact cooling system for an aircraft tailcone including a heat exchanger, and a fan located inside the heat exchanger. The cooling system integrates both the heat exchanger and the fan within the tailcone into a single, cohesive solution, for optimizing the available space and enhancing the overall efficiency of the cooling process. An aircraft tailcone is disclosed including the cooling system.
Claims13
A cooling system for aircraft, comprising:
- a heat exchanger bounding a space therewithin, and
- a fan operably disposed inside the heat exchanger.
An aircraft, comprising:
- a tailcone bounding a space therewithin,
- a cooling system disposed within the space of the tailcone,
- the cooling system comprising
- a micro-tubes heat exchanger having a first wall and a second wall, the microtubes heat exchanger comprising a plurality of microtubes extending between the first wall and the second wall, and
- a centrifugal radial fan disposed within the micro-tubes heat exchanger, wherein the centrifugal radial fan includes a plurality of fan blades radially positioned along a central axis,
- wherein the micro-tubes heat exchanger and the centrifugal radial fan are operably positioned along the central axis.
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