Gas turbine engines including thermal management systems with recirculating fuel circuits and related methods
AssigneeGeneral Electric Company
InventorsKevin Edward Hinderliter, Victor Moreno
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Abstract
Gas turbine engines including thermal management systems with recirculating fuel circuits and related methods are disclosed herein. An example gas turbine engine disclosed herein includes a fuel flow line, a fuel inlet, a combustor fluidly coupled to the fuel inlet by the fuel flow line, and a recirculation flow circuit coupled to the fuel flow line between the fuel inlet and the combustor, the recirculation flow circuit including a cooler and a heat-producing component coupled to the fuel flow line downstream of the fuel inlet along the fuel flow line.
Claims20
A gas turbine engine, comprising:
- a fuel flow line including a fuel inlet;
- a combustor fluidly coupled to the fuel flow line;
- and
- a recirculation flow circuit coupled to the fuel flow line between the fuel inlet and the combustor, the recirculation flow circuit including:
- a cooler;
- and
- a heat-producing component downstream of the cooler.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first flow line to extend between a fuel inlet and a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the first flow line including a first fuel pump;
- a second flow line including:
- an inlet coupled to the first flow line;
- and
- an outlet coupled to the first flow line;
- a fuel cooler coupled to the second flow line between the inlet and outlet;
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- a heat-producing electronic component thermally coupled to the second flow line downstream of the fuel cooler.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.