Fueldraulic heat management system
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsBenjamin J KEELER, Craig W BEMMENT, Andrea MINELLI, Alastair G HOBDAY, Andrew T SMITH, Paul W FERRA
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AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsBenjamin J KEELER, Craig W BEMMENT, Andrea MINELLI, Alastair G HOBDAY, Andrew T SMITH, Paul W FERRA
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A gas turbine engine for an aircraft includes an engine core with a turbine, a combustor, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor. The engine includes a fan upstream of the engine core and driven by the core shaft. The engine includes a nacelle surrounding the fan and engine core and defining a bypass duct radially outside of the engine core. The bypass ratio, defined as the ratio of the mass flow rate through the bypass duct to the mass flow rate through the core at cruise conditions, is at least 4. The engine includes a generator heat management system and an actuator to actuate a valve within the generator heat management system. The engine comprises a fuel supply system arranged to supply fuel to fueldraulically drive the actuator. The actuator enables non-binary position adjustment between an open valve position and a closed valve position.
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising:
A method of operating a gas turbine engine for an aircraft, the engine comprising:
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