Patent classifications
F28D2021/0049
Fluid cooling system integrated with outlet guide vane
A fan module for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The fan module includes a fan, a plurality of outlet guide vanes, and a fluid cooling system. The fan is adapted to rotate about a central axis to pass air at least in part aftward along the central axis and around an engine core of the gas turbine engine. The outlet guide vanes are spaced aft of the fan along the central axis and configured to receive the air passed aftward along the central axis by the fan. The fluid cooling system is configured to transfer heat from a fluid to the air from the fan to cool the fluid.
EVAPORATIVE COOLING OF A HEAT EXCHANGER IN A COMPRESSOR SYSTEM
The present disclosure is directed to an air cooled heat exchanger with an evaporative cooling pad positioned upstream thereof to humidify and cool ambient air flowing into the heat exchanger. A water manifold is positioned proximate a top side of the evaporative cooling pad and a water tank is positioned proximate a bottom side of the evaporative cooling pad. The water manifold is operable for supplying water to the evaporative cooling pad at the top side and the water tank is operable for receiving water discharged from the evaporative cooling pad at the bottom side thereof.
Compressor thermal valve unit to route lubricant used in a compressor
A thermal valve unit is provided for use with an oil filled screw compressor. The thermal valve unit can be affixed to an exterior pipe segment and can include a thermally responsive element in thermal communication with compressed air traversing through the pipe segment. The valve unit can include a movable valve member actuated by the thermally responsive element that opens and closes oil passages to selectively route oil either to a heat exchanger prior to being delivered to the oil filled compressor, or directly to the compressor without passing through the heat exchanger.
HEAT EXCHANGER FITTED WITH UPSTREAM COVER TO REDUCE DISTURBANCE TO FLUID FLOW IN A TURBOMACHINE
A heat exchanger designed to be fixed to a turbomachine wall delimiting a gas flow stream, this exchanger including a body with a front face through which the gas flow passes; an attachment face to the wall; an external face opposite the attachment face and connected to the front face; two lateral faces connected to the front face; a cover surrounding the front face and extending along the prolongation of the external face and the lateral faces, to delimit an intake with an area smaller than the area of the front face, this intake being located upstream from the front face relative to the gas flow stream.
Round heat exchanger
A heat exchanger includes a first fluid laminate defining a first fluid cavity that is in fluid communication with and downstream from a first inlet such that at least some of the first fluid flows into the first fluid cavity. The heat exchanger includes a second fluid laminate positioned adjacent to and in contact with the first fluid laminate. The first fluid laminate and the second fluid laminate define a portion of a cylinder. The second fluid laminate defines a second fluid cavity that is in fluid communication with and downstream from a second inlet such that at least some of the second fluid flows into the second fluid cavity, such that heat may transfer between the first fluid and the second fluid via the first fluid laminate and the second fluid laminate.
OUTLET GUIDE VANE FOR AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE, WITH IMPROVED LUBRICANT COOLING FUNCTION
The invention relates to a guide vane for a twin-spool aircraft turbomachine, of which the aerodynamic part (32) comprises an internal lubricant cooling passage (50a) extending along a principal lubricant flow direction (52a).
According to the invention, the aerodynamic part is made in a single piece and also comprises heat transfer fins (80a, 80b) arranged in the passage (50a) connecting the intrados and extrados walls (70, 72) and extending approximately parallel to the direction (52a), these fins being distributed in successive rows along the principal direction (52a) and made such that for two rows (R1, R2) of staggered directly consecutive fins, the row (R1) comprises fins (80a) forming a positive acute angle A1 with a dummy reference plane (Pf), while the row (R2) comprises fins (80b) forming a negative acute angle A2 with this plane (Pf).
Plate Heat Exchanger
A plate heat exchanger has openings in the plates defining supply and return ducts extending through a plate stack. The supply and return ducts are hydraulically connected to flow ducts located between the plates and to a tube arranged coaxially in each of the supply and return duct. The tubes have holes in the tube wall in order to provide the hydraulic connection to the flow ducts. A simple and cost-effective plate heat exchanger which can withstand high pressures is achieved by the tubes extending through the entire stack to form a tie rod between a top side and an underside of the plate stack. The tube has a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the openings in the plates such that the tube wall is firmly metallurgically connected to at least some edges of the openings.
METHOD FOR REDUCING THERMALLY INDUCED STRESSES IN A HEAT EXCHANGER
A heat exchanger core includes a rectangular core having a plurality of alternatively stacked first fluid layers and second fluid layers. The core is divided into a plurality of core subsections such that a deflection of each of the plurality of core subsections is less than a deflection of the core as a whole.
Turbofan bypass air cooled oil cooler fairings
A cooler assembly disposed in and cooled by an air stream according to one embodiment includes a cooler matrix and a fairing. The fairing assembly is disposed generally around the cooler matrix and includes side fairing-housings, first and second side fairing-housings being joined to one another at respective leading and trailing edges, the leading edges partially defining a cooler inlet and the trailing edges partially defining a cooler outlet, the first and second side fairing-housing trailing edges angled transversely toward each other to define a trapezoidal shape for the outlet.
BAR AND PLATE AIR-OIL HEAT EXCHANGER
An air-oil heat exchanger used in a compression system that includes a compressor is disclosed. The heat exchanger can be used to cool oil in one embodiment which is used in a compression process. The heat exchanger can be a bar-and-plate type heat exchanger having a number of external fins, internal fins, parting sheets, and header bars. The external fins can include louvers formed therein. An arrangement of multiple unrelated components can be provided that improves pressure loss and reduces weight.