Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air cooled air cooler for gas turbine engine air system
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Application No.: US15258236Application Date: 2016-09-07
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Publication No.: US10253696B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Daniel Alecu , Richard Kostka
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil, QC
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil, QC
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
- Main IPC: B21K25/00
- IPC: B21K25/00 ; F02C7/18 ; F02C7/14

Abstract:
An air-to-air cooler has a heat exchanger integrated to a housing. A first passage extends through the housing for directing a flow of cooling air through the heat exchanger. A second passage extends through the housing for directing a flow of hot air to be cooled through the heat exchanger. The first passage has a cooling air outlet tube disposed downstream of the heat exchanger. The cooling air outlet tube extends across the second passage between the heat exchanger and a hot air inlet of the second passage. The hot air inlet is disposed to cause incoming hot air to flow over the cooling air outlet tube upstream of the heat exchanger. An ejector drives the flow of cooling air through the first passage of the air-to-air cooler. A portion of the hot air flow may be used to drive the ejector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170002741A1 AIR COOLED AIR COOLER FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE AIR SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-01-05
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