Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbofan gas turbine engine
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Application No.: US17484873Application Date: 2021-09-24
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Publication No.: US11761380B2Publication Date: 2023-09-19
- Inventor: Natalie C Wong , Thomas S Binnington , David A Jones , Daniel Blacker
- Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Oliff PLC
- Priority: GB 16003 2020.10.09
- Main IPC: F02C7/14
- IPC: F02C7/14

Abstract:
A turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, and a turbine module. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter, and the heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct. The heat exchanger module includes a plurality of heat transfer elements for transfer of heat from a first fluid contained within the heat transfer elements to an airflow passing over a surface of the heat transfer elements prior to entry of the airflow into an inlet to the fan assembly. At full-power condition, the engine produces a maximum thrust T (N), the heat exchanger module transfers a maximum heat rejection H (W) from the first fluid to the airflow, and a Heat Exchanger Performance parameter PEX (W/N) defined as PEX=H/T is 0.4 to 6.0.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220112841A1 TURBOFAN GAS TURBINE ENGINE Public/Granted day:2022-04-14
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