Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbine engine cooling system with an open loop circuit
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Application No.: US13679670Application Date: 2012-11-16
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Publication No.: US09739171B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Michael F. Blair , Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley , Mark F. Zelesky
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: O'Shea Getz P.C.
- Main IPC: F01D5/14
- IPC: F01D5/14 ; F01D25/12 ; F01D25/10 ; F02C7/14 ; F28F1/40 ; F28F7/02 ; F28D15/00 ; F28F1/12

Abstract:
A turbine engine system includes a heat source, a heat exchanger, a cooling medium inlet and a cooling medium outlet. The heat source includes a first passage. The heat exchanger includes a second passage and a third passage. The first and the second passages are configured in a closed loop circuit. The third passage is configured between the inlet and the outlet in an open loop circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140140829A1 TURBINE ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM WITH AN OPEN LOOP CIRCUIT Public/Granted day:2014-05-22
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