Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat pipe temperature management system for a turbomachine
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Application No.: US14676936Application Date: 2015-04-02
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Publication No.: US09797310B2Publication Date: 2017-10-24
- Inventor: Sanji Ekanayake , Joseph Paul Rizzo , Alston Ilford Scipio , Timothy Tahteh Yang , Thomas Edward Wickert
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agent James W. Pemrick; Ernest G. Cusick; Frank A. Landgraff
- Main IPC: F02C7/141
- IPC: F02C7/141 ; F01D5/08 ; F01D5/18 ; F01D9/06 ; F01D25/12 ; F01K23/02 ; F02C7/14 ; F02C7/143 ; F02C7/224 ; F02C6/18 ; F02C6/08

Abstract:
A turbomachine includes a compressor having an inter-stage gap between adjacent rows of rotor blades and stator vanes. A combustor is connected to the compressor, and a turbine is connected to the combustor. An intercooler is operatively connected to the compressor, and includes a first plurality of heat pipes that extend into the inter-stage gap. The first plurality of heat pipes are operatively connected to a first manifold, and the heat pipes and the first manifold are configured to transfer heat from the compressed airflow from the compressor to heat exchangers. A cooling system is operatively connected to the turbine, and includes a second plurality of heat pipes located in the turbine nozzles. The second plurality of heat pipes are operatively connected to a second manifold, and the heat pipes and the second manifold are configured to transfer heat from the turbine nozzles to the heat exchangers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160290233A1 HEAT PIPE TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A TURBOMACHINE Public/Granted day:2016-10-06
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