BLEED AIR SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFTS AND RELATED METHODS
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    发明申请
    BLEED AIR SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH AIRCRAFTS AND RELATED METHODS 有权
    使用飞机的BLEED空气系统及相关方法

    公开(公告)号:US20140250898A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-09-11

    申请号:US13951181

    申请日:2013-07-25

    Abstract: Bleed air systems for use with aircrafts and related methods are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a turbo-compressor including a compressor has a compressor inlet fluidly coupled to a low-pressure compressor of an aircraft engine and an intermediate port of a high-pressure compressor of the aircraft engine. The compressor inlet to receive fluid from either the low-pressure compressor or the high-pressure compressor based on a first system parameter of the aircraft. A turbine has a turbine inlet fluidly coupled to the intermediate port of the high pressure compressor and a high-pressure port of the high pressure compressor of the aircraft engine. The turbine inlet to receive fluid from either the intermediate port of the high-pressure compressor or the high-pressure port of the high-pressure compressor based on a second system parameter of the aircraft.

    Abstract translation: 公开了用于飞机和相关方法的排气系统。 一种示例性装置包括具有压缩机的涡轮压缩机,该压缩机具有流体耦合到飞机发动机的低压压缩机的压缩机入口和飞机发动机的高压压缩机的中间端口。 压缩机入口,用于基于飞行器的第一系统参数从低压压缩机或高压压缩机接收流体。 涡轮机具有流体耦合到高压压缩机的中间端口的涡轮机入口和飞机发动机的高压压缩机的高压端口。 涡轮入口基于飞行器的第二系统参数从高压压缩机的中间端口或高压压缩机的高压端口接收流体。

    Shape memory alloy actuators and thermal management systems including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11525438B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US17469790

    申请日:2021-09-08

    Abstract: Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators and thermal management systems including the same. An SMA actuator includes an SMA lifting tube and a process fluid conduit configured to convey a process fluid through the SMA lifting tube. The SMA actuator assumes a conformation that is based on the temperature of the process fluid. The SMA lifting tube includes a first end and a second end configured to translate relative to the first end at least partially along a lateral direction. A thermal management system is configured to regulate a temperature of a process fluid. The thermal management system includes a heat exchanger that at least partially defines a heat transfer region, a process fluid conduit configured to convey the process fluid through the heat transfer region, and an actuator assembly including the SMA actuator. The actuator assembly is configured to selectively position the heat exchanger within a thermal management fluid flow.

    Thermal management system using shape memory alloy actuator

    公开(公告)号:US11168584B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-09

    申请号:US16457789

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Inventor: David W. Foutch

    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a heat exchanger and a housing that receives the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger defines a heat transfer region within which thermal exchange occurs between a process fluid and a thermal management fluid. The thermal management system further includes a process fluid conduit to convey the process fluid through the heat transfer region and an actuator assembly configured to position the heat exchanger relative to the housing. The actuator assembly is configured to selectively assume a position between a stowed position and a deployed position. When the actuator assembly is in the deployed position, the heat transfer region extends within a flow of the thermal management fluid such that the process fluid flow flows in heat exchange relation with the thermal management fluid flow. In some such embodiments, the actuator assembly automatically transitions between the stowed position and the deployed position.

    Shape memory alloy lifting tubes and shape memory alloy actuators including the same

    公开(公告)号:US11143170B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16457801

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Inventor: David W. Foutch

    Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator includes an SMA lifting tube that extends between a first end and a second end and that is configured to be in thermal communication with a process fluid during operative use of the SMA actuator. The SMA actuator is configured to assume a conformation among a plurality of conformations defined between and including a first conformation and a second conformation based, at least in part, on the temperature of the process fluid that is in thermal communication with the SMA lifting tube. The SMA lifting tube is configured such that the second end translates relative to the first end at least partially along a lateral direction that is at least substantially perpendicular to at least a portion of the SMA lifting tube between the first end and the second end as the SMA actuator transitions between the first conformation and the second conformation.

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