INLET HEADER DUCT DESIGN FEATURES
    51.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190285368A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US15923614

    申请日:2018-03-16

    Abstract: A header duct and method of forming a header duct includes an inlet portion having a planar inlet, an outlet portion have a plurality of planar outlets, and a transition portion extending continuously from the inlet portion to the outlet portion. The transition portion has a bend and internal topography defining a non-monotonic cross-sectional area distribution between the inlet and outlet portions. The transition portion can further include a bulbous region extending in a lateral direction of the duct and a protrusion located along an inside radius of the bend.

    RANKINE CYCLE POWERED BY BLEED HEAT
    52.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190284965A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-19

    申请号:US15923621

    申请日:2018-03-16

    Abstract: A system and method of using the system includes an open-loop path and a closed-loop path. The open-loop path is configured to extract bleed air from a compressor section of a gas turbine engine through a bleed air port and discharge bleed air to an ambient environment. The closed-loop path is configured to circulate a working fluid through a heat exchanger, a turbine, and a condenser with a pump. The heat exchanger is fluidly coupled to the bleed air port and configured to extract heat from the bleed air to boil the working fluid for driving the turbine and a component rotationally coupled to the turbine.

    Environmental control system with ejector-enhanced cooling

    公开(公告)号:US10408501B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-10

    申请号:US15386161

    申请日:2016-12-21

    Abstract: An environmental control system includes a primary heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from an air source to a refrigerant in a generator flow and output an air flow. An ejector is operable to produce an intermediate refrigerant flow based on receiving the generator flow as a motive fluid and drawing a vapor refrigerant flow as a suction fluid. A refrigerant condenser is operable to convert the intermediate refrigerant flow to a liquid refrigerant flow. A pump is operable to provide the refrigerant to the primary heat exchanger from a portion of the liquid refrigerant flow. An expansion device is operable to expand the liquid refrigerant flow prior to entering an evaporator. The evaporator is operable to convert the liquid refrigerant flow to the vapor refrigerant flow and produce a cooled evaporator air flow output based on the air flow.

    Conformal heat exchanger passage features for improved flow distribution

    公开(公告)号:US11781821B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-10

    申请号:US17659962

    申请日:2022-04-20

    CPC classification number: F28F13/12 F28F1/40

    Abstract: A heat exchanger arrangement includes walls defining at least two circuit passages for porting a first fluid, a first of the circuit passages defining a first passage length, and a second of the circuit passages defining a second passage length, the second passage length being different from the first passage length, the walls being in thermal communication with a second fluid while isolating the first fluid from the second fluid, at least one of the first circuit passage and the second circuit passage includes a flow control feature configured to decrease an imbalance in flow between the first circuit passage and the second circuit passage compared to if the flow control feature were not present.

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