Power plants – Combustion products used as motive fluid – With safety device
Patent
1994-05-26
1995-06-13
Thorpe, Tinmothy S.
Power plants
Combustion products used as motive fluid
With safety device
60736, F02C 7047
Patent
active
054231744
ABSTRACT:
An anti-icing system to prevent the formation of ice on, or to remove ice from selected portions of a gas turbine engine is disclosed that is not directly dependent upon the mode or speed of operation of the gas turbine engine. The system has a heat exchanger into which flows a tapped portion of air from the compressor and fuel from the engines fuel supply system. The fuel supply system includes a fuel return circuit which connects the fuel pump outlet to the fuel pump inlet so as to return or recycle fuel to the fuel pump inlet when the engine demand for fuel is low, such as under lower power operating conditions. This recycling of the fuel raises the temperature of the fuel such that, in the heat exchanger, heat is transferred to the tapped portion of the air from the compressor thereby raising the temperature of such tapped air such that it may be directed onto selected portions of the gas turbine engine to either prevent formation of ice, or to remove ice from these portions. Under high speed engine operating conditions, such as full power, the engines demand for fuel is greater resulting in less fuel recycling and lower fuel temperature. Under these conditions, the temperature of the fuel is lower than that of the air tapped from the compressor resulting in heat transfer from the tapped air to the fuel. This lowers the temperature of the tapped air so as to prevent damage to the forward engine bearings onto which the air may be directed to prevent ice formation.
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Societe National d'Etude et de Construction de Moteurs d'Aviatio
Thorpe Tinmothy S.
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