Engine bleed generators and aircraft generator systems

    公开(公告)号:US11788472B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-17

    申请号:US17479502

    申请日:2021-09-20

    申请人: RTX Corporation

    发明人: Steven W. Burd

    IPC分类号: F02C7/36 F02C7/32 F02C7/18

    摘要: Aircraft generator systems are described. The aircraft generator systems include a main engine having a fan and a compressor section, a generator assembly having at least one expansion turbine operably connected to a generator, and a working fluid flow path defined between at least one extraction point at at least one of the fan and the compressor section of the main engine and at least one outlet, wherein the working fluid is configured to flow through the at least one expansion turbine to generate power at the generator. There are no heat exchangers arranged between the at least one extraction point and the at least one outlet along the working fluid flow path.

    Hydrogen-exhaust gas heat exchanger of a turbofan engine

    公开(公告)号:US11753995B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-12

    申请号:US17730570

    申请日:2022-04-27

    摘要: A turbofan engine includes a fan, a core turbine engine having one or more turbines and an exhaust section, and a hydrogen-exhaust gas heat exchanger in flow communication with the exhaust section and hydrogen flowing along a hydrogen supply line. The hydrogen-exhaust gas heat exchanger defines a load capacity factor determined by raising a product to a one-quarter power, the product being determined by multiplying a heat transfer surface area density associated with the hydrogen-exhaust gas heat exchanger by a process conductance parameter that relates characteristics of hydrogen, ambient air, and exhaust gas at takeoff, as well as a fan diameter of the fan and a number of turbine stages of the turbofan engine. The load capacity factor is between 4.37 and 28.65 for the fan diameter being between 0.5 and 3.5 meters and the heat transfer surface area density being between 500 m2/m3 and 10,000 m2/m3.