Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Air oil cooler airflow augmentation system
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Application No.: US14774412Application Date: 2014-03-14
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Publication No.: US10196936B2Publication Date: 2019-02-05
- Inventor: Ethan K. Stearns , Jorn A. Glahn , Daniel J. McKaveney
- Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
- Applicant Address: US CT Farmington
- Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Farmington
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2014/027652 WO 20140314
- International Announcement: WO2014/200587 WO 20141218
- Main IPC: F01D25/18
- IPC: F01D25/18 ; F01D25/20 ; F02C7/224 ; F02C7/18 ; F01M1/12 ; F02C7/06 ; F02C7/14 ; F02C9/18 ; F01D25/12

Abstract:
An oil supply system for a gas turbine engine has a lubricant pump delivering lubricant to an outlet line. The outlet line is split into at least a hot line and into a cool line, with the hot line directed primarily to locations associated with an engine that are not intended to receive cooler lubricant, and the cool line directed through one or more heat exchangers at which lubricant is cooled. The cool line then is routed to a fan drive gear system of an associated gas turbine engine. A method and apparatus are disclosed. The heat exchangers include at least an air/oil cooler wherein air is pulled across the air/oil cooler to cool oil. The air/oil cooler is provided with an ejector tapping compressed air from a compressor section to increase airflow across the air/oil cooler.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160024968A1 AIR OIL COOLER AIRFLOW AUGMENTATION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-01-28
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