Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Compound engine assembly with common inlet
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Application No.: US15708442Application Date: 2017-09-19
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Publication No.: US10533489B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Jean Thomassin , Sebastien Bolduc , Bruno Villeneuve , Stephane Berube , Mike Fontaine , David Gagnon-Martin , Andre Julien , Mark Cunningham , Serge Lafortune , Pierre-Yves Legare
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil, Quebec
- Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Current Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil, Quebec
- Agency: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada L.L.P.
- Main IPC: F02B29/04
- IPC: F02B29/04 ; F01C1/22 ; F01C11/00 ; F01D13/00 ; F02K5/00 ; F02C6/12 ; F02B33/34 ; F02B41/10 ; F02B53/00 ; F02B61/04

Abstract:
A compound engine assembly including a common air conduit having an inlet in fluid communication with ambient air, a compressor, at least one internal combustion engine having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor, a turbine section having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the at least one internal combustion engine, the turbine section configured to compound power with the at least one internal combustion engine, and at least one heat exchanger in fluid communication with the common air conduit, each of the at least one heat exchanger configured to circulate a fluid of the engine assembly in heat exchange relationship with an airflow from the common air conduit circulating therethrough. The compressor has an inlet in fluid communication with the common air conduit upstream of the at least one heat exchanger. The internal combustion engine may be a reciprocating engine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180030883A1 COMPOUND ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH COMMON INLET Public/Granted day:2018-02-01
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