Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vapor-to-air heat exchanger for aircraft powerplant
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Application No.: US17669536Application Date: 2022-02-11
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Publication No.: US11945598B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Daniel Alecu
- Applicant: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Applicant Address: CA Longueuil
- Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Longueuil
- Agency: NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP
- Main IPC: B64D33/12
- IPC: B64D33/12 ; F28D21/00

Abstract:
A vapor-to-air heat exchanger for an aircraft powerplant that includes: a pressurized vapor source supplying vapor; and a condenser including a condenser inlet in fluid communication with the pressurized vapor source to receive the vapor, a condenser outlet, and at least one pneumatic vessel defining a cavity in fluid communication between the condenser inlet and the condenser outlet. The pneumatic vessel is reversibly inflatable to be configurable between a collapsed vessel configuration and an inflated vessel configuration. A volume of the cavity is greater in the inflated vessel configuration than in the collapsed vessel configuration. The pneumatic vessel is inflatable from the collapsed vessel configuration to the inflated vessel configuration when the cavity is pressurized by the vapor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230257133A1 VAPOR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT Public/Granted day:2023-08-17
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