A compound engine assembly including an air conduit 70 having an inlet 68 in fluid communication with ambient air around the compound engine assembly, a compressor 14 having an inlet in fluid communication with the air conduit, an engine core 12 including at least one rotary internal combustion engine and having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the compressor, a turbine section 18 having an inlet in fluid communication with an outlet of the engine core and configured to compound power with the engine core; and at least one heat exchanger 72, 74 in fluid communication with the air conduit, each heat exchanger configured to circulate a fluid of the engine assembly in heat exchange relationship with an airflow from the air conduit circulating therethrough. A method of supplying air to a compound engine assembly is also discussed.
COMPOUND ENGINE ASSEMBLY WITH COMMON INLET
VERBUNDTRIEBWERKSANORDNUNG MIT GEMEINSAMEM EINLASS
ENSEMBLE MOTEUR COMBINÉ AVEC ADMISSION COMMUNE
2025-05-07
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | F02C Gasturbinenanlagen , GAS-TURBINE PLANTS / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / F01C Rotationskolben- oder Schwenkkolbenmaschinen, Rotationskolben- oder Schwenkkolbenkraftmaschinen , ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES / F01D Strömungsmaschinen [Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen oder Kraftmaschinen], z.B. Dampfturbinen , NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, e.g. STEAM TURBINES / F02B INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES , Brennkraftmaschinen mit innerer Verbrennung mit Verdrängerwirkung / F02K JET-PROPULSION PLANTS , Strahltriebwerke |
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