A lubricant circulation system and method of circulating lubricant in a gas turbine engine (20) are disclosed. The lubricant circulation system includes a nose cone (66) having an aperture (74) communicating air to an interior space (72) of the nose cone, a heat exchanger (100) disposed in the interior space, and a lubricant circulation pathway (210) contained within a forward portion (212) of the gas turbine engine and configured to circulate lubricant through the heat exchanger.
LUBRICANT CIRCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CIRCULATING LUBRICANT IN A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
SCHMIERMITTELKREISLAUFSYSTEM UND VERFAHREN ZUR SCHMIERMITTELUMWÄLZUNG IN EINEM GASTURBINENMOTOR
SYSTÈME DE CIRCULATION DE LUBRIFIANT ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE FAIRE CIRCULER UN LUBRIFIANT DANS UN MOTEUR À TURBINE À GAZ
2020-04-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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