A turbofan engine having one or more heat exchangers tied to an accessory gearbox is provided. The accessory gearbox is mechanically coupled with a spool, and a hydraulic pump is mechanically coupled with the accessory gearbox. The one or more heat exchangers have a heat exchanger capacity defined by a product raised to a half power, the product being determined by multiplying a resultant heat transfer surface area density of the one or more heat exchangers by a heat conductance factor that relates an accessory gearbox heat load, a power of the hydraulic pump, a diameter of a fan, and a bypass ratio of the turbofan engine. The heat exchanger capacity is between 23.9 and 97.7 for a rotational speed of the spool between 7,500 and 35,000 revolutions per minute at one hundred percent capacity and a resultant heat transfer surface area density being between 4,000 m2/m3 and 13,000 m2/m3.
Heat exchanger capacity for one or more heat exchangers associated with an accessory gearbox of a turbofan engine
2023-12-05
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Electronic Resource
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