Pratt-whitney Canada Corp

Serge LaFortune

Jean Thomassin

Andre Julien

Bruno Villeneuve

David Gagnon-Martin

Mark Cunningham

Mike Louis Fontaine

Sebastien Bolduc

Pierre-Yves Legare

Stephane Berube

An engine assembly including an engine core including at least one internal combustion engine each including a rotor sealingly and rotationally received within a respective internal cavity to provide rotating chambers of variable volume in the respective internal cavity, a compressor having an outlet in fluid communication with an inlet of the engine core, a first intake conduit in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor and with a first source of air, a second intake conduit in fluid communication with the inlet of the compressor and with a second source of air warmer than the first source of air, and a selector valve configurable to selectively open and close at least the fluid communication between the inlet of the compressor and the first intake conduit. A method of supplying air to a compressor is also discussed.

Engine intake assembly with selector valve

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Laval, Canada

Serge LaFortune