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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Carlos E. Diaz, Garching bei Munich, DE;
John Joseph Rahaim, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jorge de Luis, Montgomery, OH (US);
Noel Istvan Macsotai, Loveland, OH (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A turbine engine assembly is provided. The assembly includes a booster compressor that discharges a flow of first compressed air at a first temperature, and a high-pressure compressor (HPC). The HPC receives a first portion of the flow of first compressed air and discharges the first portion at a second temperature higher than the first temperature such that a flow of second compressed air is formed. The assembly also includes a heat exchanger (HEX) that receives a second portion of the flow of first compressed air from the booster compressor and a first portion of the flow of second compressed air from the HPC such that heat is transferred therebetween. The HEX discharges the first portion of the flow of second compressed air at a third temperature lower than the second temperature and higher than the first temperature such that a flow of cooled bleed air is formed.