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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2016
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventor:
Rodger W. Dyson, Jr., Elyria, OH (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 41/00 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01); B64D 27/16 (2006.01); B64D 37/34 (2006.01); F02C 6/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 33/08 (2013.01); B64D 27/16 (2013.01); B64D 37/34 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); F02C 6/18 (2013.01); F05D 2220/323 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal management system for an aircraft is provided that includes thermo-acoustic engines that remove and capture waste heat from the aircraft engines, heat pumps powered by the acoustic waves generated from the waste heat that remove and capture electrical component waste heat from electrical components in the aircraft, and hollow tubes disposed in the aircraft configured to propagate mechanical energy to locations throughout the aircraft and to transfer the electrical component waste heat back to the aircraft engines to reduce overall aircraft mass and improve propulsive efficiency.