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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Kevin Richard Leamy, Loveland, OH (US);
Benjamin Paul Breig, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Michael Jay Epstein, Mason, OH (US);
Javier Armando Parrilla, Fairfield, OH (US);
Matthew John Hurt, Liberty Township, OH (US);
Thomas Edward Brinson, Mason, OH (US);
Andrew James Fleming, Franklin, OH (US);
George Eugene Wilmot, East Grandby, CT (US);
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for cooling systems () are provided that are in fluid communication with bleed air from a jet engine compressor. The cooling system can include: a first precooler () receiving bleed air from the jet engine compressor; a heat exchanger () downstream from the first precooler (); a cooling system compressor () downstream from the first precooler (), wherein the heat exchanger () and the cooling system compressor () are in separate flow paths from the first precooler (); a cooling system precooler () downstream from the cooling system compressor (); a VGT cooling system turbine () downstream from the cooling system precooler (); and a discharge conduit () downstream from the cooling system turbine () and the heat exchanger (). A bypass line () for bypassing the turbine can also be included.