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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2022
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Deutschland Holding Gmbh, Frankfurt, DE;
Rajani Bhanu Poornima M, Bengaluru, IN;
Vilas Kawaduji Bokade, Bengaluru, IN;
Subramani Adhiachari, Bengaluru, IN;
Sesha Subramanian, Bengaluru, IN;
Pankaj Sharma, Bengaluru, IN;
Ashish Sharma, Munich, DE;
Scott Alan Schimmels, Miamisburg, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, Lichtenfels, DE;
Abstract
A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, wherein the turbomachine, the fan, or both include an engine component; a heat source; and a heat transfer system configured to reduce ice buildup or ice formation in the engine component, the heat transfer system in communication with the heat source, the heat transfer system comprising: a first heat transfer component in communication with the heat source; and a second heat transfer component that extends from the first heat transfer component to or through the engine component, wherein the first heat transfer component comprises one of a heat pipe or a graphene rod, and wherein the second heat transfer component comprises the other of the heat pipe or the graphene rod.