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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2025
Rtx Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Ryan William Hunter, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Brady M. Wilson, Westerville, OH (US);
RTX Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine has: a core flowpath sequentially through one or more fan sections, one or more compressor sections, a combustor section, and one or more turbine sections; a bypass flowpath extending through the one or more fan sections and bypassing the combustion section; a heat exchanger in the bypass flowpath placing a portion of the bypass flowpath in heat exchange relation with a second fluid flowpath; a first thermoelectric generator having a first side upstream of the heat exchanger along the bypass flowpath and a second side away from the bypass flowpath; and a second thermoelectric generator having a first side downstream of the heat exchanger along the bypass flowpath and a second side away from the bypass flowpath.