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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E. Niggemann, Rockford, IL (US);
Dam Nguyen, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 3/00 ;
Abstract
The cooling of components (,) of a vehicle (,) carrying a turbine engine (,) and a fuel supply (,) for the engine (,) without the excessive consumption of bleed air is achieved in an apparatus which includes a fuel recirculating system (,), a first heat exchanger (,) for rejecting heat from selected components (,) of the vehicle (,) to fuel flowing through the fuel recirculating system (,), and a cooling device (,) including a second heat exchanger (,) for rejecting heat from the fuel to the cooling device (,) as the fuel flows through the fuel recirculating system (,).