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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Mark A. Sillence, Juno Isles, FL (US);
Daniel P. Guinan, Hobe Sound, FL (US);
Dennis J. Nemecek, Port St. Lucie, FL (US);
Costante Salvador, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Henry K. Webster, Jupiter, FL (US);
Thomas B. Fortin, Sunrise, FL (US);
Sergio Rinella, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Revi K. Nigam, Palm City, FL (US);
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a scram jet engine for use with a hypersonic vehicle. The scram jet engine has an upper boundary wall, a lower boundary wall, and a plurality of side walls defining an inner air flowpath. The walls are formed by a plurality of tubular heat exchanger panels. Each of the heat exchanger panels comprises a plurality of structural panels, each having a plurality of cooling passages, joined together. In the scram jet engine of the present invention, fuel may be used as a coolant and supplied to the cooling passage.