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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2006
Kattalaicheri Srinivasan Venkataramani, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ory Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Justin P. Stephenson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William Andrew Bailey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Kattalaicheri Srinivasan Venkataramani, West Chester, OH (US);
Thomas Ory Moniz, Loveland, OH (US);
Justin P. Stephenson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
William Andrew Bailey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A cooling apparatus is provided for a turbine engine of the type including an cowling with an outer surface defined by a skin exposed to an external air flow. The cooling apparatus includes at least one heat pipe disposed in the cowling. The heat pipe has a first end thermally coupled with the outer surface of the casing and a second end thermally coupled to a heat source, such that heat from the heat source can be transferred through the heat pipe to the external air flow.