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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Mark D Taylor, Derby, GB;
Frank G Noppel, Bedford, GB;
Ritindar Singh, Cranfield, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rolls-Royce plc, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02C 1/00 (2006.01); F02G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Environmental concerns have resulted in consideration of the effects of condensation trails from gas turbine engines. By provision of a condensation stage in a heat exchanger arrangement for a gas turbine engine the level of condensation within a final exhaust gas flow G from an engine is reduced. Furthermore, by cooling of the exhaust gas flows for mixing with by-pass air flows a water partial pressure at an exhaust gas exit temperature can be provided which is below the eutectic liquid to vapor phase transition and therefore avoid condensation (contrail) formation.