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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Kerry B. Ginn, Weatherford, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey W. Hamstra, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Daniel N. Miller, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Kerry B. Ginn, Weatherford, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 13/12 (2006.01); B64D 33/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pulsed-jet active flowfield control actuation system enhances the rate of heat transfer and heat removal in a heat exchanger for better management of thermal loads. The pulsed jet actuators impart an unsteady component of velocity to the working fluid of the heat exchanger. This design increases the convective heat transfer, and avoids increases in heat exchanger volume and weight for a given performance value.