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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2007
David Andrew Perveiler, West Chester, OH (US);
Malcolm Kenneth Maclean, Mason, OH (US);
Ross Michael Lcon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
David Andrew Perveiler, West Chester, OH (US);
Malcolm Kenneth MacLean, Mason, OH (US);
Ross Michael Lcon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing at least one heat exchanger assembly including a heat exchanger and a lobed mixer extending downstream from the heat exchanger, wherein the mixer includes a plurality of lobes that each define a first chute and at least one second chute that extends between each pair of adjacent spaced-apart lobes, and coupling the at least one heat exchanger assembly within a bypass duct of the engine such that the at least one heat exchanger assembly is coupled to at least one of an outer engine casing and an inner engine casing of the turbine engine.