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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
George Albert Coffinberry, West Chester, OH (US);
Neil Richard Garrigan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
George Albert Coffinberry, West Chester, OH (US);
Neil Richard Garrigan, Cincinnati, OH (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An aircraft adaptive power thermal management system for cooling one or more aircraft components includes an air cycle system, a vapor cycle system, and a fuel recirculation loop operably disposed therebetween. An air cycle system heat exchanger is between the air cycle system and the fuel recirculation loop, a vapor cycle system heat exchanger is between the vapor cycle system and the fuel recirculation loop, and one or more aircraft fuel tanks are in the fuel recirculation loop. An intercooler including a duct heat exchanger in an aircraft gas turbine engine FLADE duct may be in the air cycle system. The system is operable for providing on-demand cooling for one or more of the aircraft components by increasing heat sink capacity of the fuel tanks.