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Patent No.:

US 9422060 B1

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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Stephen John Richard Smith, Leyland, GB;

Kieran James Watt, Fulwood, GB;

Inventors:

Stephen John Richard Smith, Leyland, GB;

Kieran James Watt, Fulwood, GB;

Assignee:

BAE SYSTEMS PLC, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01); B64D 13/08 (2006.01); B64F 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 13/00 (2013.01); B64D 13/06 (2013.01); B64D 13/08 (2013.01); B64F 1/362 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0614 (2013.01); B64D 2013/0633 (2013.01); Y02T 50/56 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus are disclosed for a turboprop-powered medium altitude long endurance (MALE) aircraft, having: a heat exchanger with a heat-storage material, for example a heat-storage wax; and an air recirculation path. The heat exchanger can be arranged to cool air recirculating around the air recirculation path which is arranged to provide cooling to the MALE aircraft, for example to an equipment bay. The heat-storage material may be cooled by ground-based cooling apparatus when the aircraft is on the ground and/or by ram air when the aircraft is in flight. The heat-storage material may have a melting point selected so as to be rendered solid during ground-based cooling and/or ram air cooling, and/or selected so as to undergo melting while cooling the air recirculating around the air recirculation path.


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