Fluid circuit in a turbine engine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11066997-B2
Application number	US-201716469213-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2017
Priority date	Dec 14, 2016
Publication date	Jul 20, 2021
Grant date	Jul 20, 2021

Abstract

An assembly for a turbine engine having an oil circuit. The oil circuit includes an air/oil heat exchanger, a primary bypass pipe connecting an intake of the air/oil heat exchanger to an outlet of the air/oil heat exchanger and surrounding the air/oil heat exchanger so as to exchange heat with the air/oil heat exchanger. The oil circuit further includes and a secondary bypass pipe of the primary pipe connecting the upstream end of the primary bypass pipe to the downstream end of the primary bypass pipe. The oil circuit also includes at least one valve for controlling the passage of the flow of oil into the primary and secondary bypass pipes and means for controlling the opening of said at least one valve for a temperature lower than a threshold temperature.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly for a turbine engine, comprising an oil circuit including an air/oil heat exchanger, a primary bypass pipe connecting an intake of the air/oil heat exchanger to an outlet of the air/oil heat exchanger and surrounding the air/oil heat exchanger so as to exchange heat with the air/oil heat exchanger and a secondary bypass pipe of the primary bypass pipe connecting an upstream end of the primary bypass pipe to a downstream end of the primary bypass pipe, the oil circuit also comprising at least one valve for controlling the passage of a flow of oil into the primary and secondary bypass pipes and means for controlling the opening of said at least one valve for a temperature lower than a threshold temperature, said secondary bypass pipe) having a length at least ten times shorter than a length of the primary bypass pipe.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one valve is a single valve arranged at an outlet of the primary bypass pipe and downstream of an outlet of the secondary bypass pipe.

3. The assembly according to one of claim 1 , wherein the at least one valve is a valve capable of adopting at least two positions, a first open position of which allows the passage of oil and a second closed position blocks the passage of oil through the valve.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the threshold temperature is 70° C.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one valve is a unidirectional two-way valve.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the secondary bypass pipe is at least three times smaller than a diameter of the primary bypass pipe.

7. A turbine engine comprising the assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the oil/air heat exchanger radially outwardly delimits a discharge surface of a secondary air flow.

Assignees

• Safran Aircraft Engines

Inventors

• Potel Nicolas Alain Bernard
• Guillou Lancelot

Classifications

• F05D2260/213

  by the provision of a heat exchanger within the cooling circuit · CPC title

• F01M5/007

  Thermostatic control · CPC title

• F05D2220/32

  in gas turbines · CPC title

• F02C7/14 Primary

  of fluids in the plant {, e.g. lubricant or fuel (F02C7/185 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F01M2005/004

  Oil-cooled engines · CPC title