Cooling system configurations for an aircraft having hybrid-electric propulsion system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11427344-B2
Application number	US-201916709204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2019
Priority date	Mar 1, 2019
Publication date	Aug 30, 2022
Grant date	Aug 30, 2022

Abstract

A cooling system for an engine of an aircraft of a having hybrid-electric propulsion system including a nacelle body including a bottom cooling air intake disposed below a propeller hub for supplying air to an oil-air cooler, wherein the bottom cooling air intake includes a splitter dividing the bottom cooling air intake into a first channel and a second channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cooling system for an engine of an aircraft having hybrid-electric propulsion system comprising:
a nacelle body defining and including a first side cooling air intake disposed on a first side of the nacelle body and a second side cooling air intake disposed opposite the first side cooling air intake with a propeller hub disposed therebetween; and
a bottom cooling air intake disposed below propeller hub for supplying air to an oil-air cooler, wherein a turbine compressor assembly intake is disposed above the bottom cooling air intake and below the propeller hub for supplying air to the compressor turbine assembly.

2. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the turbine compressor assembly air intake is concentrically connected to a downstream turbine located inside the nacelle body.

3. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the first side cooling air intake and the second side cooling air intake each include a duct inlet defining an area elongated in a vertical direction with respect to gravity.

4. The cooling system of claim 3 , wherein the first side cooling air intake and the second side cooling air intake each include an outlet aft of the duct inlet.

5. The cooling system of claim 3 , wherein each outlet includes a variable exhaust area controlled by an exhaust access door configured for controlling a bypass for the cooling air.

6. The cooling system of claim 4 , wherein the bottom cooling air intake is elongated in a direction from the first side cooling air intake and the second side cooling air intake.

7. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the first side cooling air intake and the second side cooling air intake are each fluidly connected to a glycol/air heat exchanger for cooling the hybrid-electric propulsion system.

8. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the first side heat exchanger is attached to a nacelle cowl hingedly attached to the nacelle body.

9. The cooling system of claim 8 , wherein the cowl allows for drip testing when placed in the open position.

10. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein a glycol cooler and two oil coolers are disposed within the nacelle body.

11. The cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the first side cooling air intake includes a heat exchanger therein, wherein in the heat exchanger is located outside of the nacelle body.

12. An aircraft including the cooling system of claim 1 attached to a first wing of the aircraft.

13. The aircraft of claim 12 , wherein the cooling system of claim 1 is attached to a second wing of the aircraft.

14. The aircraft of claim 12 , wherein the cooling system of claim 1 is attached to a first wing of the aircraft wherein the nacelle body includes heat motor engine therein and an electric motor therein connected to power a propeller.

15. An aircraft including the cooling system of claim 1 , wherein the nacelle body is attached to an underside of a wing of the aircraft.

Assignees

• Pratt & Whitney Canada

Inventors

• Becker Frank
• Latulipe Eric
• Wang Xi

Classifications

• F02C7/12

  Cooling of plants (of component parts, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. F01D; cooling of engines in general F01P) · CPC title

• F02C7/04

  Air intakes for gas-turbine plants or jet-propulsion plants · CPC title

• B64D2033/0266

  specially adapted for particular type of power plants · CPC title

• B64D27/33

  Hybrid electric aircraft · CPC title

• B64D33/08 Primary

  of power plant cooling systems · CPC title