Aeroengine fitted with heat exchanger means
View Patent ↗An aeroengine includes a primary air circuit; a high-pressure compressor fed by the primary air; and a secondary air circuit. The engine further includes at least one heat exchanger mounted in the primary air circuit upstream from the high-pressure compressor, the heat exchanger including a cold secondary circuit and a hot primary circuit, the hot primary circuit being fed with air from the primary air circuit and the cold secondary circuit being fed with air from the secondary air circuit. The cold circuit of the heat exchanger is fed by pipes that open out into the secondary air circuit.
1. An aeroengine comprising:
a primary air circuit inside a casing;
a high-pressure compressor fed by air from the primary air circuit;
a secondary air circuit define by said casing and a radially outward sleeve; and
at least one heat exchanger mounted in the primary air circuit upstream from the high-pressure compressor, said heat exchanger comprising a cold secondary circuit and a hot primary circuit, said hot primary circuit being fed with the air from said primary air circuit, and said cold secondary circuit being fed with air from the secondary air circuit, an inlet of the cold secondary circuit of the heat exchanger being connected to air intake means disposed in the secondary air circuit, symmetrically about the axis of said engine the air intake means being configured to take only a fraction of the secondary air stream and an outlet from the cold circuit of the heat exchanger being connected to means for reinjecting air into said secondary air circuit and disposed symmetrically about the axis of said engine;
wherein the air intake means and the air reinjection means are constituted by open first ends of pipes having second ends connected to said heat exchanger, said open first ends being distributed angularly in regular manner relative to the axis of the engine.
2. An aeroengine according to claim 1 , wherein said heat exchanger is annular and presents the same axis of revolution as the engine.
3. An engine according to claim 1 , wherein said heat exchanger is mounted between said high-pressure compressor and an intermediate casing disposed in said primary air circuit upstream from the high-pressure compressor.
4. An engine according to claim 1 , wherein the open first ends of the pipes of said air intake means are configured to take about 10% of the total secondary air stream.
5. An engine according to claim 1 , wherein all of the air from said primary air circuit flows through the heat exchanger.
6. An engine according to claim 1 , wherein said heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger casing mounted inside said primary air circuit, wherein said heat exchanger casing includes said cold secondary circuit and said hot primary circuit such that heat is exchanged inside said heat exchanger casing between the air from said primary air circuit and the air from said secondary air circuit.
7. An engine according to claim 1 , wherein heat exchanger is positioned outside the secondary air circuit.