Dual flow turbine engine equipped with a precooler
View Patent ↗A bypass turbine engine includes a precooler having an annular cross-sectional shape about the axis of a pod and arranged inside the rear part of an inner shroud in contact with a cold fluid exiting a fan duct.
1. A bypass turbine engine for an aircraft, said turbine engine comprising:
a hollow nacelle having a longitudinal axis an air inlet at a front portion of the hollow nacelle and an air outlet at a rear portion of the hollow nacelle;
a central hot-stream generator, positioned axially in said nacelle;
a fan, which generates a cold stream flow, positioned axially in said nacelle and forward of said central hot-stream generator;
an outer fairing and an inner fairing internal to said nacelle, wherein said an inner fairing surrounds said central hot-stream generator, and said outer and inner fairings are positioned so as to define between the outer and inner fairings a fan duct of annular cross section for said cold stream flow, with said inner fairing and said central hot-stream generator being positioned so as to define an intermediate chamber of annular cross section that surrounds the central hot-stream generator internal to said inner fairing for said cold stream flow, with said inner fairing having a rear part at the rear portion of the hollow nacelle; and
a precooler comprising an inlet for a current of hot air bled from said central hot-stream generator and an outlet for a current of hot air cooled from said cold stream flow, wherein said precooler is positioned inside at least a portion of said rear part of the inner fairing around said longitudinal axis, and in the intermediate chamber so as to be in thermal contact with and cooled by said cold stream flow through the intermediate chamber.
2. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said precooler has a shape of annular cross section and extends over an entire periphery of said rear part of the inner fairing.
3. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, said inner fairing comprises an inner wall and an outer wall which are parallel and separated from one another by an annular gap, and said precooler is positioned in said annular gap.
4. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising:
a distribution pipe, connected to said inlet for the current of hot air and positioned to distribute said current of hot air to at least a length of said annular gap; and
a collection pipe connected to said outlet for the current of cooled hot air and positioned to collect said cooled hot air over at least a length of said annular gap.
5. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 4 , wherein, between said distribution pipe and said collection pipe, said precooler comprises a plurality of curved ducts for guiding the current of hot air, said ducts being transverse to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle and distributed over the length of said annular gap.
6. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said ducts are formed by a framework reinforcing said rear part of the inner fairing and secured to said inner and outer walls.
7. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a bypass duct mounted in parallel with said precooler and connecting said inlet for the current of hot air and said outlet for the current of cooled hot air.
8. The turbine engine as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said bypass duct comprises a controllable valve.