Cooling exchanger duct
View Patent ↗A method for using a heat exchange system in operating equipment in which a working fluid is utilized in providing selected operations thereof, including for use in lubricating systems for aircraft turbofan engine equipment, the heat exchange system for providing air and working fluid heat exchanges to cool the working fluid at selectively variable rates in the operating equipment developed airstreams. A heat exchanger core is provided in a controlled air flow duct system opening at its entrance to those airstreams and having its outlet end opening downstream in those airstreams.
1. A method for cooling lubricating oil, provided in a turbofan engine lubrication system for lubricating moving components, at selectively variable rates in airstreams provided by the fan of the turbofan engine occurring during operation of the turbofan engine by using a heat exchanger, located in a cooling duct extending through at least a portion of a stream structure that is positioned adjacent an engine fan duct wall in the airstreams occurring on the stream side of the engine fan duct wall, for providing air and lubricating oil heat exchanges to so provide air cooling of the lubricating oil, the cooling duct having a duct entrance opening to the fan airstreams of the turbofan engine on the opening of a moveable entrance flap from the duct entrance to result in portions of the airstreams being forced into the duct entrance during at least some of the operations of the turbofan engine, and further comprising a moveable exit flap to at least in part cover a portion of an exit opening of the cooling duct having an end located about at or outside the end of the fan duct nozzle the cooling duct, the method comprising:
forcing lubricating oil to lubricate moving parts and to also pass through the heat exchanger having a core with a plurality of passageway structures therein about which air can flow with the passageway structures being connected to an input conduit at one end thereof and connected to an output conduit at an opposite end thereof to enable providing the lubricating oil to, and removal from, interiors of the passageway structures through interiors of the input and output conduits, and
opening the entrance flap to uncover a portion of the entrance opening to thereby admit a portion of the fan airstream to the cooling duct and
opening the exit flap to uncover a portion of the exit opening that is smaller than the uncovered portion of the entrance opening.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising subsequently closing the exit flap to cover the exit opening and closing the entrance flap to cover the entrance opening.