Turbomachine comprising a heat exchanger between a fuel circuit and two lubricant circuits
A turbomachine includes a heat exchanger, a first circuit of a first fluid, the first circuit including two ducts in the heat exchanger, a second circuit of a second fluid, and a third circuit of a third fluid. The second circuit includes a first channel in the heat exchanger and the third circuit includes a second channel in the heat exchanger, each of the first channel and the second channel are contiguous to one of the two ducts so as to be in thermal contact with one of the two ducts, the first channel and the second channel are contiguous to each other so as to be in thermal contact with each other, and the heat exchanger includes a section in which the two ducts, the first channel and the second channel are locally parallel to each other.
1 . A turbomachine comprising:
a heat exchanger;
a first circuit of a first fluid, the first circuit comprising two ducts in the heat exchanger;
a second circuit of a second fluid; and
a third circuit of a third fluid,
the second circuit comprising a first channel in the heat exchanger and the third circuit comprising a second channel in the heat exchanger,
each of the first channel and the second channel being contiguous to one of the two ducts so as to be in thermal contact with one of the two ducts,
the first channel and the second channel being contiguous to each other so as to be in thermal contact with each other, and
the heat exchanger comprising a section in which the two ducts, the first channel and the second channel are locally parallel to each other,
wherein the first fluid is a fuel, and each of the second fluid and the third fluid is a lubricant.
2 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a high-pressure body;
a high-pressure electric generator driven by a shaft of the high-pressure body;
a low-pressure body; and
a low-pressure electric generator driven by a shaft of the low-pressure body,
wherein the second circuit and the third circuit are respectively an oil circuit of the high-pressure electric generator and an oil circuit of the low-pressure electric generator.
3 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the two ducts is contiguous to one of the first channel and the second channel so as to be in thermal contact with the one of the first channel and the second channel.
4 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is configured so that the first fluid flows in the two ducts in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the second fluid in the first channel.
5 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger is configured so that the first fluid flows in a first duct of the two ducts in a first direction and the first fluid flows in a second duct of the two ducts in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
6 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the two ducts, the first channel and the second channel have, in cross-section, circular walls with a same center.
7 . The turbomachine according to claim 1 , wherein the two ducts, the first channel and the second channel each have, in cross-section, a polygonal profile having the same number of sides.
8 . The turbomachine according to claim 7 , wherein the first circuit further comprises a plurality of ducts in the heat exchanger, the plurality of ducts including the two ducts,
each of the second circuit and the third circuit comprises a plurality of channels in the heat exchanger,
the plurality of ducts and the plurality of channels form a honeycomb structure, and
the heat exchanger is configured so that two channels of a same plurality of channels of the second circuit or the third circuit are not contiguous and that the two ducts of the plurality of ducts are not contiguous.
9 . An aircraft comprising the turbomachine according to claim 1 .
10 . A heat exchange method in a turbomachine, the heat exchange method comprising:
generating in the turbomachine a first two streams of a first fluid; and
generating in the turbomachine a second stream of a second fluid and a third stream of a third fluid,
the second stream and the third stream being in thermal contact with each other,
the first two streams, the second stream and the third stream flowing in flow directions locally parallel to each other, and
each of the second stream and of the third stream being in thermal contact with one stream of the first two streams,
wherein the first fluid is a fuel, and each of the second fluid and the third fluid is a lubricant.