Patent ID: 11965697
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. An engine comprising:
a fan section;
a core engine disposed downstream of the fan section;
a core cowl annularly encasing the core engine and at least partially defining a core duct;
a fan cowl disposed radially outward from the core cowl and annularly encasing at least a portion of the core cowl such that a fan duct is defined at least partially by the fan cowl and the core cowl; and
a heat exchanger disposed within the fan duct, wherein the heat exchanger provides for thermal communication between a coolant fluid flowing through fan duct and at least one motive fluid flowing through the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprising:
a first wall manifold;
a second wall manifold spaced apart from the first wall manifold;
a plurality of vanes extending between the first wall manifold and the second wall manifold; and
a plurality of fluid circuits defined within the heat exchanger, each fluid circuit in the plurality of fluid circuits comprising:
an inlet channel portion and an outlet channel portion defined within the first wall manifold;
a return channel portion defined within the second wall manifold; and
at least one passage portion of a plurality of passage portions defined within each vane of the plurality of vanes, wherein the at least one passage portion extends between the return channel portion and one of the inlet channel portion and the outlet channel portion.