Patent ID: 11927401
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A gas turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, the gas turbine engine comprising:
a heat exchange system comprising:
a coolant fluid circuit comprising:
an inlet fluidly coupled to a fuel supply, an outlet fluidly coupled to the combustion section, a plurality of coolant flowpaths defined between the inlet and the outlet, and a diverter fluidly coupled to the inlet, the outlet, and to each coolant flowpath of the plurality of coolant flow paths, wherein the diverter is configured to selectively regulate or stop a flow of fuel from the fuel supply to each respective coolant flowpath of the plurality of coolant flowpaths via one or more partitions defined within the diverter; and
a plurality of heat exchangers, wherein each heat exchanger of the plurality of heat exchangers defines a respective heat source flowpath, wherein each coolant flowpath extends through a respective heat exchanger of the plurality of heat exchangers between the inlet and the outlet of the coolant fluid circuit.