Patent ID: 6990797

Claim:
A method for assembling a turbine engine to facilitate preventing ice accumulation on the turbine engine during engine operation, the gas turbine engine including a fan assembly, a booster downstream from the fan assembly, and a high pressure compressor downstream from the booster, the booster including an inlet guide vane assembly, at least one splitter, and an outlet guide vane assembly, said method comprising: coupling at least one heat pipe to the engine such that a first closed end of the at least one heat pipe is coupled in thermal communication with a heat source; and coupling a second closed end of the at least one heat pipe in thermal communication with and positioned within at least one of the inlet guide vane assembly and the outlet guide vane assembly that is prone to icing, such that fluid flows from the first end to the second end of the at least one heat pipe, and in an opposite flow direction from the second end to the first end of the at least one heat pipe through the at least one heat pipe to facilitate preventing ice accumulation on an outer surface of at least one of the inlet guide vane assembly and the outlet guide vane assembly that is prone to icing.