Thermal management system
US11761344B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 19, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2270/303
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for operating a thermal management system of a gas turbine engine. The method includes: operating the gas turbine engine to start-up the gas turbine engine; receiving data indicative of a state of a thermal transport bus of the thermal management system using a sensor, the state of the thermal transport bus including a phase of a thermal fluid within the thermal transport bus; and starting a pump of a pump assembly in response to receiving data indicative of the state of the thermal transport bus of the thermal management system, the pump in fluid communication with the thermal transport bus.
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