TY  - EJOU
AU  - Petrucci, Michael 
AU  - Faghri, Amir 

TI  - HEAT PIPE TURBINE VANE INTEGRATION IN GAS TURBINE ENGINES
T2  - Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer

PY  - 2018
VL  - 11
IS  - 1
SN  - 2151-8629

AB  - The results of integrating heat pipes into the vanes of a turbofan engine are presented. These Heat Pipe Turbine Vanes (HPTV) are integrated into the 
compressor exit, turbine inlet, and exhaust flow for vane cooling and waste heat recovery. Thermodynamic analysis of HPTV turbofan engines is done 
and comparisons are made between heat pipe turbine vane cooling and conventional film cooling techniques. Heat transfer through the vanes is
analyzed using a thermal network model. Limitations on the heat transfer caused by various limiting phenomena within the heat pipe are also 
determined.
KW  - <i>heat pipe
KW  -  thermal network
KW  -  turbine vane cooling
KW  -  gas turbine engine</i>

DO  - 10.5098/hmt.11.37