To provide a system and a method for thermal management of a gas turbine inlet without hindering efficiency by controlling thermal energy in the gas turbine.
A thermal management system is equipped with: a turbine assembly 10 including an inlet housing 12, a compressor 14 in fluid communication with the inlet housing 12, an output turbine 16 in fluid communication with the compressor 14, and an exhaust assembly in fluid communication with the output turbine 16; and at least one heat pipe 30 having a first portion 32 disposed in thermal communication with the inlet housing 12 and second portions 34 and 66 disposed in thermal communication with the exhaust assembly, wherein the at least one heat pipe 30 is configured to transmit the thermal energy from the exhaust assembly to at least one of input gas entering the inlet housing 12 and at least one component of the inlet housing 12.
BALL DAVID WESLEY JR
Hirokazu Ogura
Toshihisa Kurokawa