US 12,259,194 B2
Thermal management system
Michael Simonetti, Liberty Township, OH (US); Michael Vadnais, Milwaukee, WI (US); Nishita Deshmukh, Bengaluru (IN); Ramana Reddy Kollam, Bengaluru (IN); James Fitzgerald Bonar, Cincinnati, OH (US); Mehmet Kilic, Kacaeli (TR); and Prerna Mandal, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to General Electric Company, Evendale, OH (US)
Filed by General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/349,415.
Prior Publication US 2025/0027721 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC F28D 7/163 (2013.01) [F28D 2021/0021 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas turbine engine defining a reference plane, the gas turbine engine comprising:
a thermal management system having a thermal fluid member having a flow of thermal fluid therethrough during operation of the gas turbine engine and a heat exchanger assembly, the heat exchanger assembly comprising:
a core section comprising a plurality of heat exchange members; and
a heat exchange manifold comprising a first direction pressure vessel in fluid communication with the thermal fluid member and a second direction pressure vessel extending from the first direction pressure vessel, the first direction pressure vessel and the second direction pressure vessel each extending in the reference plane, the second direction pressure vessel in fluid communication with the first direction pressure vessel and with at least one of the plurality of heat exchange members, wherein the first direction pressure vessel includes a plurality of first direction pressure vessels wherein the heat exchange manifold defines a single housing including an inlet in direct fluid communication with the thermal fluid member and an outlet in direct fluid communication with the second direction pressure vessel, and wherein the plurality of first direction pressure vessels are between the inlet and the outlet such that each of the plurality of first direction pressure vessels are in direct fluid communication with both of the inlet and the outlet of the single housing.