US 12,000,334 B1
Heat exchanger(s) for recovering water and/or heat energy from turbine engine combustion products
Jon E. Sobanski, Glastonbury, CT (US); and Jesse M. Chandler, S. Windsor, CT (US)
Assigned to RTX CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed by Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Farmington, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/119,169.
Int. Cl. F02C 3/30 (2006.01); F02C 7/12 (2006.01)
CPC F02C 3/30 (2013.01) [F02C 7/12 (2013.01); F05D 2220/32 (2013.01); F05D 2260/213 (2013.01); F05D 2270/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A turbine engine, comprising:
a fan section;
a turbine engine core configured to power the fan section, the turbine engine core including a core compressor section, a core combustor section and a core turbine section, wherein a centerline axis of the turbine engine core is offset from a centerline axis of the turbine engine; and
a recovery system including an evaporator module and a condenser module, wherein a core flowpath extends sequentially through the core compressor section, the core combustor section, the core turbine section, the evaporator module and the condenser module from an inlet into the core flowpath to an exhaust from the core flowpath, and wherein the evaporator module is radially outboard of and axially overlaps the turbine engine core.