ENGINE ASSEMBLY IN COMPARTMENT

• Main Authors: VILLENEUVE, Bruno, THOMASSIN, Jean
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 28.08.2024
• Subjects: AIR INTAKES FOR JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; AIRCRAFT; ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BLASTING; COMBUSTION ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING FUEL SUPPLY IN AIR-BREATHING JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; COOLING OF INTERNAL-COMBUSTION ENGINES; COOLING OF MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; COSMONAUTICS; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT; FLYING SUITS; GAS-TURBINE PLANTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PARACHUTES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; ROTARY-PISTON OR OSCILLATING-PISTON MACHINES OR ENGINES; STEAM ENGINES; SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL, WITH COMBUSTIBLEMIXTURES OR CONSTITUENTS THEREOF; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS

An engine assembly (10) including an internal combustion engine (12) configured to be received in an engine compartment (100) and a heat exchanger (20) having a first conduit (22) fluidly connected to a fluid circuitry (23) of the engine (12) and a second conduit (24) fluidly connecting an interior (108) of the engine compartment (100) to its environment (110). The first conduit (22) is in heat exchange relationship with the second conduit (24). The assembly (10) further includes a forced air system (28) operable in use to provide an air flow from the environment (110) to the outlet (104) via the second conduit (24) of the heat exchanger (20) and the engine compartment (100). The assembly (10) further includes a selector valve (30) configurable to selectively fluidly connect an air intake (18) of the internal combustion engine (12) with the interior (108) of the engine compartment (100) in a first valve position and with the environment (110) in a second valve position.