Deoxygenated fuel-cooler environmental control system pre-cooler for an aircraft

摘要

A fuel based thermal management system (10) according to the present invention includes a fuel stabilization system (18) which permits the fuel to exceed the traditional coking temperatures. An air-to-fuel heat exchanger (32) operates as an environmental control system (ECS) (36) pre-cooler such that the heat from the engine compressor bleed air is rejected into the fuel to maintain engine operating efficiency.