Method and device for supplying a lubricant
First Claim
1. A lubricant feed method for feeding a turbomachine with lubricant, said turbomachine having at least a first set of bearings and a second set of bearings, both the first and the second set being fed with lubricant, and the second set of bearings operating at a bearing temperature that is higher than a bearing temperature of the first set, the method comprising a step of heating a lubricant flow upstream from the second set of bearings by exchanging heat with a flow of lubricant returning from the second set of bearings, so that the second set of bearings is fed with lubricant at a lubricant temperature that is higher than a lubricant temperature of lubricant fed to the first set of bearings.
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Abstract
A device and method feeding turbomachines with lubricant, the turbomachine including a first set of bearings and a second set of bearings. Both the first and the second sets of bearings are fed with lubricant, and the second set of bearings operate at a temperature higher than the first set. The second set of bearings is fed with lubricant at a temperature higher than the first set.
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- 1. A lubricant feed method for feeding a turbomachine with lubricant, said turbomachine having at least a first set of bearings and a second set of bearings, both the first and the second set being fed with lubricant, and the second set of bearings operating at a bearing temperature that is higher than a bearing temperature of the first set, the method comprising a step of heating a lubricant flow upstream from the second set of bearings by exchanging heat with a flow of lubricant returning from the second set of bearings, so that the second set of bearings is fed with lubricant at a lubricant temperature that is higher than a lubricant temperature of lubricant fed to the first set of bearings.
- 4. A lubricant feed device for feeding a turbomachine with lubricant, said turbomachine comprising a first set of bearings and a second set of bearings, and said second set operating at a bearing temperature that is higher than a bearing temperature of said first set, the lubricant feed device comprising a first circuit for feeding lubricant to the first set of bearings, and a second circuit for feeding lubricant to the second set of bearings, the first circuit having a branch point leading to the second circuit, and the second circuit having a heat exchanger for transmitting heat from at least a flow of lubricant returning from the second set of bearings to a flow of lubricant for feeding the second set of bearings, so as to feed the second set of bearings with lubricant at a lubricant temperature that is higher than a lubricant temperature of lubricant fed to the first set of bearings.
- 6. A turbomachine comprising a first set of bearings, a second set of bearings operating at a temperature higher than the first set of bearings, and a lubricant feed device comprising a first circuit for feeding lubricant to the first set of bearings, and a second circuit for feeding lubricant to the second set of bearings, the first circuit having a branch point leading to the second circuit, and the second circuit having a heat exchanger for transmitting heat from at least a flow of lubricant returning from the second set of bearings to a flow of lubricant for feeding the second set of bearings, so as to feed the second set of bearings with lubricant at a lubricant temperature that is higher than a lubricant temperature of lubricant fed to the first set of bearings.
- 8. A turbine engine assembly, or a turbine engine assembly for aviation purposes, including a turbomachine comprising a first set of bearings, a second set of bearings operating at a temperature higher than the first set of bearings, and a lubricant feed device comprising a first circuit for feeding lubricant to the first set of bearings, and a second circuit for feeding lubricant to the second set of bearings, the first circuit having a branch point leading to the second circuit, and the second circuit having a heat exchanger for transmitting heat from at least a flow of lubricant returning from the second set of bearings to a flow of lubricant for feeding the second set of bearings, so as to feed the second set of bearings with lubricant at a lubricant temperature that is higher than a lubricant temperature of lubricant fed to the first set of bearings.
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