Flight Test of Several Exhaust-Gas-to-Air Heat Exchangers in a B-17F airplane

Abstract

Seven heat exchangers for cabin heating and ice prevention were performance tested on B-17F bomber and compared on basis of design requirements. Installation of heat exchangers resulted in high air-side pressure drop, low air-flow rates, and high air-temperature rises. Design requirements were fulfilled by outboard nacelle heat exchanger installation, but not by inboard installation. Flame suppression tests showed more visibility of glowing exhaust stacks and supercharger parts than exhaust gas flames.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1944
Accession Number
ADB805325

Entities

People

  • Bonne C. Look
  • James Selna

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Aeronautics
  • Air Flow
  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Airplanes
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Gas Flow
  • Gases
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Heat Transfer
  • Inboard
  • Lepidoptera
  • Static Pressure

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.