Aircraft cabin electrical air conditioning system comprising a motorized compressor and an air cycle turbomachine

    公开(公告)号:US12129035B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-29

    申请号:US17621572

    申请日:2020-06-16

    IPC分类号: B64D13/06

    摘要: The invention relates to an electrical air conditioning system for air conditioning a cabin (10) of an aircraft comprising a source (11) of fresh air, a dynamic air circulation duct (12), a motorized compressor (13) comprising an air inlet connected to said source of fresh air, and an air outlet connected to a primary cooling exchanger (PHx) housed in said dynamic air duct; an air cycle turbomachine (14) comprising at least a first compressor (15) and a first turbine (17) that are mechanically coupled to one another, said first compressor comprising an air inlet that can be connected either to said primary cooling exchanger (PHx) or to said source (11) of fresh air, and an air outlet connected to a main cooling exchanger (MHx) housed in said dynamic air duct, said first turbine (17) comprising an air inlet that can be connected either to a discharge port (54) for discharging stale air from said cabin or to said main cooling exchanger (MHx), and an air outlet that can be connected either to said cabin (10) or to an air injector (52) opening into said dynamic air duct.

    DEVICE FOR SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF CATHODES OF A FUEL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240136553A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18278554

    申请日:2022-02-22

    摘要: The invention relates to a supply device for compressed air to a plurality of cathodes (100a-100d) of a fuel cell system, characterized in that it comprises a motorized compressor (12) configured to provide a source of compressed air to all of the cathodes (100a-100d), a group of ducts configured to conduct the compressed air to each cathode (100a-100d), for each cathode (100a-100d), a proportioning valve (20a-20d) upstream or downstream of said cathode (100a-100d) which is configured to regulate the flow rate of compressed air passing through said cathode (100a-100d), anti-pumping protection means (30, 32) configured to allow the flow of a minimum flow rate of compressed air leaving the compressor (12), and a control device (24) configured to control the speed of the compressor (12) and the opening or closing of each proportioning valve (20a-20d) and/or the operation of the anti-pumping protection means (30, 32).

    Air conditioning system with cabin air recovery

    公开(公告)号:US11912417B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US17629915

    申请日:2020-07-24

    IPC分类号: B64D13/08 F25B9/00 B64D13/06

    摘要: Air conditioning system for an aircraft cabin, comprising a primary exchanger (14) configured to cool bleed air (12) from at least one compressor of the aircraft, a pre-compressor (18), an intermediate exchanger (20), a main compressor (22) configured to compress said pre-compressed bleed air, a main exchanger (28) configured to cool the compressed bleed air, and a water extraction loop, characterized in that it comprises a duct (108) for recovering at least part of the air from the cabin after it has passed through the cabin, and recovered air circulation ducts configured so that the recovered air successively passes through:



    a secondary exchanger (34), the recovered air forming a first cold source for cooling the bleed air again,
    a heat exchanger (20), the recovered air forming a second cold source for cooling the bleed air,
    an energy recovery turbine (48), the recovered air forming a source of energy.

    AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR A CABIN OF AN AIR OR RAIL TRANSPORT VEHICLE USING A PNEUMATIC AND THERMAL AIR SOURCE WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONING SOURCE

    公开(公告)号:US20230002063A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17778391

    申请日:2020-11-18

    IPC分类号: B64D13/06

    摘要: The invention relates to an air conditioning system for a cabin (10) of an aircraft (80) comprising: a bleed air source (12); a ram-air circulation channel (13); a network of pipes and control valves; an air cycle turbine engine comprising at least one compressor (3) and a power turbine (4) which are mechanically connected to one another; and at least one primary cooling exchanger (PHX) which is accommodated in said channel (13), characterized in that said pipe network comprises a thermal power pipe (53) which is suitable for being able to fluidically connect, upon control of at least one control valve (25, 21), said air outlet (4b) of said power turbine (4) and said ram-air circulation channel (13) upstream of said primary exchanger (PHX) so that said bleed air expanded by said power turbine (4) can form a thermal energy source for said ram air being supplied to said primary circuit of said primary exchanger (PHX).

    VENTED DIAPHRAGM REGULATOR
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220261018A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17619105

    申请日:2020-06-12

    摘要: The invention relates to a regulator, configured to receive a stream of hot air carrying pneumatic power via an air inlet (12), to treat this hot air and to send the treated hot air to an air outlet (14) configured 5 to supply a pneumatic actuator (16), comprising a reference pressure source and an air expansion device comprising a diaphragm (22), the diaphragm (22) being configured to control the flow rate of the hot air stream by comparing the pressure of said hot air stream with the reference pressure of the reference pressure source. The regulator is characterized in that it 10 comprises an air intake (24) configured to receive a cold source, and a pipe (25) for guiding the cold source to the diaphragm (22), so that the cold source forms the reference pressure source and a source for cooling the diaphragm (22).

    HEAT EXCHANGER OF AN AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF A CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A HEAT EXCHANGER

    公开(公告)号:US20220242579A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17639821

    申请日:2020-09-02

    IPC分类号: B64D13/06 B60H1/00

    摘要: Heat exchanger of an air-conditioning system of a cabin of a transport vehicle, comprising: a primary circuit supplied by a first air flow (169), a secondary circuit supplied by a second air flow (168), a casing (161) defining an air-circulation enclosure (162), a primary circuit inlet box (164) allowing entry into said air-circulation enclosure, and a primary circuit outlet box (165) allowing exit from the air-circulation enclosure, characterized in that said inlet box (164) is mounted removably on said casing (161), and in that it houses a three-dimensional structure (163) forming a catalytic and/or adsorbent support for treating the air of said primary circuit, and a means for distributing said first air flow into said heat-exchange matrix.

    AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED WATER EXTRACTION LOOP

    公开(公告)号:US20220235973A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-28

    申请号:US17639838

    申请日:2020-09-02

    IPC分类号: F25B1/053

    摘要: Air conditioning system for a cabin of an air or rail transport vehicle, comprising: a pneumatic turbine engine that comprises at least one compressor and at least one turbine (126) and is connected by a mechanical shaft extending along an axis, referred to as the turbine engine axis (132), said turbine comprising an air inlet and an air outlet; and a water extraction loop that comprises a heater (110), a condenser (112) and a water separator (114), is fluidically arranged between an air outlet of the compressor and the air inlet of said turbine (126), and is configured to dry the air supplied to said turbine (126), characterized in that said heater (110), said condenser (112), and said water separator (114) are arranged in series on the turbine engine axis (132) or around said axis, forming the air inlet of said turbine (126).

    DISTRIBUTED PNEUMATIC SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT

    公开(公告)号:US20220204168A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-30

    申请号:US17549799

    申请日:2021-12-13

    发明人: Vincent BALOCCHI

    IPC分类号: B64D13/08 B64D15/04 B64C21/00

    摘要: The invention relates to an air system for an aircraft, that includes air consumers; air sources and a network of ducts and associated control valves controlled by a control unit. The air system is characterized in that: the network of ducts and associated valves includes at least one isolation valve, arranged between an air bleed device and an air duct connecting an air conditioning pack and an auxiliary power unit; the control unit is configured to be able to determine an ideal configuration of the control valves according to the identified requirements of each consumer and a degraded configuration that makes it possible to supply air to predetermined air consumers from the available air sources when the ideal configuration is not attainable.

    TWIN-TURBINE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20220194603A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-23

    申请号:US17601420

    申请日:2020-03-16

    IPC分类号: B64D13/08

    摘要: The invention relates to an air conditioning system for an aircraft cabin, comprising two motorized turbomachines (16a, 16b) each comprising a compressor (14a, 14b) supplying an outlet (24) common to the compressors and a turbine, one of the turbines, referred to as water extraction turbine (16a), being dedicated to a water extraction loop (28) and the other turbine, called cooling turbine (16b), helping cool the air.
    The air conditioning system comprises a network of pipes and associated valves, connected to the common outlet (24) of the compressors and making it possible to supply, from the common outlet of the compressors: either the inlet (160) of the water extraction turbine (16a), or the inlet (164) of the cooling turbine (16b), bypassing the turbine (16a) and the water extraction loop, or an outlet (60) of the air conditioning system directly, bypassing the cooling turbine (16b) and the water extraction turbine (16a).