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US 10,207,807 B2Granted
Condensate removal system of an aircraft cooling system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsThomas Joseph Moran, David Andrew Lutz
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Abstract
An aircraft includes a cooling compartment and an evaporative chiller configured to cool the cooling compartment. The evaporative chiller includes a compressor, an evaporator having airflow to the cooling compartment, and a condenser. The condenser has an exhaust airflow to cool the condenser. The evaporative chiller has a condensate removal system removing condensate produced by the evaporator using the exhaust airflow of the condenser to discharge the condensate.
Claims19
An aircraft comprising:
- a cooling compartment;
- and an evaporative chiller configured to cool the cooling compartment, the evaporative chiller including a compressor, an evaporator configured to channel an airflow to the cooling compartment, and a condenser, the evaporative chiller having a condenser air circuit configured to produce an exhaust airflow to cool the condenser, the evaporative chiller having a condensate removal system configured to remove condensate produced by the evaporator using the exhaust airflow to discharge the condensate, the condensate removal system being a plumbing-free condensate removal system, wherein the plumbing-free condensate removal system does not include plumbing pipes for the condensate extending away from and coming into the evaporative chiller.
An aircraft comprising:
- a galley having a plurality of stowage compartments, at least one of the stowage compartments defining a cooling compartment, the galley being plumbing-free;
- an evaporative chiller coupled to the galley, the evaporative chiller configured to cool the cooling compartment, the evaporative chiller including a compressor at the galley, an evaporator at the galley configured to channel an airflow to the cooling compartment for cooling the cooling compartment, and a condenser at the galley, the evaporative chiller having a condenser air circuit configured to produce an exhaust airflow to cool the condenser;
- and a plumbing-free condensate removal system coupled to the plumbing-free galley, the plumbing-free condensate removal system including a condensate collector configured to collect condensate produced by the evaporator, the plumbing-free condensate removal system including a condensate re-ingestor configured to discharge the condensate into the exhaust airflow such that the condensate is configured to be discharged from the evaporative chiller, wherein the plumbing-free condensate removal system does not include plumbing pipes for the condensate extending away from and coming into the evaporative chiller.
A galley comprising:
- a plurality of walls configured to extend between a crown and a floor of a cabin of an aircraft;
- a cooling compartment defined by the plurality of walls, the cooling compartment being configured to receive at least one of a galley cart and a stowage container;
- and an evaporative chiller coupled to at least one of the walls of the galley and configured to cool the cooling compartment, the evaporative chiller including a compressor, an evaporator configured to channel an airflow to the cooling compartment, and a condenser, the evaporative chiller having a condenser air circuit configured to produce an exhaust airflow to cool the condenser, the evaporative chiller having a plumbing-free condensate removal system configured to remove condensate produced by the evaporator using the exhaust airflow to discharge the condensate, wherein the plumbing-free condensate removal system does not include plumbing pipes for the condensate extending away from and coming into the evaporative chiller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.