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US 10,492,603 B2Granted
Systems and methods of cooling a galley of an aircraft
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsEmmanuel Garcia, Joshua Lee
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Abstract
A galley includes a cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart. The galley includes a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment and a plenum coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger. The plenum is configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart.
Claims26
A galley for an aircraft, the galley comprising:
- a cart compartment defined by a plurality of walls in a galley space of the aircraft, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and a rear wall opposite a front of the cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart having a galley cart front and a galley cart rear, the rear wall of the cart compartment located behind the galley cart rear of the at least one galley cart;
- a cooling system having a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment, the heat exchanger having a front facing the front of the cart compartment and a rear facing the rear wall of the cart compartment;
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- an airflow supply system having a plenum coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger, the plenum having an air supply device having at least one airflow opening at an air discharge location in the cart compartment discharging air either directly into the cart compartment or directly into the at least one galley cart through the at least one airflow opening of the air supply device at the air discharge location, the plenum contained in the cart compartment with the airflow opening of the air supply device located forward of the rear of the heat exchanger and forward of the galley cart rear of the at least one galley cart, the plenum configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart;
- wherein the rear wall of the cart compartment and the cavity of the cart compartment behind the galley cart rear of the at least one galley cart are devoid of the heat exchanger and the airflow supply system.
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A galley for an aircraft, the galley comprising:
- a cart compartment defined by a plurality of walls in a galley space of the aircraft, the cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart having a rear wall behind the at least one galley cart;
- a cooling system having a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment, the heat exchanger having a front and a rear, the heat exchanger includes an exhaust duct configured to exhaust warmed air into a galley space forward of a front of a galley;
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- an airflow supply system having a plenum coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger, the plenum contained in the cart compartment forward of the rear of the heat exchanger, the plenum configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart;
- wherein the rear wall and the cavity behind the at least one galley cart are devoid of the heat exchanger and the airflow supply system.
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A galley for an aircraft, the galley comprising:
- a cart compartment defined by a plurality of walls in a galley space of the aircraft, the cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart having a rear wall behind the at least one galley cart;
- a cooling system having a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment, the heat exchanger having a front and a rear, wherein the heat exchanger includes an exhaust at the front of the heat exchanger configured to exhaust warmed air into the galley space forward of a front of the galley;
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- an airflow supply system having a plenum coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger, the plenum having an air supply device having at least one airflow opening at an air discharge location in the cart compartment, the plenum contained in the cart compartment forward of the rear of the heat exchanger, the plenum configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart;
- wherein the rear wall and the cavity behind the at least one galley cart are devoid of the heat exchanger and the airflow supply system.
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A galley for an aircraft, the galley comprising:
- a cart compartment defined by a plurality of walls in a galley space of the aircraft, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a bottom wall, side walls, and a rear wall opposite a front of the cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart having a galley cart front, a galley cart rear, and a galley cart side between the galley cart front and the galley cart rear, the rear wall of the cart compartment located behind the galley cart rear of the at least one galley cart;
- a cooling system having a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment, the heat exchanger having a front facing the front of the cart compartment, a rear facing the rear wall of the cart compartment, and a first side extending between the front and the rear facing the galley cart side of the at least one galley cart;
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- an airflow supply system having a supply duct coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger, the supply duct provided at the first side of the heat exchanger forward of the rear of the heat exchanger, the supply duct extending from the first side of the heat exchanger into the cart compartment, the supply duct having an air discharge location in the cart compartment to the first side forward of the rear of the heat exchanger facing the galley cart side of the at least one galley cart, the supply duct configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart;
- wherein the rear wall of the cart compartment and the cavity of the cart compartment behind the galley cart rear of the at least one galley cart are devoid of the heat exchanger and the airflow supply system.
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A galley for an aircraft, the galley comprising:
- a cart compartment defined by a plurality of walls in a galley space of the aircraft, the cart compartment defining a cavity configured to store at least one galley cart having a rear wall behind the at least one galley cart;
- a cooling system having a heat exchanger positioned within the cart compartment, the heat exchanger having a front, a rear, and a first side extending between the front and the rear facing the at least one galley cart, wherein the heat exchanger includes an exhaust duct at the front configured to exhaust warmed air into a galley space forward of a front of a galley;
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- an airflow supply system having a supply duct coupled in flow communication with the heat exchanger, the supply duct provided at the first side of the heat exchanger forward of the rear of the heat exchanger, the supply duct extending from the first side of the heat exchanger into the cart compartment, the supply duct configured to provide cool air to cool the at least one galley cart;
- wherein the rear wall and the cavity behind the at least one galley cart are devoid of the heat exchanger and the airflow supply system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.