Supply of air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin from its turboprop engine
AssigneesSafran Aircraft Engines, Safran, Safran Power Units
InventorsNicolas Claude Parmentier, Pierre Froment, Jean-François Rideau, Bruno Thoraval
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Abstract
An aircraft turboprop engine includes at least a low-pressure body and a high-pressure body. The low-pressure body drives a propeller by means of a gearbox. The turboprop engine also includes means for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, wherein the supply means has at least one compressor borne by the gearbox and of which the rotor is coupled to the low-pressure body by means of the gearbox.
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An aircraft turboprop engine comprising at least one low-pressure body comprising one turbine rotor and one high-pressure body comprising a compressor rotor and a turbine rotor connected to each other by a shaft, the low-pressure body further comprising a shaft connecting the turbine rotor to a gearbox driving a propulsion propeller, said gearbox being a single gearbox, the turboprop engine further comprising means, an air inlet of which is supplied with air by a conduit and an outlet of which is connected to a pipe that supplies air to an air-conditioning circuit of an aircraft cabin, wherein said means comprise at least one air compressor comprising the air inlet and the air outlet, said at least one air compressor being carried by said gearbox, and a rotor of said at least one compressor being mechanically coupled in said gearbox to a shaft of the propulsion propeller driven by the low-pressure body.
A method for supplying air to an air-conditioning circuit of a cabin of an aircraft that is equipped with at least one turboprop engine comprising at least one low-pressure body comprising one turbine rotor and one high-pressure body comprising a compressor rotor and a turbine rotor connected to each other by a shaft, the low pressure body comprising a shaft connecting the turbine rotor to a gearbox driving a propulsion propeller, wherein the air-conditioning circuit is supplied with air by at least one dedicated air compressor, said at least one dedicated air compressor being carried by said gearbox and the rotor of said at least one dedicated air compressor being coupled to the low-pressure body by means of said gearbox.
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