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US 11,994,088 B2Granted
Ambient air environmental control system
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsLouis J. Bruno, Darryl A. Colson, Tony Ho, Donald E. Army
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Abstract
A dual entry turbine of a compression device includes a housing having a first inlet and a second inlet, and a first outlet and a second outlet. A turbine impeller is arranged within the housing. The turbine impeller has a first gas path and a second gas path. A first flow path extends from the first inlet to the first outlet via the first gas path and a second flow path extends from the second inlet to the second outlet via the second gas path. The first flow path and the second flow path being fluidly separate from one another.
Claims5
An environmental control system comprising:
- a compression device including a compressor and a turbine operably coupled by a shaft, the compressor being configured to receive a first medium and the turbine being operable to receive the first medium and a second medium;
- wherein the turbine has a first flow path configured to receive the first medium and second flow path configured to receive the second medium such that the first medium and the second medium are fluidly separate at an outlet of the turbine,
- wherein the first flow path is arranged outside the second flow path, the first medium is bleed air and the second medium is fresh air.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.