Dehumidifier quilt systems and methods
AssigneeRohr, Inc.
InventorsPamela Monttserrat Lopez Simental, Isabel Cole, Steven Kestler, Maxwell Robertson
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Abstract
A method for dehumidifying a perforated acoustic skin includes disposing a sheet of material over a perforated acoustic skin, sealing a periphery of the sheet of material to the perforated acoustic skin to form a cavity between the sheet of material and the perforated acoustic skin, disposing at least one dehumidifier in fluid communication with the cavity, and activating the dehumidifier to remove moist air from a core of the perforated acoustic skin. The dehumidifier(s) may be mounted to the sheet of material.
Claims18
A method for dehumidifying a perforated acoustic skin, the method comprising:
- disposing a sheet of material over the perforated acoustic skin, the perforated acoustic skin comprising a plurality of perforations in fluid communication with a core of the perforated acoustic skin;
- sealing a periphery of the sheet of material to the perforated acoustic skin to form a cavity between the sheet of material and the perforated acoustic skin;
- disposing a dehumidifier in fluid communication with the cavity, the dehumidifier comprises at least one of a refrigeration dehumidifier or an absorption/adsorption dehumidifier;
- activating the dehumidifier to remove moist air from the core;
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- removing the sheet of material from the perforated acoustic skin before a subsequent flight of an aircraft upon which the perforated acoustic skin is located.
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