Multi-pass spiral mesh screen assembly
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsLiana Frangioni, Patrick M. McCord, Donald E. Army, Alexander Bosworth, Michael Doe, Jr.
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Abstract
A water extractor for use in an environmental control system includes a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end. A fog harvester assembly is mounted within the housing at a location between the inlet end and the outlet end. The fog harvester assembly includes at least one fog harvester insert having a condensing material including plurality of wires arranged in a wire array. At least one of the plurality of wires has a spiral configuration.
Claims17
A water extractor for use in an environmental control system, the water extractor comprising:
- a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end;
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- a fog harvester assembly mounted within the housing at a location between the inlet end and the outlet end, the fog harvester assembly including at least one fog harvester insert having a condensing material including plurality of wires arranged in a wire array, the wire array having a plurality of rows including a first row including a first portion of the plurality of wires and a second row including a second portion of the plurality of wires, wherein the plurality of wires have a spiral configuration, and the first portion of the plurality of wires is not in an overlapping arrangement with the second portion of the plurality of wires, and a direction of the spiral configuration of the first portion of the plurality of wires within the first row varies.
An environmental control system of a vehicle comprising:
- a turbine;
- a water extractor arranged in fluid communication with the turbine relative to a flow of medium, the water extractor comprising:
- a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end being arranged directly downstream from and in fluid communication with an outlet of the turbine;
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- a fog harvester assembly mounted within the housing at a location between the inlet end and the outlet end, the fog harvester assembly including at least one fog harvester insert having a condensing material including plurality of wires arranged in a wire array, wherein at least one of the plurality of wires has a spiral configuration, wherein a direction of the spiral configuration of the plurality of wires within a row of the wire array varies.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.