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US 12,722,784 B2Granted
Energy flow of an advanced environmental control system
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsLouis J. Bruno, Harold W. Hipsky
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Abstract
A compressing device includes a first turbine a second turbine and a compressor. The first turbine is configured to provide a first energy by expanding a first medium and the second turbine configured to provide a second energy by expanding a second medium. The compressor is configured to receive the first energy and the second energy during a first mode of the compressing device, receive the first energy during a second mode of the compressing device, and compress the second medium in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.
Claims6
A compressing device, comprising:
- a first medium provided from a first source and a second medium provided from a second source;
- a turbine comprising a at least one inlet, wherein the first medium is receivable at the at least one inlet, and a mixture of the first medium and the second medium is receivable at the at least one inlet, the first medium and the second medium being mixed to form the mixture at a location upstream from the at least one inlet,
- wherein the turbine is configured to provide a first energy by expanding the mixture and to provide a second energy by expanding the first medium;
- a compressor configured to:
- receive the first energy from the turbine during a first mode of the compressing device,
- receive the second energy from the first medium during a second mode of the compressing device, and
- compress the second medium in accordance with the first mode or the second mode.
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