Aircraft ventilation system
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorFue Chue Vue
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Abstract
An air distribution system for use in an aircraft includes a main distribution duct configured to receive mixed air and a gasper distribution duct coupled in flow communication with the main distribution duct. The gasper distribution duct is configured to receive a portion of the mixed air from the main distribution duct. The system also includes a plurality of gasper outlets in flow communication with the gasper distribution duct. The plurality of gasper outlets includes a subset of gasper outlets located within a same region of the aircraft. The system also includes a heater in flow communication between the gasper distribution duct and the subset of gasper outlets. The heater is configured to heat the mixed air flowing from the gasper distribution duct to the subset of gasper outlets.
Claims20
An air distribution system for use in an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a main distribution duct configured to receive mixed air;
- a gasper distribution duct coupled in flow communication with said main distribution duct, said gasper distribution duct configured to receive a portion of the mixed air;
- a plurality of gasper outlets in flow communication with said gasper distribution duct, said plurality of gasper outlets comprising a subset of gasper outlets located within a same region of the aircraft;
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- a heater in flow communication between said gasper distribution duct and said subset of gasper outlets, said heater configured to heat the mixed air flowing from said gasper distribution duct to said subset of gasper outlets.
A method of supplying heated air to a portion of an aircraft, said method comprising:
- channeling mixed air through a main distribution duct;
- channeling a portion of the mixed air through a gasper distribution duct coupled in flow communication with the main distribution duct;
- channeling the portion of mixed air through a subset of gasper outlets of a plurality of gasper outlets in flow communication with the gasper distribution duct, wherein the subset of gasper outlets are located in a same region of the aircraft;
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- channeling the portion of the mixed air through a heater coupled in flow communication between the gasper distribution duct and the subset of gasper outlets, wherein the heater is configured to heat the mixed air flowing from said gasper distribution duct to said subset of gasper outlets.
A galley air distribution system for providing heated air to a galley region of an aircraft, said system comprising:
- a plurality of gasper outlets located in said galley region;
- a gasper distribution duct coupled in flow communication with said plurality of gaspers, said gasper distribution duct configured to receive mixed air;
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- a heater coupled in flow communication between said gasper distribution duct and said plurality of gasper outlets, said heater configured to heat the mixed air flowing from said gasper distribution duct to said gasper outlets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.