Aircraft cabin air monitor
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsLance R. Bartosz, Catherine Thibaud, Joseph V. Mantese, Brian St. Rock
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Abstract
An environmental control system that includes a first environmental control system pack, a first recirculation fan assembly, and a cabin air sensor unit. The first environmental control system pack is arranged to provide conditioned air to an aircraft cabin. The first recirculation fan assembly is arranged to recirculate a first cabin air fluid flow back to the aircraft cabin. The cabin air sensor unit is arranged to provide a first air quality signal indicative of an air quality of the first cabin air fluid flow to a controller.
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An environmental control system, comprising:
- a first environmental control system pack having a first inlet that receives a first fluid flow from a first air source and a first outlet;
- a first recirculation fan assembly having a first recirculation inlet that receives a first cabin air fluid flow from an aircraft cabin and a first recirculation outlet;
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- a cabin air sensor unit in fluid communication with the first recirculation outlet, the cabin air sensor unit being arranged to provide a first air quality signal indicative of an air quality of the first cabin air fluid flow to a controller.
An environmental control system, comprising:
- a first environmental control system pack having a first inlet that receives a first fluid flow from a first air source, a first heat exchanger fluidly connected to and disposed downstream of the first inlet, a first condenser fluidly connected to and disposed downstream of the first heat exchanger, and a first outlet that provides the first fluid flow to a mixing manifold;
- a first recirculation fan assembly having a first recirculation inlet that receives a first cabin air fluid flow from an aircraft cabin and a first recirculation outlet that provides the first cabin air fluid flow to the mixing manifold;
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- a cabin air sensor unit is in fluid communication with at least one of an outlet of the first heat exchanger, an outlet of the first condenser, and the first recirculation outlet.
An environmental control system, comprising:
- a first environmental control system pack having a first inlet that receives a first fluid flow from a first air source and a first outlet that provides the first fluid flow to a mixing manifold;
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- a first recirculation fan assembly having a first recirculation inlet that receives a first cabin air fluid flow from an aircraft cabin, a fan, a first recirculation outlet that provides the first cabin air fluid flow to the mixing manifold, and a cabin air sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.