Environmental control system
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsNicholas HOWARTH, Amarveer S. MANN
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising: an engine core comprising a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft; and an environmental control system mounted on the engine core comprising a first air passage arranged to deliver air from outside the engine core to an aircraft cabin and/or for wing anti icing, a subsidiary compressor located in the first air passage and arranged to compress air in the first air passage, the subsidiary compressor being powered by the core shaft, and a second air passage arranged to inject air from the compressor into the first air passage.
Claims14
A gas turbine engine for an aircraft comprising:
- an engine core comprising a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft;
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- an environmental control system mounted on the engine core comprising:
- a first air passage arranged to deliver air from outside the engine core to an aircraft cabin and/or for wing anti icing;
- a subsidiary compressor located in the first air passage and arranged to compress air in the first air passage, the subsidiary compressor being powered by the core shaft;
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- a second air passage arranged to inject air from the compressor into the first air passage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.