Aircraft environmental control system
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsYonghua ZHU, Catherine THIBAUD
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Abstract
An aircraft environmental control system includes means for mixing and conditioning bleed air from a bleed air input and recirculation air from an aircraft interior to provide mixed, conditioned air to the aircraft interior, the system further includes one or more rotating wheels arranged in a path of at least part of the recirculation air, prior to the means for mixing and conditioning, the one or more wheels configured to remove one or more contaminants and/or moisture from the recirculation air before mixing and conditioning.
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An aircraft environmental control system, comprising:
- means for mixing and conditioning bleed air from a bleed air input and recirculation air from an aircraft interior to provide mixed, conditioned air to the aircraft interior;
- one or more rotating wheels arranged in a path of at least part of the recirculation air, prior to the means for mixing and conditioning, the one or more wheels configured to remove one or more contaminants and/or moisture from the recirculation air before mixing and conditioning.
A method of providing conditioned air to an aircraft interior comprising:
- mixing and conditioning bleed air and recirculation air from the aircraft to provide mixed conditioned air to the aircraft interior;
- removing one or more contaminants from the recirculation air, prior to mixing, by passing the recirculation air through one or more rotating, contamination removing wheels.
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