Air flow management
AssigneeB/E Aerospace, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Robert Pearson, Brian St. Rock, Abbas A. Alahyari, Yasmin Khakpour
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Abstract
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a system includes, an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts, a plurality of valves disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space, an overhead bin mounted in the interior space below the plurality of ducts relative to the direction of airflow, and a diffuser disposed at an outlet of the plurality of duct configured to induce the airflow to flow along a convex outer surface of the overhead bin.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts;
- a plurality of valves disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space;
- an overhead bin mounted in the interior space below the plurality of ducts relative to the direction of airflow;
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- a diffuser disposed at an outlet of the plurality of duct configured to induce the airflow to flow along a convex outer surface of the overhead bin.
A system comprising:
- means for conveying a flow of air into an interior space through a plurality of ducts;
- means for directing at least a portion of the flow of air from the plurality of ducts to a single passenger service unit, wherein the respective portion of the flow of air is configured to flow through the single passenger unit before being exhausted.
A method, comprising:
- flowing air into an interior space through a plurality of ducts of an environmental control system at a top of the interior space relative to the direction of airflow;
- directing a portion of the air flow downward relative to gravity to a single passenger service unit of a plurality of passenger service units;
- flowing the air from the interior space through an outflow at a bottom of the interior space relative to the direction of airflow;
- and
- exhausting the air from the interior space to a recirculation module and/or an ambient environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.