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US 2025/0026485 A1Published application
Conditioning system for an aircraft
OwnerCarlos CASADO MONTERO, Pablo Manuel CALDERÓN GÓMEZinventors
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Abstract
A conditioning system for an aircraft having a pressure accumulator connected to the heat recovery circuit and to the fuel conduct. A fluid of the fuel conduct is hydrogen (H2), or the working fluid of the heat recovery circuit comprises Nitrogen (N2), Helium (He), ethylene glycol water (EGW), and mixtures thereof, or both. Also an aircraft comprising such a conditioning system.
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A conditioning system for an aircraft, the conditioning system comprising:
- a power unit, a fuel conduct and a heat recovery circuit,
- the power unit comprising:
- a fuel inlet configured to supply liquid fuel to the fuel conduct,
- an engine connected to the fuel conduct, and
- a power unit outlet configured to exhaust gases out of the engine;
- the heat recovery circuit comprising:
- a working fluid, and
- a heat exchanger connected to the power unit outlet and configured to transfer heat from the exhaust gases of the engine to the working fluid,
- wherein the heat recovery circuit further comprises a pressure accumulator connected to a section of the fuel conduct, at least upstream of a fuel evaporation and heating section in the power unit, through a discharge conduct configured to discharge working fluid from the pressure accumulator and comprising a valve configured to control the working fluid input to the section of fuel conduct.
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