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AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorsWarren A. Atkey, Alan T. Bernier, Michael D. Bowman, Thomas A. Campbell, Jonathan M. Cruse, Charles J. Fiterman, Charles S. Meis, Casey Y. K. Ng, Farhad Nozari, Edward Zielinski
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Methods and systems for providing secondary power to aircraft systems. In one embodiment, an aircraft system architecture for providing power to an environmental control system includes an electric generator operably coupled to a jet engine. The jet engine can be configured to provide propulsive thrust to the aircraft, and the electric generator can be configured to receive shaft power from the jet engine. The environmental control system can be configured to provide outside air to a passenger cabin of the aircraft in the absence of bleed air from the jet engine.
A method for providing conditioned air to a fuselage of an aircraft, the aircraft including a jet engine configured to provide propulsive thrust to the aircraft, the method comprising:
On a transport aircraft having a fuselage, a wing extending outwardly from the fuselage, and a jet engine for providing propulsive thrust, a method for providing secondary power from the jet engine to a plurality of aircraft systems including an environmental control system, a wing ice protection system, and a landing gear system, the method for providing secondary power comprising:
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