Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

Aiden Coutin

Louis J Bruno

Tony Ho

Viktor Kilchyk

Debabrata Pal

Donald E Army

Erin G Kline

Jeffrey Ernst

Kayla Gosse

An environmental control system of a vehicle includes a compressor having a compressor inlet configured to receive a first medium and a compressor outlet. A compressed first medium is provided at the compressor outlet. A conduit is configured to receive a second medium and a heat exchanger is mounted to the compressor. The heat exchanger is fluidly connected to a portion of the compressor and to the conduit.

Cabin air compressor with integral heat exchanger

A system for cooling a cabin air compressor (CAC) motor includes a water separator which extracts water from airflow through a turbine and/or a fuel cell, and a CAC motor including cooling channels connected to an inlet and an outlet. The inlet of the CAC motor receives water from the water separator. The steam at the outlet of the CAC motor can be repurposed for warming utilities in an aircraft cabin, or for de-icing or increasing enthalpy of the turbine. The cooling water flow can be directed to the CAC motor in response to a predicted temperature of the CAC motor exceeding a threshold. The predicted temperature can be generated by feeding inputs including CAC motor input power measured by a power sensor, differential pressure measured by a pressure sensor, and a temperature at an air cooling inlet measured by a temperature sensor to a processor which generates a map model.

CAC motor auxiliary water cooling system

A vehicle includes a first area conditioned by a first medium, a second area conditioned by a second medium, and an air management system. The air management system includes a source of third medium, an environmental control system fluidly coupled to the source of third medium and to the second area, and a closed loop vapor compression system having a refrigeration medium circulating therein. The vapor compression system is fluidly coupled to the first area, the second area, and the source of third medium. During normal operation, both a first flow of the third medium conditioned within the environmental control system and a second flow of the third medium are provided to the second area.

Hybrid environmental control system for split cooling

An air cycle machine for an environmental control system for an aircraft includes at least one turbine configured to receive and extract work from a first medium and a third medium. A compressor is configured to compress a second medium and a shaft mechanically couples the at least one turbine and the compressor. A mixing point is located downstream of at least one turbine. A mixture of the first medium and the third medium generated at the mixing point is provided to another component of the environmental control system.

Aircraft environmental control system

An environmental control system includes a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium and a second medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. A ram air circuit includes a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein and a compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the outlet. The compressing device includes a compressor and at least one turbine operably coupled via a shaft. The environmental control system is operable in a first mode and a second mode. In the second mode, a pressure of the second medium output from the compressor is equal to the pressure of the second medium provided to the outlet.

Ambient air architecture with single ACM without an ambient turbine

An environmental control system of an aircraft including a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. The environmental control system additionally includes a first compressing device and a second compressing device. The second compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the first compressing device and the outlet. An inlet of the second compressing device is directly connected to an outlet of the first compressing device, and the first compressing device is driven by energy extracted from the first medium. The first medium is a flow of bleed air.

An environmental control system includes a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium and a second medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned form of the second medium to at least one load of the aircraft. A ram air circuit includes a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein and a dehumidification system is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit. A compression device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the dehumidification system. The compression device includes a compressor and a plurality of turbines including a first turbine and a second turbine operably coupled by a shaft. An outlet of the first turbine is directly coupled to an inlet of the second turbine, such that the first medium is provided to the first turbine and the second turbine in series.

A compressing device for use in an environmental control system includes at least one turbine configured to provide energy by expanding one or more mediums. The one or more mediums provided at an outlet of the at least one turbine form a heat sink within the environmental control system. A compressor is configured to receive energy from the one or more mediums expanded across the at least one turbine. During a first mode of the compressing device, energy derived from a first medium and a second medium of the one or more mediums is used to compress a second medium at the compressor. During a second mode of the compressing device, energy derived from the first medium, the second medium, and a third medium of the one or more mediums is used to compress the second medium at the compressor.

An environmental control system of a vehicle includes a first compression device including a compressor, a first turbine, and a power turbine operably coupled by a shaft. The first turbine is configured to receive a first medium, the compressor is configured to receive a second medium, and the power turbine is configured to receive a third medium. A second compression device, separate from the first compression device, includes a second turbine. The environmental control system is operable in a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the second medium is provided to the compressor and the second turbine sequentially. In the second mode, the second medium bypasses the second turbine. In in both the first mode and the second mode, only the second medium is provided to an outlet of the environmental control system.

100% ambient air environmental control system with bleed turbine in series

An environmental control system includes an environmental control system pack having a trim outlet and a primary outlet. A trim medium is output from the trim outlet and a first medium is output from the primary outlet. An inlet of a mixing manifold is connected to the primary outlet of the at least one environmental control system pack. A trim heat exchanger is connected to the trim outlet and the at least one inlet of the environmental control system pack. Within the trim heat exchanger, the trim medium is arranged in a heat exchange relationship with a second medium. From the trim heat exchanger, the second medium is provided to an inlet of the least one environmental control system pack and the trim medium is mixed with a flow output from an outlet of the mixing manifold.

Environmental control system trim air heat exchanger

An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. A ram air circuit includes a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein. At least one compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the outlet. The at least one compressing device includes at least one compressor and at least one turbine operably coupled via a shaft. A heat exchanger is arranged in fluid communication with the at least one compressing device. The second medium output from the at least one compressing device is cooled by the third medium. The second medium is fresh air.

An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a ram air circuit including a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein and a divider arranged within the ram air shell to separate the ram air shell into a first region and a second region. The at least one heat exchanger is arranged within both the first region and the second region. A first medium is configured to flow through the first region and a second, distinct medium is configured to flow through the second region. The environmental control system additionally includes a dehumidification system arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and a compression device arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the dehumidification system.

An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium, a second medium, and a third medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. At least one compressing device is arranged in in fluid communication with the plurality of inlets and the outlet. The at least one compressing device includes a four-wheel compressing device having a compressor and at least one turbine operably coupled via a shaft. In a first mode of operation, the compressor is driven by the first medium, and in a second mode of operation, the compressor is driven by the third medium.

An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a plurality of inlets for receiving a plurality of mediums including a first medium and a second medium and an outlet for delivering a conditioned flow of the second medium to one or more loads of the aircraft. A ram air circuit includes a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein. A compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the outlet. The compressing device including a first compressor, a second compressor, and at least one turbine operably coupled via a shaft. The first compressor and the second compressor are arranged in parallel with respect to a flow of the second medium and the first medium is used as a heat sink by another component within the environmental control system.

A compressing device for use in an environmental control system includes at least one turbine configured to provide energy by expanding one or more medium. The one or more mediums provided at an outlet of the at least one turbine form a heat sink within the environmental control system. A compressor is configured to receive energy from the one or more mediums expanded across the at least one turbine. During a first mode of the compressing device, energy derived from a first medium of the one or more mediums is used to compress a second medium at the compressor and during a second mode of the compressing device, energy derived from both the first medium and a third medium of the one or more mediums is used to compress a second medium at the compressor.

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