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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2021
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Giusi Quartarone, Mayfield, IE;
Erica Zavaglio, Cork, IE;
Federico Mattia Benzi, Cork, IE;
Ram Ranjan, West Hartford, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Aircraft systems including a pressurized fuel tank containing a pressurized fuel, a turbo expander configured to receive the pressurized fuel from the fuel tank, the turbo expander configured to decrease a pressure of the pressurized fuel to generate low pressure fuel having pressure less than the pressurized fuel, a fuel-to-air heat exchanger configured to receive the low pressure fuel from the turbo expander as a first working fluid and air as a second working fluid, the heat exchanger configured to cool the air and warm the fuel, an aircraft cabin configured to receive the cooled air, and a fuel consumption system configured to consume the fuel to generate power.