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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Michel A Jonqueres, Torrance, CA (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An air cycle environmental control system regenerates energy through the provision of a reheater condenser that condenses water vapor from compressed air. The condensed water vapor is extracted by a water extractor to produce dehumidified air. A subcooler heat exchanger can receive the dehumidified air for further cooling, but while causing a minimal amount of condensation. A subcooled air from the subcooler heat exchanger is then reheated in the reheater condenser, with a resulting reheated air having absorbed a heat of sensible cooling and heat of condensation. The reheated air then passes into a turbine where the heat of sensible cooling and heat of condensation are recovered. The turbine expands the air, which then flows through the subcooler heat exchanger and finally to an enclosure to be conditioned.