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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2010
Kailash Swaminathan, Chennai, IN;
Kailash Swaminathan, Chennai, IN;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A preconditioned air unit () for supplying preconditioned air to an aircraft parked on the ground, the preconditioned air unit comprising a main unit with a housing () accommodating a flow duct () with an air inlet () for ambient air and an air outlet () for connection to the parked aircraft, a blower () connected with the flow duct for generation of an air flow from the air inlet toward the air outlet, and a plurality of compartments (), each of which is configured for accommodation of a self-contained cooling module comprising at least one refrigeration system, each of which includes at least one compressor (), at least one condenser (), at least one expansion valve (), and at least one evaporator () connected in a flow circuit containing a refrigerant, and wherein each compartment is further configured so that the at least one evaporator interacts with the air flow in the flow duct when the self-contained cooling module is installed in the compartment, and wherein at least one self-contained cooling module is installed in the plurality of compartments.