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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Alan Massey, Southampton, GB;
Inventor:
Alan Massey, Southampton, GB;
Assignee:
EATON LIMITED, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2006.01); B64D 13/08 (2006.01); B64D 37/24 (2006.01); F02C 7/25 (2006.01); A62C 3/08 (2006.01); A62C 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64D 37/32 (2013.01); B64D 13/08 (2013.01); B64D 37/24 (2013.01); A62C 3/08 (2013.01); A62C 99/0018 (2013.01); F02C 7/25 (2013.01); Y02T 50/56 (2013.01);
Abstract
An on board inert gas generation system receives cabin air, or air from another relatively low pressure source, passing a portion thereof through an energy recovery turbine to ambient to extract power which is used to provide all, or part of, the energy required to drive a positive displacement compressor to compress another portion of cabin air to increase the pressure thereof to be suitable for supply to an air separation module.