Aircraft with a fluid-duct-system
View Patent ↗An aircraft with a fluid-duct system for extraction of the laminar layer and/or blowing out of fluid at vulnerable places of the outer skin, wherein the fluid-duct system ( 26, 19, 18 ) by means of switchable valves ( 6, 4 ) is connectable to a pump facility ( 3 ), which is driven by the exhaust air from the cabin for generating a reduced pressure for the extraction of the laminar layer.
1. An aircraft having a fluid-duct system for extraction of the laminar layer and/or blowing out of fluid at vulnerable places of the outer skin, wherein a fluid-duct system is connectable to a pump facility driven by exhaust air of a cabin generating a desired reduced pressure for the extraction of the laminar layer and a switchable valve connecting the fluid-duct system and the pump facility;
wherein a control unit or a regulation unit is provided, which, depending on input parameters, actuates the switchable valves by means of control lines;
wherein for attaining an over pressure for the blowing out, the fluid-duct system, by means of switchable valves, is connectable to lines guiding compressed air of an aircraft engine and alternatively or additionally connectable to lines guiding compressed air from an additional compression facility.
2. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the pump facility is a jet pump, the drive jet of which is formed by the exhaust air of the cabin.
3. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the compressed air is embodied as a hot air.
4. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein the cross-sections of passage of the switchable valves may be regulated.
5. An aircraft according to claim 1 , wherein there is arranged in an exhaust line, which guides from the cabin to the jet pump, a non-return valve, which prevents an inflowing of air into the cabin.
6. An aircraft according to claim 1 wherein said input parameters are selected from the group consisting of cabin pressure, temperature T, pressure P, and operating parameters BL of the aircraft engine.