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Granted Patent B2
US 10,597,162 · App. 15/604,510 · Granted Mar 24, 2020

Mixing bleed and ram air at a turbine inlet

Inventors: Louis J. Bruno (Ellington, CT); Harold W. Hipsky (Willington, CT)
Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 10,597,162
App. No.
15/604,510
Granted
Mar 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An airplane is provided. The airplane includes a first medium, a second medium, and an air conditioning. The air conditioning system includes a first turbine, a compressor, and a mixing point. The compressor is located upstream of the turbine in a flow path of the first medium. The mixing point is a location at which the first medium mixes with the second medium. The mixing point is downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine.

Claims (24)

1. An airplane comprising:

a first medium;

a second medium; and

an air conditioning system comprising:

a first turbine,

a compressor located upstream of the turbine in a flow path of the first medium,

a mixing point at which the first medium mixes with the second medium;

a heat exchanger configured to reject heat from the first medium to a third medium; and

a second heat exchanger configured to reject heat from the second medium to the third medium,

wherein the mixing point is downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine,

wherein the mixing point is located downstream of the heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger.

2. The airplane of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third heat exchanger located downstream of the heat exchanger in the flow path of the first medium and located upstream of the mixing point.

3. The airplane of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third heat exchanger located downstream of the second heat exchanger in a flow path of the second medium and located upstream of the mixing point.

4. The airplane of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third heat exchanger downstream of the mixing point.

5. The airplane of claim 4 , further comprising:

a flow of a fourth third medium.

6. The airplane of claim 5 , wherein the fourth medium comprises cabin discharge air.

7. The airplane of claim 5 , further comprising:

a fourth heat exchanger rejecting heat from the first medium to the fourth medium.

8. The airplane of claim 5 , further comprising:

a second turbine configured to receive a flow of the fourth medium and to power the compressor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2017
From: BRUNO, LOUIS J.
To: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62341922 · May 26, 2017
Related Publication 20170341767A1 · Nov 30, 2017
Cited By (2)
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