Destructive adsorber via a catalytic-scrubber for onboard pilot breathing air filtering and monitoring
A decontamination system for removing bleed air contamination comprising an enclosure defining a cavity; an inlet fluidly coupled to the cavity, the inlet configured to receive air into the cavity; an outlet fluidly coupled to the cavity, the outlet configured to discharge the air from the cavity; a bed located within the cavity fluidly coupled to the inlet and the outlet; the bed comprising a substrate with decontamination materials attached to the substrate; and a compressor bleed air system fluidly coupled to the inlet and an on-board oxygen generation system fluidly coupled to the outlet.
1 . A decontamination system for removing bleed air contamination comprising:
an enclosure defining a cavity;
an inlet fluidly coupled to said cavity, said inlet configured to receive air into said cavity;
an outlet fluidly coupled to said cavity, said outlet configured to discharge said air from said cavity;
a bed located within said cavity fluidly coupled to said inlet and said outlet; said bed comprising a substrate with decontamination materials attached to said substrate;
a heater within the enclosure, the heater fluidly coupled to said substrate configured to heat said substrate to a predetermined temperature configured to cause reaction of the decontamination materials with contaminants in said bleed air; and
a gas turbine engine compressor bleed air system fluidly coupled to said inlet and an on-board oxygen generation system fluidly coupled to said outlet.
2 . The decontamination system according to claim 1 , wherein said decontamination materials are configured to remove said contaminants from said bleed air.
3 . The decontamination system according to claim 1 , wherein said decontamination materials comprise catalyst materials configured to oxidize said contaminants in said bleed air.
4 . The decontamination system according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate comprises at least one of a mesh, a foam and a nano fiber support and combinations thereof.
5 . The decontamination system according to claim 1 , further comprising:
sorbent materials coupled to said substrate, said sorbent materials coated with functionalities that adsorb said contaminants.
6 . The decontamination system according to claim 1 , wherein said substrate comprises an ultra-short-channel-length metal substrate.
7 . A gas turbine engine equipped with a compressor bleed air decontamination system comprising:
a bleed air supply line;
an enclosure defining a cavity;
an inlet fluidly coupled to said cavity, said inlet configured to receive bleed air into said cavity from a compressor bleed air supply pipe;
an outlet fluidly coupled to said cavity, said outlet configured to discharge said air from said cavity into on-board oxygen generator system;
a bed located within said cavity fluidly coupled to said inlet and said outlet; said bed comprising a substrate with decontamination materials attached to said substrate; and
a heater within the enclosure, the heater fluidly coupled to said substrate configured to heat said substrate to a predetermined temperature configured to cause reaction of the decontamination material with contaminants in said bleed air.
8 . The gas turbine engine equipped with a compressor bleed air decontamination system according to claim 7 , wherein said decontamination materials comprise catalyst materials configured to oxidize said contaminants in said bleed air.
9 . The gas turbine engine equipped with a compressor bleed air decontamination system according to claim 7 , wherein said substrate comprises layers of at least one of a mesh, a foam and a nano fiber support and combinations thereof.
10 . The gas turbine engine equipped with a compressor bleed air decontamination system according to claim 7 , further comprising:
at least one sensor fluidly coupled to said bed, said at least one sensor configured to monitor said bed.
11 . The gas turbine engine equipped with a compressor bleed air decontamination system according to claim 7 , wherein said substrate comprises an ultra-short-channel-length metal substrate.