Abstract: A cooling device, for example, for a galley of an aircraft, has a cooling apparatus with a refrigerating medium circuit which contains a first heat exchanger for discharging heat of the refrigerating medium to an ambient air flow and a second heat exchanger for absorbing heat into the refrigerating medium from a cold air flow for the galley. Condensate, namely water, produced by the cooling apparatus or the galley is received in collection devices. The collected water can them be retrieved from the collection devices and preferably introduced in the evaporated state into the ambient air flow so that a discharge of the water in liquid form is no longer required.

Abstract: A method for operating a cooling unit on board an aircraft includes operating the cooling unit in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. In the thawing mode, any thawed water in the cooling unit is drained off from a thawing element with the aid of gravitational force, and the thawing mode is prevented during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft. A cooling unit configuration for an aircraft includes a cooling unit to be mounted on board an aircraft. The cooling unit can be operated in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. The cooling unit has an element that thaws in the thawing mode, from which any thawed water can be drained off with the aid of gravitational force. A control device is configured to prevent the thawing mode during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft.

Abstract: A method for operating a cooling unit on board an aircraft includes operating the cooling unit in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. In the thawing mode, any thawed water in the cooling unit is drained off from a thawing element with the aid of gravitational force, and the thawing mode is prevented during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft. A cooling unit configuration for an aircraft includes a cooling unit to be mounted on board an aircraft. The cooling unit can be operated in a cooling mode and in a thawing mode. The cooling unit has an element that thaws in the thawing mode, from which any thawed water can be drained off with the aid of gravitational force. A control device is configured to prevent the thawing mode during specifiable flight phases and/or flight attitudes of the aircraft.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a plastic pipe comprising a tubular body adapted for guiding through a fluid having at least one of a liquid and solid phase, the tubular body comprising a pipe wall implemented in solid-material essentially made from at least one of a polyetherketone, polyetherimide, polyphenylene sulfide and polyoxymethylene type plastic material, wherein the plastic pipe comprises at least one attachment flange which is attached and connected to an end-section of the tubular body and comprises at least one outer radial protrusion.