Abstract: An environmental control system having an ozone decomposition catalyst coating in the hot pass side of the primary heat exchanger. The environmental control system includes primary and secondary heat exchangers as well as a rotary compressor and a rotary turbine expander. The environmental control system is used in aircraft for providing conditioned air to the habitable space of the aircraft for life support purposes.

Abstract: A compact air cycle refrigeration system utilizes a three wheel air cycle cooling machine having a fan mounted between a turbine and compressor on a common drive shaft. The fan is positioned between two series-mounted heat exchangers mounted in a ram air duct and used to cool hot engine bleed air which drives the turbine.

Abstract: An air conditioning system of the air cycle heat pump type for selectively heating and cooling a residence or similar space environment. In one embodiment, a combustor and associated Brayton cycle turbine provide the primary drive to a compressor constituting the heat pump. In a second embodiment, the Brayton turbine is replaced by an electric motor coupled to drive the compressor shaft. An auxiliary turbine is also coupled to the drive shaft to provide auxiliary drive derived from the operation of a portion of the system at sub-atmospheric pressure. In this portion, during the cooling mode, water is evaporated into the system to further assist in cooling by removing the latent heat of vaporization.

Abstract: An air conditioning system of the air cycle heat pump type for selectively heating and cooling a residence or similar space environment. In one embodiment, a combustor and associated Brayton cycle turbine provide the primary drive to a compressor constituting the heat pump. In a second embodiment, the Brayton turbine is replaced by an electric motor coupled to drive the compressor shaft. An auxiliary turbine is also coupled to the drive shaft to provide auxiliary drive derived from the operation of a portion of the system at sub-atmospheric pressure. In this portion, during the cooling mode, water is evaporated into the system to further assist in cooling by removing the latent heat of vaporization.

Abstract: An air conditioning system of the air cycle heat pump type for selectively heating and cooling a residence or similar space environment. In one embodiment, a combustor and associated Brayton cycle turbine provide the primary drive to a compressor constituting the heat pump. In a second embodiment, the Brayton turbine is replaced by an electric motor coupled to drive the compressor shaft. An auxiliary turbine is also coupled to the drive shaft to provide auxiliary drive derived from the operation of a portion of the system at sub-atmospheric pressure. In this portion, during the cooling mode, water is evaporated into the system to further assist in cooling by removing the latent heat of vaporization.

Abstract: Working fluid from a source thereof and which is to be conditioned in heat exchangers and fluid conditioning means is admitted lastly to the passageways of a heat exchanger and to a bypass around the passageways to provide to the point of use a fluid from the passageways in a final condition tempered by the bypassed fluid.

Abstract: An air conditioning system of the air cycle heat pump type for selectively heating and cooling a residence or similar space environment. In one embodiment, a combustor and associated Brayton cycle turbine provide the primary drive to a compressor constituting the heat pump. In a second embodiment, the Brayton turbine is replaced by an electric motor coupled to drive the compressor shaft. An auxiliary turbine is also coupled to the drive shaft to provide auxiliary drive derived from the operation of a portion of the system at sub-atmospheric pressure. In this portion, during the cooling mode, water is evaporated into the system to further assist in cooling by removing the latent heat of vaporization.

Abstract: An open loop air cycle air conditioning system draws ambient air into a turbine for expansion and cooling. The air passes through a heat exchanger where it withdraws heat from recirculated cabin air and is passed to a compressor which is operatively coupled to and driven by the turbine to partially recompress the air. The air is directed from the compressor to the intake manifold of the airplane engine. Valves may be positioned at the ambient air inlet to control the flow of air through the air conditioning system and into the engine. Water can be sprayed into the low pressure air at the heat exchanger to provide substantial additional cooling by evaporation.

Abstract: Air at substantially ambient pressure is cooled in a heat exchanger and introduced into an enclosure for cooling. The air is withdrawn from the enclosure and a portion of the air is expanded through a turbine for additional cooling and passed through the heat exchanger for the removal of heat therefrom. The air is then compressed to substantially ambient pressure and expelled. Additional cooling of the expanded air from the turbine may be obtained by evaporating a fluid therein. The fluid may be water condensed in, and withdrawn from, the heat exchanger.

Abstract: Inlet air for an internal combustion engine in an airplane is expanded through a turbine to lower its pressure and temperature and is passed through a water chiller wherein heat exchange and evaporative cooling substantially lower the temperature of the water. The air is then fed to a compressor driven by the turbine and its pressure is raised to a level suitable for input to the engine manifold. The chilled water is circulated through a heat exchanger to provide cooling for the cabin of the airplane.

Abstract: After the intake air for a vehicle's internal combustion type propulsion engine has been throttled down to about the intake manifold pressure, water is sprayed into the air. This air passes through the primary side of an air-to-air heat exchanger so that the vaporization of the water will remove heat from the air passing through the secondary side of the heat exchanger. This cooled air is circulated through an enclosure of the vehicle to provide low cost, low power cooling for the occupants thereof.