Aeronautics and astronautics – Aircraft structure – Passenger or crew accommodation
Patent
1982-05-27
1984-07-31
Blix, Trygve M.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Aircraft structure
Passenger or crew accommodation
62DIG5, 623233, 623234, 98 15, B64D 1308, B64D 1302
Patent
active
044625618
ABSTRACT:
The invention is an ECS system designed to utilize an induction motor (12) and a cabin compressor (14) for providing pressurized air that serves as a source of energy for heating, cooling, pressurizing and other air needs of modern aircraft. An aircraft engine driven generator, preferably a permanent-magnet generator (of the samarium-cobalt, SmCo, type), furnishes variable-voltage/variable frequency, VV/VF, power to the motor (12). The electric motor itself in the preferred embodiment is a highly reliable squirrel-cage induction motor (12) powered directly from the VV/VF supply, with the result that its speed is proportional to the generator frequency, which in turn is dependent on the aircraft engine speed. The main cabin compressor (14) and a secondary (auxiliary) supercharging compressor (18) are both mounted on the motor shaft. The motor-compressor configuration is further characterized in that the ac motor has pole-changing winding (typically two), which permits two speed operation, while the cabin compressor is provided with inlet guide vanes (16). The interactive combination of these two features makes it possible to furnish the requisite air mass flow and pressurization levels over the conditions of variable air density and variable atmospheric pressure, as the airplane operates throughout its flight envelope.
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Blix Trygve M.
Corl Rodney
Dachs Louis L.
Lockheed Corporation
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