APPARATUS FOR THE HUMIDIFICATION OF THE AIR IN A CABIN OF A PASSENGER OR CARGO AIRCRAFT

摘要

A humidification apparatus which makes possible individual humidification of the air in a cabin of a passenger or cargo aircraft makes available a conditioning fluid to be ejected into the cabin from an outlet nozzle (10). The conditioning fluid contains as a component water which is sprayed at a spraying point in very close spatial association with the outlet nozzle (10). To avoid undesired local cooling of the cabin air caused by vaporization of the sprayed water, the conditioning fluid contains an air flow conducted to the outlet nozzle, into which the water is sprayed. The air flow is supplied to the spraying point at a temperature which is higher by a defined amount than a desired effective temperature of the air flow after emerging from the outlet nozzle. In another embodiment the conditioning fluid contains water as its only component, the water being sprayed at a temperature above the cabin temperature.