INTEGRATED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

An integrated environmental control system (10) is disclosed for providing conditioned supply air to loads such as a passenger cabin (56) of an aircraft. The system comprises at least two shafts (70, 78), each shaft having a fan (72, 80), compressor (74, 82), and turbine (76, 84) mechanically secured to the shaft (70, 78); common heat transfer components including primary (86) and secondary (88) heat exchangers, a reheater (90), and a condenser (92) with a water collector (130); fluid transfer lines that deliver the supply air separately through the compressors and turbines of each shaft (70, 78) and deliver the supply air in common through the common heat transfer components (86, 88, 90) to the load; and shutoff valves (96, 98) secured in fluid communication with each turbine (76, 84). Upon interruption in the the flow of cooled supply air out of a particular turbine (76, 84) secured to any of the shafts (70, 78), a shutoff valve (96, 98) shuts off transfer of the supply air to that particular turbine (76, 84) on that interrupted shaft (76, 78) and the remaining shafts and their respective fans (72, 80), compressors (74, 82), turbines (76, 84), and the common heat transfer components (86, 88, 90) continue to receive, condition and deliver the supply air to the load in a redundant operating mode.