| US 7,591,869 B2 | ||
| Apparatus and method for extracting condensate | ||
| Joseph M. Jensen, Torrance, Calif. (US); Michael B. Faust, Redondo Beach, Calif. (US); Mark R. Carne, Sherborne (United Kingdom); Alan L. Jackson, Yeovil (United Kingdom); Richard G. Hunt, Yeovil (United Kingdom); and Brian Kenvyn, Crewkeme (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 30, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/344,288. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0275717 A1, Dec. 07, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. B01D 45/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 55—396 [55/397; 55/434.2; 55/456; 55/457] | 5 Claims |
| 1. An environmental control system for an aircraft comprising:
a heat exchanger unit;
a fluid extraction unit adapted to receive air from the heat exchanger unit and extract condensate from the air, the fluid
extraction unit comprising:
an upstream end positioned to receive the air;
a downstream end positioned to deliver the air to a transfer duct for delivery to the heat exchanger unit;
a gas stream constraining passageway interconnecting the upstream end and the downstream end of the fluid extraction unit;
the passageway having a longitudinal segment and a non-linear gas stream deflection segment;
a first fluid collection stage comprising;
the longitudinal segment:
a swirl device positioned at an upstream end of the longitudinal segment; and
a first fluid collector positioned at a downstream end of the longitudinal segment;
a second fluid collection stage positioned downstream from the first fluid collection stage and comprising;
a gas stream deflection segment; and
a second fluid collector positioned at a downstream end of the gas-stream deflection segment for collecting fluid coalesced
in the gas stream deflection segment.
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