Method for controlling the feed air temperature of a passenger aircraft

US8336609B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIRBUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Torsten Schwan · Pinneberg, DE
• Michael Markwart · Halstenbek, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 2004
• Grant date: Dec 25, 2012
• Expiry date: May 17, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D2013/0655
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A passenger aircraft includes a cabin subdivided into a plurality of cabin zones supplied with feed air from respective supply lines, a plurality of temperature sensors, and an electronic control unit coupled to the plurality of temperature sensors. The plurality of temperature sensors measures a plurality of individual ambient temperature values associated with different locations in at least one of the plurality of cabin zones. The electronic control unit derives a derived ambient temperature value for the at least one cabin zone from the plurality of individual ambient temperature values. The electronic control unit then controls a temperature of the feed air supplied to the at least one cabin zone based on the difference between the derived ambient temperature value and a room temperature target value for the at least one cabin zone.