Supersonic airliner Concorde cruises at Mach 2.2., equivalent to air speed of about 1450 mph and carries 140 passengers; Concorde has four entirely separate air conditioning generation systems; part of cabin discharge air is circulated around walls within insulation to assist in cabin cooling; remainder is used for cooling freight holds and equipment bays; pressurization control is maintained by pneumatically operated discharge valves which are electronically regulated; system provides normal maximum pressure differential of 10.7 psi, corresponding to cabin altitude of 6000 ft at actual altitude of 60, 000 ft. (26849)
Air conditioning Concorde
Heat Vent Eng
Heating and Ventilating Engineer ; 42 , n 500
1969
7 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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