Future military aircraft will demand lower cost and lower weight subsystems that are more reliable, and easier to maintain and support. To identify and develop subsystems integration technologies that could provide benefits such as these to current and future military aircraft, the Air Force Wright Laboratory (WL/FIVE) initiated the Subsystem Integration Technology (SUIT) program in 1991. McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) together with Pratt and Whitney (PWA), and AlliedSignal Aerospace Systems and Equipment (ASE) was one of three teams that participated in Phase I of the SUIT program. The MDA Team's goal was to conceptually formulate a SUIT approach which would provide significantly reduced weight and costs while increasing cooling and power generation capabilities. These goals were achieved with a new and innovative energy subsystem suite which integrates aircraft and engine subsystem power, cooling, pumping, and controls. The suite emphasizes the integration of power and cooling equipment rather than advances in component technologies, i.e. no hardware breakthroughs are required. A key feature of the suite is the Thermal and Energy Management Module (T/EMM) which integrates turbomachinery consisting of compressor, power turbine and cooling turbine with a generator, hydraulic pump, combustor, and controls. The T/EMM provides the power and cooling functions traditionally performed separately by an Auxiliary Power Unit (APU), an Airframe Mounted Accessory Drive (AMAD), and an Environment Control System (ECS).
Integrated aircraft thermal management and power generation
Die integrierte Wärmeregelung und Energieerzeugung für Luftfahrzeuge
SAE Technical Papers ; 1-10
1993
10 Seiten, 16 Bilder
Conference paper
English
Luftfahrttechnik , Kostenoptimierung , Gewichtseinsparung , Militärflugzeug , Steuerungs- und Regelungssystem , Energieerzeugung , Flugzeugtriebwerk , Bauteilkühlung , Hydraulikpumpe , Brennkammer , Verdichter , integrierte Kontrolleinrichtung , Flugzeugturbine , Prozessoptimierung , Leistungsbewertung
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