25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.7.5

ANALYSIS OF AIRCRAFT COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS

M. Rada, M. Töppel, F. Puntigliano*
TU Hamburg, Germany; *Luftfahrtgeräte Gauting GmbH, Germany

Keywords: compressor, performance, simulation

Analysis of aircraft compressor systems for the water supply lead to several problems by applying the standard performance curve for the determination of compressor life cycles. Measurements show, that the cabin pressure is a very important factor which is so far not taken into account.

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