Disclosed is a system for distributing air to plural aircraft zones that receive manifold air from a mix manifold, the system has: a thermal electronic cooler trim module (TEC), fluidly connected between a recirculating fan and the mix manifold; the TEC has: multiple TEC zones, each fluidly connected to, and sized relative to heating requirements of, a respective one of the aircraft zones; a first TEC inlet, through which a first portion of the recirculated air enters the TEC, is heat treated in a first heating direction, and is exhausted toward the mix manifold; and a second TEC inlet, through which a second portion of the recirculated air enters the TEC zones, is heat treated in a second heating direction, and is exhausted toward the aircraft zones for mixing with the manifold air.

A system for distributing air to a plurality of aircraft zones includes an air mixer including an air inlet plenum and a manifold. The manifold including a plurality of sections fluidly coupled to the plurality of aircraft zones. At least one thermoelectric device is associated with said plurality of sections of said manifold. The at least one thermoelectric device is operable to condition air within said plurality of sections to a desired temperature corresponding to the plurality of aircraft zones.

Commercial supersonic aircraft and associated systems and methods. A representative commercial supersonic aircraft includes a fuselage configured to carry a crew and between 20 and 60 passengers, a delta wing mounted to the fuselage, and a propulsion system carried by at least one of the wing and the fuselage, the propulsion system including a plurality of engines, at least one variable-geometry inlet, and at least one variable-geometry nozzle.

A system comprises an environmental control system (ECS) having a plurality of ducts configured to convey a flow of air into an interior space through the plurality of ducts. A plurality of valves are disposed in the plurality of ducts to control the flow of air through a respective duct into the interior space. A plurality of sensors are disposed in the interior space configured to sense a passenger condition.

A method of operating an aircraft air conditioning system is includes delivering cabin air to a lower recirculation heat exchanger included in a lower cooling zone to generate lower cooled recirculated cabin air and delivering the cabin air to an upper recirculation heat exchanger included in an upper cooling zone to generate upper cooled recirculation air. The method further comprising generating power via a power system, and invoking, via the controller, a recirculation ground maintenance mode to command the power system to deliver power to one or both of the lower cooling zone and the upper cooling zone so as to output one or both of the lower cooled recirculated cabin air and the upper cooled recirculated cabin to an aircraft cabin.

A cooling system for a galley installed in a transportation device, in particular an aircraft, comprises a cooling device with a coolant circuit configured to have a coolant flow therethrough. A fluid line is configured to have a fluid to be cooled flow therethrough and is thermally coupled with the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the fluid to be cooled to the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit, and an air line configured to be flowed through with air and thermally coupled to the coolant circuit of the cooling device to transfer heat from the coolant to the air line. The air line, downstream of the thermal coupling of the air line with the coolant circuit, is connectable to a cabin region of the transportation device accommodating the galley to supply the cabin region with air warmed by heat transfer from the coolant circulating in the coolant circuit.

A trolley compartment for an on-board kitchen intended for installation in a transport vehicle comprises a frontal access aperture as well as a rear wall that lies opposite the access aperture. A worktop forms an upper boundary of the trolley compartment. A first cooling fluid duct, which is connectable to an interior space of the trolley compartment via at least one first cooling fluid aperture, is integrated into or arranged adjacent to the worktop. At least one first removable cooling fluid aperture cover is selectively mountable in the first cooling fluid duct over the first cooling fluid aperture to separate the first cooling fluid duct from the interior space of the trolley compartment, or demountable from the first cooling fluid duct to connect the first cooling fluid duct to the interior space of the trolley compartment via the first cooling fluid aperture.

A galley cooling system for installation in a transportation means, in particular an aircraft, comprises a cooling device comprising a coolant circuit configured to be flowed through with a coolant. The cooling system further comprises a first fluid line configured to be flowed through with a first fluid and being thermally coupled with the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the first fluid line fluid to the coolant circuit coolant, and a second fluid line configured to be flowed through with a second fluid and being thermally coupled to the coolant circuit to transfer heat from the coolant circuit coolant to the second fluid line fluid. The second fluid line comprises a first portion integrated into or arranged adjacent to a galley worktop, the first portion of the second fluid line being configured to be flowed through with the second fluid in a direction parallel to the worktop.

A mixer assembly for an air-conditioning system comprising a recirculation air line, connectable to a vehicle region to be air-conditioned, to remove recirculation air from the region, and an air-conditioning air line, connectable to an air-conditioning unit to remove conditioned air from the air-conditioning unit. A first mixing region, for mixing the recirculation air with the conditioned air, is connected to the two air lines. A second mixing region, for mixing the first mixing region air with recirculation air, is connected to the recirculation air line and the first mixing region. Also, a first supply line is connected to the first mixing region to supply air from the first mixing region to a first partial region of the vehicle region, and a second supply line is connected to the second mixing region to supply air from the second mixing region to a second partial region of the vehicle region.

A vehicle passenger cabin control system that includes a cabin control panel having an interface that is operable to receive control commands. The cabin control panel is operable to control at least one passenger cabin system in response to a received control command. The cabin control system includes a first wireless data interface. The control system also includes a mobile device that includes a display screen, a user interface operable to receive control commands, and a second wireless data interface to send the control commands to the cabin control panel. Control commands received by the user interface of the mobile device are transmitted by the cabin control panel by the second wireless data interface and the first wireless data interface. The cabin control panel is operable to control at least one passenger cabin system in response to a received mobile control command.