Patent ID: 9617005
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B64D,Y02T,Y10T

Claim:
1. In an aircraft having pressurized compartment containing passenger seats adjacent a center isle, overhead panels above the passenger seats, and an accessible compartment below the center isle, wherein the aircraft has an air conditioning system with a condenser and a mechanically driven compressor, and wherein said mechanically driven compressor is driven by an engine of said aircraft, a method of reconfiguring said air conditioning system, comprising the steps of: removing said mechanically driven compressor; installing an electric compressor into said accessible compartment under said center isle of said aircraft; installing an evaporator into said accessible compartment under said center isle of said aircraft; circulating refrigerant between said electric compressor, said condenser and said evaporator, wherein said refrigerant cools said evaporator; installing heat exchanger units within said overhead panels above said passenger seats of said aircraft; running tubing in said aircraft between said heat exchanger units and said evaporator; circulating liquid coolant between said heat exchanger units and said evaporator, wherein said liquid coolant is cooled by said evaporator.