Matriano, Giorgio Armani C.

A330 Airconditioning System

Hot bleed air enters the pack via a pack flow control valve. Its function is to adjust the
flow rate through the pack. The air passes through several stages within the pack, heat
exchangers and air cycle machine so that it is cooled to provide a conditioned air output, in fact
subzero temperature can be achieved. Two of the stages are heat exchangers, they cool the hot
bleed air using the flowing ambient air, this flow of air enters via the RAM air inlet flap and exits
via the RAM air outlet flap. A temperature control valve is fitted and can modify the pack outlet
temperature by adding uncooled air to the turbine outlet flow. The pack flow control valve and
the temperature control valve are regulated by a pack controller to vary the flow rate and the
temperature output. The two air conditioning packs operate automatically and independently to
provide cool conditioned air. The conditioned air from the pack is fed to a mixing unit, in case of
failure of both packs, an emergency air supply is provided via a RAM air valve to ventilate the
poppet and the cabin or to remove smoke, various pack parameters are monitored by ECAM.
The 4 outputs from the mixing unit feed the four separate aircraft zones. The cockpit, forward
cabin, mid and aft cabin. A zone controller monitors the temperature of the four zone and send
signals to the pack controller to set the air temperature delivered by the packs. Normally, cold air
is delivered by the packs and is sent to the four zones. Since the aircraft may require different
amounts of cooling or heating. Hot bleed air can be added via trim air valves to achieve the
demanded temperature for a zone. These valves are controlled by the zone controller. The trim
air valves are supplied via two hot air valves, these valves regulate the pressure of the hot air
supplied to the trim air system for optimized temperature regulation. A hot air cross valve is also
fitted, it automatically opens when a hot air supply fails.