Auxiliary Vapor Cycling Air Conditioning Systems

Cost-effective cooling solution

Aerocon can design custom air conditioning (environmental control) systems for a variety of aircraft. Typical requirements are humidification, de-humidification, filtering, noise reduction, and thermal control. Our on-staff Air Conditioning DER ensures that designs can be implemented and certified rapidly. Many systems are currently in use, worldwide.

Aerocon designs vapor cycling air conditioning systems for a wide range of applications:

• Cockpit and executive quarters
• Electronic warfare suites / Special mission equipment
• Avionics racks / bays
• Operator stations
• Medevac / Hospital aircraft

The system operates from the auxiliary power unit (APU) or main engine generator, and requires no ground equipment. It is effective even on hot and humid days. Aerocon's superior design is quiet, lightweight, small, and extremely reliable. Components built to military specifications, and parts support is guaranteed.

Typical VCAC System

The operational performance of the vapor cycle system may be varied as a function of the volume of cooling air required and other aircraft electrical requirements. The system can be operated from an auxiliary power unit (APU), ground power unit (GPU), or the main engine electrical generating system.

Each 24,000 BTU of cooling requires 5 KVA of continuous electrical power (surge requirement of 7 KVA). The basic characteristics of a 2 ton VCAC system are shown below:

System Characteristics

The following table shows characteristics for the above configuration.