Dual regulation level valve and de-icing device for an air inlet of an aircraft engine nacelle incorporating said valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9341280-B2
Application number	US-201314096278-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Dec 5, 2012
Publication date	May 17, 2016
Grant date	May 17, 2016

Abstract

A valve for regulating the pressure of a gas flow in a duct according to two pressure levels includes a gate whose position is controlled by an actuator with two chambers and a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure P av downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1. The valve further includes a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the pressure P av downstream of the gate and the second set point pressure P2 and permutation means for making the first control means or the second control means communicate alternately with one of the chambers of the actuator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A valve for regulating the pressure of a gas flow in a pipeline according to first and second pressure levels, said valve comprising:
a gate arranged in said pipeline, the position of which gate is controlled by an actuator comprising first and second chambers;
a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure P av downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1;
a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the pressure P av downstream of the gate and the second set point pressure P2; and
permutation means for making the first control means or the second control means communicate alternately with one of the first and second chambers of the actuator.

2. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 1 , wherein the permutation means comprises:
a first distributor configured to assume first and second states; and
a first control for positioning the first distributor in one or other of the first and second states, the first distributor comprising a first inlet and a second inlet, and a first outlet and a second outlet, the first and second inlets communicating respectively with the first and second outlets in the first state, and the first and second inlets communicating respectively with the second and first outlets in the second state.

3. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 2 , wherein the first control comprises a solenoid configured to assume first and second states, the first state being a deactivated state in the absence of a signal corresponding to the second state of the first distributor and the second state being an activated state on reception of a signal S 1 corresponding to the first state of the first distributor.

4. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 2 , wherein the permutation means comprises:
a return means configured to keep the first distributor in the second state;
a second control means communicating with the chamber of the actuator, for which the volume increase provokes the movement of the gate towards a fully open position.

5. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 1 , wherein the actuator comprises a spring configured to keep the gate in the fully open position.

6. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 1 , wherein each chamber of the actuator is linked by a duct to a tap provided on the pipeline upstream of the gate.

7. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 1 , wherein the first control means comprises:
a reserve with an exhaust; and
an actuator comprising a piston whose rod controls the exhaust, the actuator comprising first and second chambers, the first chamber containing a spring and the second chamber linked by a duct to a tap provided downstream of the gate.

8. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 7 , wherein the second control means comprises:
a reserve with an exhaust; and
an actuator comprising a piston whose rod controls the exhaust, the actuator comprising first and second chambers, the first chamber containing a spring and the second chamber linked by a duct to a tap provided downstream of the gate, said reserve, said exhaust and said actuator being distinct from those of the first control means.

9. The pressure regulation valve according to claim 7 , wherein the second control means comprises a reserve with an exhaust controlled by the actuator of the first control means, said reserve and said exhaust being distinct from those of the first control means.

10. A pressure regulation and stop valve comprising:
a gate arranged in said pipeline, the position of which gate is controlled by an actuator comprising first and second chambers;
a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure P av downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1;
a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the pressure P av downstream of the gate and the second set point pressure P2; and
permutation means for making the first control means or the second control means communicate alternately with one of the first and second chambers of the actuator, wherein the permutation means comprises:
first and second outlets; and
wherein the valve comprises means configured to make either the first and second outlets of the permutation means communicate with the first and second chambers of the actuator, or one of the first and second outlets communicate with one of the first and second chambers.

11. The pressure regulation and stop valve according to claim 10 , wherein the first set point pressure P1 is less than the second set point pressure P2; and
wherein the second control means is linked to the chamber of the actuator for which the volume increase provokes the movement of the gate towards a fully open position.

12. The pressure regulation and stop valve according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a second distributor configured to assume first and second states; and
a second control for positioning the second distributor in one of the first and second states, the first and second outlets of the permutation means communicating with the first and second chambers of the actuator in the first state, and one of the first and second outlets communicating with one of the first and second chambers in the second state.

13. The pressure regulation and stop valve according to claim 12 , wherein the second control comprises:
a solenoid configured to assume first and second states, the first state being a deactivated state in the absence of a signal corresponding to the first state of the second distributor and the second state being an activated state on reception of a signal S 2 corresponding to the second state of the second distributor.

14. The pressure regulation and stop valve according to claim 12 , further comprises a return means configured to keep the second distributor in the first state.

15. A device for de-icing an air inlet of an aircraft engine nacelle comprising a pressure regulation valve comprising:
a gate arranged in said pipeline, the position of which gate is controlled by an actuator comprising first and second chambers;
a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure P av downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1;
a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the pressure P av downstream of the gate and the second set point pressure P2; and
permutation means for making the first control means or the second control means communicate alternately with one of the first and second chambers of the actuator
or a pressure regulation and stop valve comprising:
a gate arranged in said pipeline, the position of which gate is controlled by an actuator comprising first and second chambers;
a first control means with a first set point pressure P1 making it possible to position the gate in a first regulated position by comparing a pressure P av downstream of the gate and the first set point pressure P1;
a second control means with a second set point pressure P2 making it possible to position the gate in a second regulated position by comparing the press

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Pirat Guillaume

Classifications

• G05D16/166

  using pistons within the main valve · CPC title

• F16K31/1245 Primary

  with more than one valve · CPC title

• Y10T137/7761

  Electrically actuated valve · CPC title