US 12,084,188 B2
Mid-pressure water collector for environmental control system
Patrick McCord, Norwich, CT (US); Donald E. Army, Enfield, CT (US); and Liana Frangioni, Windsor Locks, CT (US)
Assigned to HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/538,203.
Prior Publication US 2023/0166845 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. B64D 13/00 (2006.01); B64D 13/06 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 13/06 (2013.01) [B64D 2013/0662 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water extractor for use in an environmental control system, the water extractor comprising:
a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end;
a swirling mechanism mounted within the housing; and
a fog harvester assembly mounted within the housing at a location between the inlet end and the outlet end, the swirling mechanism being arranged at a location upstream from the fog harvester assembly relative to a flow through the housing, wherein the fog harvester assembly includes at least one fog harvester insert, the at least one fog harvester insert including a frame and a condensing material coupled to the frame, wherein the condensing material is at least one of:
a wire array including a plurality of wires arranged in at least two rows of wires, each of the plurality of wires within the wire array being separated from a remainder of the plurality of wires; and
at least one layer of screen-like material, wherein the at least one layer of screen-like material includes a diamond-like screen material.