ARMOURED VEHICLE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC F41H7/00 B60H1/32 

FIELD: weapons and ammunition.

SUBSTANCE: armoured vehicle comprises a body, a tower or a superstructure, a manned compartment with workplaces of crew members, a source of power, a life support system. The life support system comprises a filter ventilation plant and a plant for air conditioning. The air conditioning plant comprises a cooling circuit made of ventilation-cooling units, every of which has a refrigerating unit, a device to create an air flow towards a crew member, an inbuilt control panel and a circuit of heat release into atmosphere. The circuit of heat release to atmosphere comprises an expansion tank with an inbuilt sensor of working liquid level and a container. The container comprises a vessel, two covers, a sensor of container cover position, a heat exchanger, a device to develop an air flow into atmosphere, a pump and a control unit. In the air conditioning plant there is a coolant applied, and a thermostat is installed. In the cooling circuit of the air conditioning plant each refrigerating unit is equipped with an inbuilt valve of coolant flow control. Control of all ventilation-cooling units is carried out by means of a single control panel. A circuit of heat release to atmosphere is arranged in the form of the following components installed in the container: a compressor for compression and a compressor drive fixed on a shock-absorbing frame, a heat exchanger for coolant condensation, a receiver for drying and cleaning of a coolant from mechanical admixtures, separation of a liquid phase of a coolant from a gaseous one, a contactor and at least one sensor of coolant pressure. A contactor blocks connections and disconnections of the air conditioning plant. The sensor of coolant pressure is designed to monitor coolant pressure in the air conditioning plant and its disconnection, when coolant pressure deviates from the specified range of working pressure. Each of ventilation-cooling units is connected by pipelines of coolant distribution via heat-controlling valves and a receiver with an outlet nozzle of the heat exchanger, and via a compressor, with inlet nozzles of the heat exchanger. The single control panel of the air conditioning plant is electrically connected with devices to develop air flow into atmosphere and towards crew members, sensors of container cover position and coolant pressure, the compressor, the compressor drive, the contactor, the thermostat and the power source.

EFFECT: simplified device and its increased efficiency.

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