Castro, Daniel III C.

March 20, 2021

BSAET 3A/Astra Sir Nolasco

AMTA 329- CABIN ATMOSPHERE CONTROL SYSTEM

Dornier 328-Jet
The air conditioning/pressurization system uses engine or APU bleed air to supply
conditioned air to the passenger and flight compartments. The conditioned air is controlled
to maintain the required temperature, ventilation rates, and pressure differential.
Bleed air from the engines or the APU is supplied to two identical environmental control
system (ECS) packs. The bleed airlines from the Left and Right engines are connected by a
cross-bleed line equipped with a cross-bleed valve. The valve can be opened at the
discretion of the flight A crew to supply both ECS packs with bleed air from one engine or
the APU. Overtemperature and overpressure switches located in the bleed airlines from
each engine will shut off the bleed air supply from the associated engine in the event of
excessive bleed air temperature or pressure.
Although the temperature of the air supplied to the passenger and flight compartments is
automatically controlled by the ECS packs. Conditioned air from an external source can be
routed to the passenger and flight compartment through a ground connector. The
connector however is located on the forward lower section of the Right gear fairing.
ECS Packs
The LH and RH packs are installed in the forward upper fuselage fairing and consist of a
cold air unit, a dual heat exchanger, a condenser, and various controls and regulators. The
heat exchangers are connected to the cold air unit and are cooled by ram air.
The ECS packs are protected against over temperature and overpressure from the
incoming bleed air, and against internal over-temperature of the cold air unit. When
triggered the associated flow control and shut-off valve will close and caution will be
displayed on EICAS. Airspeeds below 120 KCAS the cooling airflow is supplemented by
electrically driven ground cooling HX-fans providing high cooling performance during
ground and slow flight operations. Either HX-fan is switched on automatically by a signal
from the MADC when the related ECS pack is selected. The temperature of the conditioned
air is controlled by mixing hot bleed air with the discharge air from the cold air unit at
varying portions.
ECS PACK CONTROL
The RH pack is the main air supplier for the flight compartment. The excess flow from the
RH pack supplements the air from the LH pack for the passenger compartment. All controls
for the ECS packs are located on the ECS control panel. The LH and RH ECS packs are
identical in design.
Engine bleed air is supplied to the associated ECS pack through a flow control and shut off
valve which provides:
- Control of the bleed air supply to the associated ECS pack as selected with the PACK
button.
- Modulation of the bleed airflow to the associated ECS pack via the flow control and
shut—off valve depending on the flow mode selected.