Description / Abstract:
This HIR provides a description of bleed-air pneumatic system
elements and identifies parameters required to define the
requirements for a detailed specification. Specific design
requirements are dependent on the application and should be
incorporated in a detailed specification.
Purpose—This Hydrospace Information Report
(HIR) is intended to provide basic design considerations with
respect to bleed-air pneumatic systems for marine craft equipped
with gas turbine propulsion engines or gas turbine service power
units with compressor bleed-air capability. It is not considered
within the scope of this HIR to cover the equipment driven by this
bleed air or other sources of pneumatic power such as power driven
compressors.
Classification—This report is applicable to
marine surface craft, air cushion vehicles, captured air bubbles,
surface effect ships, hydrofoils and other advanced marine craft,
such as small water area twin hull (SWATH), equipped with gas
turbine propulsion or gas turbine power units.