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An auxiliary refrigerated air system includes first and second tandemly-arranged auxiliary turbine components, air dividing and mixing valves, an air bypass loop, an auxiliary air compressor, and a heat exchanger. The air dividing valve is connectable to a suitable input air source for receiving and

An auxiliary refrigerated air system includes first and second tandemly-arranged auxiliary turbine components, air dividing and mixing valves, an air bypass loop, an auxiliary air compressor, and a heat exchanger. The air dividing valve is connectable to a suitable input air source for receiving and dividing input air into first and second portions. The air mixing valve is connected in communication between an exit side of the first auxiliary turbine component and an entrance side of the second auxiliary turbine component for mixing the first portion of the input air with energy-depleted air exiting from the first auxiliary turbine component. The air bypass loop is connected in communication between the dividing and mixing valves for bypassing to the mixing valve the first portion of the input air diverted from the dividing valve. The auxiliary compressor is drivingly connected to the auxiliary turbine components, connected in communication with the dividing valve, and operable for receiving the second portion of the input air diverted from the dividing valve and producing compressed air upon operation of the first and second auxiliary turbine components. The heat exchanger uses the turbine engine fuel to cool compressed air routed from the auxiliary compressor to the entrance side of the first auxiliary turbine component.

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An auxiliary refrigerated air system, comprising: (a) first and second tandemly-arranged auxiliary turbine components having respective entrance and exit sides, said turbine components being operable for successively receiving air at said entrance sides thereof and producing energy-depleted air at s

An auxiliary refrigerated air system, comprising: (a) first and second tandemly-arranged auxiliary turbine components having respective entrance and exit sides, said turbine components being operable for successively receiving air at said entrance sides thereof and producing energy-depleted air at said exit sides thereof; (b) means connectable to a source of input air for receiving and dividing input air into first and second input air portions; (c) means connected in communication between said exit side of said first auxiliary turbine component and said entrance side of said second auxiliary turbine component for mixing the first portion of the input air with energy-depleted air exiting from said first auxiliary turbine component; (d) an air bypass loop connected in communication between said dividing means and said mixing means for bypassing to said mixing means from said dividing means the first portion of the input air; (e) an auxiliary air compressor having inlet and outlet sides, said auxiliary compressor being drivingly connected to said first and second auxiliary turbine components and connected in communication at said inlet side with said dividing means, said auxiliary compressor being operable for receiving at said inlet side the second portion of the input air from said dividing means and producing compressed air at said outlet side upon operation of said first and second turbine components; and (f) a heat exchanger having a first side connectable in communication with a flow of fluid providing a heat sink and a second side connected in communication between said outlet side of said auxiliary air compression for receiving compressed air therefrom and said entrance side of said first turbine component for discharging conditioned air thereto.