Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dispatch critical fuel tank inerting system for aircraft
- Patent Title (中): 派出关键的燃油箱惰化系统
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Application No.: US12558616Application Date: 2009-09-14
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Publication No.: US08147579B2Publication Date: 2012-04-03
- Inventor: Gregory L. DeFrancesco , Renaud Rebours
- Applicant: Gregory L. DeFrancesco , Renaud Rebours
- Applicant Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CT Windsor Locks
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, PC
- Main IPC: B01D53/22
- IPC: B01D53/22 ; B64D37/32

Abstract:
An air inerting system for supplying nitrogen-enriched air to a fuel tank on a vehicle includes an air separation module. The air separation module has an inlet for receiving air to separate oxygen, and an outlet for delivering nitrogen-enriched air to a downstream fuel tank on a vehicle. Downstream parallel flow lines of the outlet are each provided with a flow control valve. The downstream parallel flow lines reconnect downstream of the flow control valves to provide a source of nitrogen-enriched air to the fuel tank. An air supply line upstream of the air separation module supplies air to at least a pair of upstream parallel lines. Each of the upstream parallel lines are provided with a shut-off valve. The upstream parallel lines reconnect downstream of the shut-off valves to supply air to a heat exchanger. Air downstream of the heat exchanger passes to the air separation module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100175900A1 DISPATCH CRITICAL FUEL TANK INERTING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT Public/Granted day:2010-07-15
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