Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catalytic fuel tank inerting system
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Application No.: US16014037Application Date: 2018-06-21
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Publication No.: US11518537B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Sean C. Emerson , Zissis A. Dardas , Robert R. Hebert , Randolph Carlton McGee , Allen Murray , Eric Surawski , Joseph Turney
- Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NC Charlotte
- Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Charlotte
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Main IPC: B64D37/32
- IPC: B64D37/32 ; B01D53/26 ; B64D37/02 ; F02C7/22 ; B01D53/86 ; B01J12/00 ; B01J19/14

Abstract:
Fuel tank inerting systems are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, an air source arranged to supply air into a reactive flow path, a catalytic reactor having a plurality of sub-reactors along the flow path, and a heat exchanger. The sub-reactors are arranged relative to the heat exchanger such that the flow path passes through at least a portion of the heat exchanger between two sub-reactors along the flow path. At least one fuel injector is arranged relative to at least one sub-reactor. The fuel injector is configured to inject fuel into the flow path at at least one of upstream of and in the respective at least one sub-reactor to generate a fuel-air mixture. A fuel tank ullage supply line fluidly connects the flow path to the fuel tank to supply an inert gas to a ullage of the fuel tank.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190389593A1 CATALYTIC FUEL TANK INERTING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2019-12-26
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