FUEL STORAGE LEAK MITIGATION FOR AIRCRAFT

Aircraft fuel system (400) including a fuel vessel (408) containing a non-mixture fuel. A protective vessel (412) is arranged about the fuel vessel (408) such that the fuel vessel is contained within the protective vessel and a protective space (416) is defined between an outer surface of a vessel w...

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Main Authors PAPAS, Paul, TURNEY, Joseph, EMERSON, Sean C, RANJAN, Ram
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 15.03.2023
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
ARRANGEMENTS OR MOUNTING OF POWER PLANTS OR PROPULSIONTRANSMISSIONS IN AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT
FLYING SUITS
PARACHUTES
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:Aircraft fuel system (400) including a fuel vessel (408) containing a non-mixture fuel. A protective vessel (412) is arranged about the fuel vessel (408) such that the fuel vessel is contained within the protective vessel and a protective space (416) is defined between an outer surface of a vessel wall (410) of the fuel vessel and an inner surface of a vessel wall (414) of the protective vessel. At least one mounting structure (415) fixedly positions the fuel vessel (408) within the protective vessel (412). A fuel consumption device (404) configured to consume the non-mixture fuel. A fuel output (420) fluidly connects an interior of the fuel vessel (408) to the fuel consumption device (404), the fuel output (420) being fluidly isolated from the protective space (416). A relief output (422) fluidly connects the protective space (416) to a relief flow path (424), the relief output (422) and relief flow path (424) configured to vent gas from the protective space (416) and remove any non-mixture fuel from the protective space (416).
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20220192846