FUEL SCAVENGE WATER REMOVAL SYSTEM

An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected...

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Main Authors DUCHEANE EDWARD M, LOUDEN PETER J, BUCHHOLZ JOSEPH M, LONGWELL KEVIN K, SIMMONS MICHAEL L, VEITH HOWARD S, MAUE PAUL J, NAZIR ARSHAD, GROAT J. EVERETT, LEAHY MATTHEW E
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 29.11.2012
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
PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
SEPARATION
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected to the scavenge pump and a water outlet. A water manifold is connected from the water outlet to an input to a fuel supply line to an engine.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201113113945