Title:
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AN INERT GAS ON A VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2005118073
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An inert gas generating system (50) for generating inert gas on a vehicle having a fuel tank (66) and a fuel tank vent (68). The system includes an inlet (70) for receiving a flow of gas having a nitrogen component and an oxygen component from a gas source, a heat exchanger (72) downstream from the inlet and in fluid communication with the inlet for cooling gas received from the inlet, and a gas separation module (74) downstream from the heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the heat exchanger for separating gas received from the heat exchanger into a nitrogen-enriched gas flow and an oxygen-enriched gas flow. The gas separation module is adapted (122) to deliver nitrogen-enriched gas from the nitrogen-enriched gas flow to the fuel tank without delivering the nitrogen-enriched gas through the fuel tank vent. The gas separation module is also adapted (120) to deliver nitrogen-enriched gas from the nitrogen-enriched gas flow to the fuel tank vent.
Inventors:
SNOW DONALD R JR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2005/010333
Publication Date:
June 01, 2006
Filing Date:
March 28, 2005
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BOEING CO (US)
SNOW DONALD R JR (US)
SNOW DONALD R JR (US)
International Classes:
B64D37/32; A62C3/06; A62C3/08; A62C99/00; B01D53/02; A62B7/14
Foreign References:
| US20040000353A1 | 2004-01-01 | |||
| US3590559A | 1971-07-06 | |||
| US3419233A | 1968-12-31 | |||
| US2586839A | 1952-02-26 |
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