Title:
HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT, PRE-COOLING EQUIPMENT, AND PRE-COOLING SYSTEM AND PRE-COOLING METHOD FOR FUEL SUPPLY LINE OF HYDROGEN AIRCRAFT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/074787
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A hydrogen aircraft is equipped with an engine that uses hydrogen as fuel, a fuel tank that stores fuel, and a fuel supply line that supplies fuel from the fuel tank to the engine, the fuel tank or the fuel supply line having a coolant supply port, and the fuel supply line having a coolant recovery port positioned downstream from the coolant supply port in the direction of fuel flow. This pre-cooling system for a fuel supply line of a hydrogen aircraft includes a coolant supply line that supplies coolant to the coolant supply port and a coolant recovery line that recovers coolant from the coolant recovery port, coolant is supplied from the coolant supply line to the fuel supply line through a fuel supply port, and the coolant supplied to the fuel supply line is recovered from the coolant recovery line through the coolant recovery port, thereby pre-cooling the fuel supply line.
Inventors:
TAKAI MASATO
OSHIMA RYOSUKE
OSHIMA RYOSUKE
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/040123
Publication Date:
May 04, 2023
Filing Date:
October 27, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KAWASAKI HEAVY IND LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B64D37/30
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2020079419A1 | 2020-04-23 |
Foreign References:
| DE102017223803A1 | 2019-06-27 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ARCO PATENT & TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS (JP)
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