Title:
TANK FOR CONTAINING A COMPONENT FLUID, SUCH A PROPELLANT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/250131
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Tank for containing a component fluid or a mixture of components, said tank comprising a first main wall or first wall portion (2), a second main wall or second wall portion (3), said walls delimiting at least one housing area (5) of said component fluid or mixture of components, first heating means (6) of said first wall (2) or first wall portion (2) and second heating means (7) of said second wall or second wall portion (3), at least one controller means (8) of the flow rate of said component fluid leaving said tank, a control unit (CU) designed to operate said heating means (6, 7) so as to maintain said first wall (2 ) at a temperature lower than said second wall (3), said control unit (CU) being designed to receive the signals of said controller means (8) and to consequently control said heating means (6, 7) so as to increase, decrease or keep constant the temperature difference between said first wall (2) and said second wall (3) according to whether the flow rate of said component fluid evaluated or obtained by said control unit (CU) as a function of the signals received by said at least one controller means (8) is respectively less than, greater than or equal to a given value or range of values.
Inventors:
PAVARIN DANIELE (IT)
BELLOMO NICOLAS (IT)
MANTELLATO RICCARDO (IT)
MANENTE MARCO (IT)
TREZZOLANI FABIO (IT)
BELLOMO NICOLAS (IT)
MANTELLATO RICCARDO (IT)
MANENTE MARCO (IT)
TREZZOLANI FABIO (IT)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2020/055417
Publication Date:
January 21, 2021
Filing Date:
June 09, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TECH FOR PROPULSION AND INNOVATION S P A (IT)
International Classes:
B64G1/40
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2015031450A1 | 2015-03-05 |
Foreign References:
| US20130026920A1 | 2013-01-31 | |||
| EP3133283A1 | 2017-02-22 |
Other References:
KURT A POLZIN ET AL: "Propulsion System Development for the Iodine Satellite (iSAT) Demonstration Mission", IEPC-2015-09/ISTS-2015-B-09 PRESENTED AT JOINT CONFERENCE OF 30TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, 4 July 2015 (2015-07-04), XP055292349, Retrieved from the Internet [retrieved on 20160729]
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
FELTRINELLI, Secondo Andrea (IT)
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