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Advanced carbon dioxide fuel tank inerting system

  • US 7,905,259 B2
  • Filed: 11/15/2006
  • Issued: 03/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An onboard inert gas generation system comprising:

  • an evaporator that receives a quantity of liquid hydrocarbon fuel from a source of liquid fuel, separates a first portion of the quantity into vapor fuel components, leaves a second portion of the quantity as liquid fuel components, drains the second portion of the quantity through a fuel return line for return to the source of liquid fuel, establishes a nearly constant fuel vapor composition, and outputs the first portion of the quantity as fuel vapor through a vapor line; and

    a catalytic reactor that receives the output of fuel vapor from the vessel and an air input containing oxygen as reactive components.

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