Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Siemens Mobility Gmbh

Burkhard Arras

Guenther Schless

Torge Kamphausen

Wolfgang Langert

Günther Schless

René GÜNTHER

Holger Engelen

Norbert Schramm

A rail vehicle has a internal tank installed. A connection opening is provided on a base of the tank into which a tank closure can be inserted from the outside of the tank. The tank closure is mounted on an inner side of an unfolding, sack-shaped container, and an edge of the sack-shaped container is attached to a shaft which lies beneath the tank, in the base of the rail vehicle.

Rail vehicle comprising an inner tank

The invention relates to a method for operating a tank for receiving fluids in a sanitary system of a rail vehicle, wherein a) the fill level of the tank is registered; b) in the event that the fill level registered in step a) is equal to or greater than a fill level specified for the tank, ice formation is permitted for a time period specified for the tank; c) in the event that the fill level registered in step a) falls below the specified fill level, the tank is emptied; or d) in the event that the fill level registered in step a) falls below the specified fill level, the fill level is increased with fluid from a fresh water tank, and subsequently, steps b) or c) are carried out.

Method for operating a sanitary tank for a rail vehicle

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Krefeld, Germany

Burkhard Arras