The Boeing Company

Rodney N Graham

Alan Grim

Ivana Jojic

Donald Ray Snow, Jr

Royal E Boggs

David A Adkins, Ii

Patrick J Mulvaney

Mark M Thornton

Bradford L Moravec

Greg A Haack

David A Adkins

Jean-Philippe A Beliéres

Eric C Olson

Bradford A Moravec

David A Adkins Ii

Jean-Philippe A Belieres

Jean-Philippe A BELIÉRES

A cooling system for a fuel tank of an aircraft includes a temperature sensor, a cooling system, and a control module. The temperature sensor detects a fuel temperature within the fuel tank. The cooling system maintains the fuel temperature below a control temperature. The phase change cooling system includes a heat exchanger. A cooling fluid flows through the heat exchanger and is in thermal communication with a surface of the fuel tank. The control module is in signal communication with the temperature sensor and the cooling system. The control module includes control logic for monitoring the temperature sensor, determining if the fuel temperature is above the control temperature, and generating an activation signal.

Cooling system for a center wing tank of an aircraft

An inerting system () for an aircraft () includes one or more fuel tank circuits () associated with fuel tanks (). An air source () supplies pressurized air. A heat exchanger () cools the pressurized air. An air separation module () is in fluid communication with the heat exchanger () and separates inerting gas from the pressurized air. A controller () controls flow of the inerting gas from the air separation module () to the fuel tanks ().

Commercial aircraft on-board inerting system

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Rodney N Graham