Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

Torge Kamphausen

Ralph Gaertner

Walter Lindermuth

Guenther Schless

Burkhard Arras

Ralph GÄRTNER

Günther Schless

A rail vehicle contains a sanitary system which has a waste water tank and a fresh water tank which are each equipped with associated filling level sensors. A control device is provided for establishing a link in terms of control between the filling levels in the fresh water tank and waste water tank. The control device monitors the filling level in the waste water tank by associated sensors and controls the filling level in the fresh water tank as a function of a measured filling level in the waste water tank.

Rail vehicle with fill level monitoring of a wastewater 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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