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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Michael Jay Epstein, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Harold Weisgerber, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/02 (2006.01); F17C 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17C 9/02 (2013.01); F17C 13/00 (2013.01); F17C 2201/054 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0325 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0391 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0614 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0629 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0646 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0648 (2013.01); F17C 2203/0663 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0119 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0314 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0323 (2013.01); F17C 2205/0332 (2013.01); F17C 2221/033 (2013.01); F17C 2223/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2223/033 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0123 (2013.01); F17C 2225/0161 (2013.01); F17C 2225/033 (2013.01); F17C 2225/036 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0135 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0178 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0302 (2013.01); F17C 2227/0388 (2013.01); F17C 2265/03 (2013.01); F17C 2265/031 (2013.01); F17C 2265/033 (2013.01); F17C 2265/036 (2013.01); F17C 2265/066 (2013.01); F17C 2270/0189 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for managing boil-off from an LNG tank located on board of an aircraft. The method, including removing the boil-off from the aircraft and disposing of the removed boil-off from the aircraft and an equipment assembly for use with an aircraft having an on-board LNG tank with a vent system having an outlet coupling, including a removal system configured to remove boil-off from the aircraft and a disposal system configured to dispose of the boil-off.