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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Sean C. Emerson, Broad Brook, CT (US);
Barbara Brenda Botros, Vernon, CT (US);
Zissis A. Dardas, Worcester, MA (US);
Lance L. Smith, West Hartford, CT (US);
Eric Surawski, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Catherine Thibaud, South Windsor, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A fuel tank inerting system is disclosed. In addition to a fuel tank, the system includes a catalytic reactor with an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank and air from an air source, and to react the fuel and air along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an inert gas flow path from the catalytic reactor to the fuel tank. The system also includes (a) an air distributor in the catalytic reactor arranged to distribute air along the reactive flow path, or (b) non-uniform catalyst loading or non-uniform catalyst composition along the reactive flow path, or both (a) and (b).
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