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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2020
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Xiaohong Liao, Andover, CT (US);
Beakal T. Woldemariam, South Windsor, CT (US);
Brian R. Shea, Windsor, CT (US);
Earl Jean LaVallee, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Eric Surawski, Hebron, CT (US);
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
Fuel tank inerting systems are described. The systems include a fuel tank, a catalytic reactor arranged to receive a reactant mixture comprising a first reactant and a second reactant to generate an inert gas to be supplied to the fuel tank to fill an ullage space of the fuel tank, a condenser heat exchanger arranged between the catalytic reactor and the fuel tank and configured to cool an output from the catalytic reactor, and a fan assembly arranged within an inerting system flow path upstream of the catalytic reactor, wherein the fan assembly is arranged within a gas flow having a temperature of at least 185° C.