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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2004
Bradford L. Moravec, Kirkland, WA (US);
Royal E. Boggs, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rodney N. Graham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alan Grim, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
David A. Adkins, Bothell, WA (US);
Donald Snow, Jr., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Greg A. Haack, Signal Hill, CA (US);
Bradford L. Moravec, Kirkland, WA (US);
Royal E. Boggs, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rodney N. Graham, Issaquah, WA (US);
Alan Grim, Lake Stevens, WA (US);
David A. Adkins, Bothell, WA (US);
Donald Snow, Jr., Fountain Valley, CA (US);
Greg A. Haack, Signal Hill, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
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 ().