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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2009
Applicant:
Alankar Gupta, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Inventor:
Alankar Gupta, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 90/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fuel tank safety system includes a heat exchanger in flow communication with a cabin conditioning system, a blower configured to withdraw a quantity of ullage gas from a vehicle fuel tank for routing through the heat exchanger, and conduit interconnecting the fuel tank, the blower, and the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to reduce a temperature of the ullage gas using cooling providing by the cabin conditioning system and thus reduce the fuel content (or fuel-air ratio) of the ullage below threshold required for combustion.