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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2012
Wayne H. Tuttle, Torrance, CA (US);
David Adams, La Mirada, CA (US);
Marcial Alexander Anaya, Whittier, CA (US);
Jeffry K. Pearson, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Wayne H. Tuttle, Torrance, CA (US);
David Adams, La Mirada, CA (US);
Marcial Alexander Anaya, Whittier, CA (US);
Jeffry K. Pearson, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc., Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Abstract
A demisable fuel supply system for a satellite includes a pressurized aluminum alloy tank with an aluminum alloy propellant management device therein. The propellant management device (PMD) can have any capillary action surface tension fluid transport features known in the art. Selected inner surfaces of the tank and the PMD are covered with a plasma powder sprayed titanium based coating to guarantee propellant wettability and corrosion resistance of the fuel supply system.