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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Franklin Tichborne, Bristol, GB;
Joseph K - W Lam, Bristol, GB;
David Parmenter, Uckfield East Sussex, GB;
Simon Masters, Bristol, GB;
Franklin Tichborne, Bristol, GB;
Joseph K - W Lam, Bristol, GB;
David Parmenter, Uckfield East Sussex, GB;
Simon Masters, Bristol, GB;
AIRBUS OPERATIONS LTD, Bristol, GB;
Abstract
A fuel system includes a fuel tank, a vent tank fluidically connected to the fuel tank ullage, the vent tank having a duct open to the ambient atmosphere and the interior of the vent tank, and a catalyst disposed in the duct, wherein the catalyst is adapted to deplete one or more reactive components of gas flowing through the duct by catalytic reaction. Also, a method for depleting one or more reactive components of gas in the fuel system, includes depleting one or more reactive components of gas flowing through the duct using the catalyst.