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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2014
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Larry Gene Anderson, Erie, PA (US);
Sivanaga Venu Varma Dantuluri, Folsom, CA (US);
Dennis Shea, Grove City, OH (US);
Morse N. Taxon, Erie, PA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle including an engine and a fuel system. In one embodiment, a water drainage system for a fuel system comprises a fuel tank, a fuel-water separator in fluid communication with the fuel tank, and a purge tank in fluid communication with the fuel-water separator and the fuel tank, the purge tank separate from the fuel tank. The water drainage system further includes a fuel property sensor for detecting a presence of water and a purge line in fluid communication with the purge tank for removing fluid from the purge tank, a flow of the fluid from the purge tank controlled by a check valve.