Fluid handling – Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow – Tank within tank
Patent
1979-05-31
1981-10-13
Cline, William R.
Fluid handling
Plural tanks or compartments with parallel flow
Tank within tank
137565, 137587, 220 85S, 220 88R, 220900, 244135R, B64D 3708
Patent
active
042942799
ABSTRACT:
A fuel tank largely filled with a plurality of discrete impermeably walled cells, the cells and the space between them and the tank sides and roof being substantially filled with fire protective reticulated structure. The cells are each plugged into one of a plurality of fuel collection networks, via non-return valves which prevent return flow of the fuel into the cells. The region between the cells and the tank walls is arranged to receive incoming fuel which then flows from the ullage into the cells, and, by means of a self switching pump, is also arranged to empty preferentially. The purpose of the invention is to minimize fuel loss and fuel fire in the event of a tank rupture.
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Cline William R.
Spiegel H. Jay
The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Go
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