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US 10,994,226 B2Granted
Fuel deoxygenation with a spiral contactor
AssigneeHamilton Sunstrand Corporation
InventorsHaralambos Cordatos, Sergei F. Burlatsky, Mallika Gummalla
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Abstract
Provided are techniques that include operating a spiral contactor. The techniques include receiving, by a spiral contactor, a first fluid, and receiving a second fluid, wherein the first fluid is different than the second fluid. The techniques also include exchanging the first fluid and the second fluid using the spiral contactor, and outputting a deoxygenated fluid from the spiral contactor, wherein the deoxygenated fluid has a lower oxygen concentration than the first fluid.
Claims14
A device comprising:
- a first inlet configured to receive a fluid;
- a hollow-shaped body configured to port the fluid for gas exchange;
- a first outlet configured to output the fluid, wherein the first inlet is coupled to a first end of the hollow-shaped body and the first outlet is coupled to a second end of the hollow-shaped body, wherein a diameter of the first end of the hollow-shaped body is less than a diameter of the second end of the hollow-shaped body;
- a second input configured to receive a gas for gas exchange with the fluid and provide the gas over the hollow-shaped body;
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- a second outlet configured to output a mixture comprising the gas and the fluid, wherein the second outlet is connected to a fuel tank to displace ambient air and oxygen from an ullage of the fuel tank.
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A system comprising:
- a fuel tank comprising at least a first compartment and a second compartment;
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- a device coupled to the fuel tank, wherein the device comprises:
- a first inlet configured to receive a fluid;
- a hollow-shaped body configured to provide the fluid for gas exchange;
- a first outlet configured to output the fluid, wherein the first inlet is coupled to a first end of the hollow-shaped body and the first outlet is coupled to a second end of the hollow-shaped body, wherein a diameter of the first end of the hollow-shaped body is less than a diameter of the second end of the hollow-shaped body;
- a second input configured to receive a gas for gas exchange with the fluid and provide the gas over the hollow-shaped body;
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- a second outlet configured to output a mixture comprising the gas and the fluid, wherein the second outlet is connected to the fuel tank to displace ambient air and oxygen from an ullage of the fuel tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.