Hydrogen accumulation control system for monitoring and controlling leaked hydrogen within an interior space
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsCarsten Puschmann, Ulrich Huonker
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Abstract
A hydrogen accumulation control system for monitoring and controlling leaked hydrogen within an interior space, in particular of an aircraft, includes a hydrogen detection system installed within the interior space to detect the presence of gaseous hydrogen in the interior space and to provide occurrence data on the detected hydrogen within the interior space, a system control configured to assess the occurrence data and to determine and initiate a remedial procedure for reduction of the detected hydrogen within the interior space, and a venting system configured to vent the interior space from the detected hydrogen according to the remedial procedure.
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A hydrogen accumulation control system for monitoring and controlling leaked hydrogen within an interior space, the hydrogen accumulation control system comprising:
- a hydrogen detection system installed within the interior space and configured to detect a presence of hydrogen in the interior space and to provide occurrence data on the presence of the hydrogen detected in the interior space;
- a system control configured to assess the occurrence data and to determine and initiate a remedial procedure for reduction of the hydrogen detected within the interior space;
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- a venting system configured to vent the hydrogen from the interior space according to the remedial procedure;
- wherein the interior space comprises an accumulation portion arranged and configured for hydrogen accumulation;
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- wherein the accumulation portion is separated from a rest of the interior space by a unidirectional diaphragm, or by a molecular sieve, allowing hydrogen to pass from the interior space into the accumulation portion but not from the accumulation portion back into the rest of the interior space.
A hydrogen accumulation control system for monitoring and controlling leaked hydrogen within an interior space, the hydrogen accumulation control system comprising:
- a hydrogen detection system installed within the interior space and configured to detect a presence of hydrogen in the interior space and to provide occurrence data on the presence of the hydrogen detected in the interior space;
- a system control configured to assess the occurrence data and to determine and initiate a remedial procedure for reduction of the hydrogen detected within the interior space;
- a venting system configured to vent the hydrogen from the interior space according to the remedial procedure;
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- an inert gas reservoir storing an inert gas, wherein the system control is configured to release the inert gas from the inert gas reservoir as part of the remedial procedure to mix the inert gas with the hydrogen in the interior space.
A hydrogen accumulation control system for monitoring and controlling leaked hydrogen within an interior space, the hydrogen accumulation control system comprising:
- a hydrogen detection system installed within the interior space and configured to detect a presence of hydrogen in the interior space and to provide occurrence data on the presence of the hydrogen detected in the interior space;
- a system control configured to assess the occurrence data and to determine and initiate a remedial procedure for reduction of the hydrogen detected within the interior space;
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- a venting system configured to vent the hydrogen from the interior space according to the remedial procedure;
- wherein the venting system is part of and/or coupled to an air conditioning system;
- wherein the system control is configured to control the air conditioning system according to the remedial procedure, to transport the hydrogen at least through portions of the air conditioning system;
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- wherein the air conditioning system comprises a hydrogen gas separator configured to separate the hydrogen from air transported through the air conditioning system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.