Aircraft Fire Suppression System and Method
AssigneeThe Boeing Comapny
InventorsPatrick T. Baker, Douglas E. Ferguson, Mike R. Madden
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Abstract
A fire suppression system for an aircraft having a compartment, the fire suppression system including an inert gas source in selective fluid communication with the compartment and a fire suppression agent source in selective fluid communication with the compartment, wherein an inert gas from the inert gas source and a fire suppression agent from the fire suppression agent source are at least partially combined to form a fire suppression mixture.
Claims22
An aircraft comprising:
- a compartment;
- and
- a fire suppression system comprising:
- an inert gas source in selective fluid communication with said compartment;
- and
- a fire suppression agent source in selective fluid communication with said compartment,
- wherein an inert gas from said inert gas source and a fire suppression agent from said fire suppression agent source are at least partially combined to form a fire suppression mixture.
A fire suppression system for an aircraft, said aircraft comprising a compartment, said fire suppression system comprising:
- a nozzle positioned in said compartment;
- a conduit network comprising:
- a main line fluidly coupled with said nozzle;
- a first supply line fluidly coupled with said main line;
- and
- a second supply line fluidly coupled with said main line;
- an inert gas source in fluid communication with said main line by way of said first supply line;
- and
- a fire suppression agent source in fluid communication with said main line by way of said second supply line.
A method for suppressing a fire in a compartment of an aircraft, said method comprising:
- monitoring said compartment for presence of a fire;
- and
- after said fire is detected, simultaneously introducing into said compartment a first volume of an inert gas and a second volume of a fire suppression agent.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.