Fuel system for a floating unit, and method for the operation thereof

US8360118B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

• Maximilian Fleischer · Ehrenkirchen, DE
• Uwe Lampe · Buxtehude, DE
• Hans Bernhard Müller-Schwenn · Hamburg, DE
• Kerstin Wiesner · Putzbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2008
• Grant date: Jan 29, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N33/287
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fuel system is disclosed for a floating unit, including a fuel passage extending from a filler neck to a motor, a measuring unit disposed in the fuel passage through which at least part of the fuel flowing along the fuel passage flows, for measuring a sulfur content of the fuel through the measuring unit.