Fuel scavenge water removal system

US8486261B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

• Joseph M. Buchholz · Minneapolis, US
• Matthew Edward Leahy · Seattle, US
• Paul J. Maue · Monroe, US
• Edward M. Ducheane · Everett, US
• J. Everett Groat · Snohomish, US
• Arshad Nazir · Bellevue, US
• Michael L. Simmons · San Francisco, US
• Howard S. Veith · Mukilteo, US
• Peter K. Louden · Bellevue, US
• Kevin K. Longwell · Lake Stevens, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2013
• Expiry date: May 23, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B64D37/34
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An aircraft fuel scavenge system incorporates a scavenge pump receiving fuel from a center tank and depositing the fuel in a wing tank. A water separator receives fuel through an inlet tube providing a plurality of momentum changes to incoming fuel, the water separator having a fuel outlet connected to the scavenge pump and a water outlet. A water manifold is connected from the water outlet to an input to a fuel supply line to an engine.