Particulate mitigating propellant management tank device
US8899974B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 19, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 5, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF05D2300/133
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A propellant management device comprising a plurality of insert vanes with respective outwardly extending curved flanges is disposed in a propellant tank with the curved flanges having mating contact along contacting lines on the interior of the tank as the insert vanes serves to wick fuel within the tank with reduced particulate generation within the tank for improved reliability and use of the propellant tank.
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