FUEL TANK CLEANING ARRANGEMENT

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15438838

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In a tank cleaning arrangement for cleaning liquid fuel stored in a fuel tank, the fuel is circulated from various selectable outlet areas to various selectable inlet areas provided on the tank via a conduit system including circulating pumps and filters arranged at various locations. At least one circulating pump is driven mechanically by an engine associated with the tank cleaning arrangement, whereby the tank cleaning arrangement is shut down automatically when the engine is shut down, so that a control as well as a separate drive system for the at least one circulating pump can be omitted. Also a combustion engine with such tank cleaning system is and an operating method for the tank cleaning arrangement are disclosed.

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MTU FRIEDRICHFTHAFEN GMBHMAIBACHPLATZ 1 FRIEDRICHSHAFEN 88045

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  • 2017 Application Filing Year
  • F02M Class
  • 1466 Applications Filed
  • 1079 Patents Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
REISCHMANN, Wolfgang Argenbuehl, DE 2 4

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