System and method for scavenging ullage from center wing tanks in an airplane

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8602362
APP PUB NO 20120087807A1
SERIAL NO

12900752

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A system for reducing reactive components in ullage of a fuel tank, typically the fuel tank of an airplane. The system includes an air driven unit for creating a fluidic motive force to remove ullage from the fuel tank, and a main catalytic unit for receiving the ullage and reducing the reactive components to yield processed ullage for return to the fuel tank.

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SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS INC100 PANTON ROAD VERGENNES VT 05491

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Buchwald, Philip Paul New Haven, US 3 91

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