An aircraft fuel system comprising: a fuel tank (20); and a cyclonic separator (1). The cyclonic separator comprises: a separation chamber; an inlet (2) in fluid communication with the fuel tank (20) and the separation chamber; a fuel outlet (4) in fluid communication with the separation chamber; and a water outlet (3). The cyclonic separator is adapted to discharge water from the water outlet (3) and relatively less dense liquid fuel from the fuel outlet (4), and wherein the cyclonic separator (1) further comprises a permeation member (22) formed from a water-permeable material which enables water in the separation chamber to flow through the water-permeable material and out of the water outlet (3), but substantially prevents liquid fuel in the separation chamber from doing so.
AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM WITH CYCLONIC SEPARATOR
FLUGZEUGKRAFTSTOFFSYSTEM MIT FLIEHKRAFTABSCHEIDER
SYSTÈME DE CARBURANT D'AÉRONEFS AVEC SÉPARATEUR À CYCLONE
2019-10-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B04C APPARATUS USING FREE VORTEX FLOW, e.g. CYCLONES , Zentrifugalapparate mit freier Wirbelströmung, z.B. Zyklone / B01D SEPARATION , Trennen / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT / C10G Spalten [Cracken] von Kohlenwasserstoffölen , CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS |
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