A tank on a firefighting aircraft initially is loaded with water. A polymer gel emulsion vessel is provided on the aircraft, but is not activated and mixed with tank water until such polymer gel preparation is initiated by an operator. When initiated, a pump pulls water from the tank and doses it with gel emulsion. Double elbows and/or the pump impeller fully activates the polymer gel. The activated polymer gel is mixed within the tank by one of a variety of systems including mixing paddles or sparging with gas. In one embodiment, a hollow tower of telescoping form has a float to keep an upper end near a surface in the tank and a sparging gas entry is a controlled distance below the surface, such that gas of limited pressure, such as from a ram air inlet can sparge and mix the water and activated polymer gel emulsion effectively.


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    Title :

    FIREFIGHTING POLYMER GEL PREPARATION ONBOARD AIRCRAFT


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    Publication date :

    2019-06-06


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    A62C FIRE-FIGHTING , Feuerbekämpfung / A62D CHEMICAL MEANS FOR EXTINGUISHING FIRES , Chemische Mittel zum Löschen von Bränden / B01F MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING , Mischen, z.B. Lösen, Emulgieren, Dispergieren / B64D Ausrüstung für Flugzeuge , EQUIPMENT FOR FITTING IN OR TO AIRCRAFT



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    DOTEN LEONARD E | European Patent Office | 2019

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    DOTEN LEONARD E | European Patent Office | 2021

    Free access