EQUIPMENT FOR UNDERWATER RANK DRIVING Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC F41H7/02 

FIELD: construction of power plants associated with the air supply for combustion and discharge of exhaust gases, applicable in tanks for provision of underwater driving.

SUBSTANCE: detachable low-profiled housing are positioned under the automatic loader, and obliquely installed with the flanges on the left-hand and right-hand louvers. The housings are provided with box-type air conduits directed to the hull sides. Flanges for installation of the left-hand and right-hand air-intake pipes in the traveling position of the turret are positioned in the upper walls of the air conduit in the area of the overtrack racks. The total area of the flow section of the air-intake pipes and box-type air conduits provides for and air flow rate required for active life of the crew and engine operation in the low-power condition at underwater traveling. The housings are provided with air-intake openings with covers opening due to unlocking of the covers and their turn with the aid of the torsion bars at a release of the air-intake pipes. The dimensions of the air-intake openings are selected with provision of an additional air flow rate required for engine operation in the maximum-power condition, which makes it possible to conduct combat actions just after stream crossing without release of the low-profiled housings.

EFFECT: the low-profiled housings make it possible to dispose them in a restricted space.

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