COMPLEX FOR GROUP FUELLING OF AIRCRAFT Russian patent published in 2023 - IPC B64F1/28 B60S5/02 

FIELD: aircraft fuelling systems.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to means for receiving, storing, preparing and dispensing fuel for refuelling aircraft. The complex for group refuelling of aircraft consists of main (19) and auxiliary (20) modules. Main module (19) consists of a housing with a supporting frame with consumable tanks for temporary storage and delivery of purified fuel and with technological compartments for equipment. Auxiliary module (20) consists of a housing with a supporting frame with technological compartments and at least one settling tank, configured to receive and dispense fuel through the technological equipment and pipelines of the main module, and its own pipelines with shut-off valves. The tanks of the main and the auxiliary modules are made in the form of suitcase-type containers, the body of which is at the same time the body of the corresponding module with double walls, equipped with a system for monitoring the integrity of the inter-wall space using the vacuum method, and both modules are equipped with an automatic fire safety system, grounding, potential equalization, and lightning protection.

EFFECT: acceleration of fuel supply system deployment, taking down, and relocation, as well as possibility of expanding operation in various climatic zones.

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