US 12,270,359 B2
Tank for containing a component fluid, such as a propellant
Daniele Pavarin, Padua (IT); Nicolas Bellomo, Padua (IT); Riccardo Mantellato, Padua (IT); Marco Manente, Padua (IT); and Fabio Trezzolani, Verona (IT)
Assigned to TECHNOLOGY FOR PROPULSION AND INNOVATION S.P.A., Padua (IT)
Appl. No. 17/618,231
Filed by Technology for Propulsion and Innovation S.p.A., Padua (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 9, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055417
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/250131, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000008673 (IT), filed on Jun. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0260039 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. F02K 9/60 (2006.01); F17C 13/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC F02K 9/605 (2013.01) [F17C 13/00 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/4021 (2023.08); F17C 2227/03 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tank for containing a component fluid or a mixture of components, said tank comprising a first wall portion, a second wall portion, said first and second wall portions delimiting at least one housing area of said component fluid or mixture of components, first heating means of said first wall portion and second heating means of said second wall portion, at least one controller means of the flow rate of said component fluid leaving said tank, a control unit (CU) designed to operate said heating means so as to maintain said first wall portion at a temperature lower than said second wall portion, said control unit (CU) being designed to receive the signals of said controller means and to consequently control said first and second heating means so as to increase, decrease or keep constant the temperature difference between said first wall portion and said second wall portion according to whether the flow rate of said component fluid evaluated or obtained by said control unit (CU) as a function of the signals received by said at least one controller means is respectively less than, greater than or equal to a given value or range of values.