Aircraft propulsion assembly comprising a fire-fighting system with a line for distributing extinguishing agent

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11524192-B2
Application number	US-202117362568-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	Jul 2, 2020
Publication date	Dec 13, 2022
Grant date	Dec 13, 2022

Abstract

A propulsion assembly including a turbomachine attached to a pylon, and a fire-fighting system, the turbomachine including fire zones, the fire-fighting system including two reservoirs of pressurized extinguishing agent in the pylon and a distribution line connecting the reservoirs to nozzles. The distribution line includes connected pipes having a low point between the reservoirs and the nozzles, and, for each low point, a fluid drainage device for evacuating fluid. The drainage device includes a fluid passage for fluid evacuation from the distribution line and a mechanism for shutting off the fluid passage, the mechanism movable under effect of distribution line pressure, between a first position where it opens the fluid passage and a second position where it closes the fluid passage, the second position being reached when the pressure in the distribution line is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A propulsion assembly comprising:
a turbomachine attached to a pylon and comprising a plurality of fire zones, each of which comprises one or more nozzles; and
a fire-fighting system comprising:
two reservoirs of pressurized extinguishing agent that are in the pylon; and
a distribution line that connects each of the reservoirs to the one or more nozzles in each of the plurality of fire zones and comprises:
a set of pipes that are connected to one another and have, between the two reservoirs and the one or more nozzles of the plurality of fire zones, one or more low points; and
a fluid drainage device for each of the one or more low points, the fluid drainage device comprising:
a fluid passage for evacuation of a fluid out of the distribution line; and
a shut-off mechanism for shutting off the fluid passage, the shut-off mechanism being movable, under effect of a pressure prevailing in the distribution line, between a first position, in which it opens the fluid passage, and a second position, in which it closes the fluid passage;
wherein the second position is reached when the pressure in the distribution line is greater than or equal to a predetermined pressure.

2. The propulsion assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the shut-off mechanism comprises a mobile device that is movable between a rest position, in which it opens the fluid passage and a shut-off position in which it closes the fluid passage.

3. The propulsion assembly according to claim 2 , wherein:
the drainage device comprises a chassis fastened to at least one pipe of the set of pipes; and
the shut-off mechanism is fastened to the chassis of the drainage device.

4. The propulsion assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the shut-off mechanism is a spring leaf.

5. The propulsion assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the shut-off mechanism comprises an elastic mechanism mechanically coupled to the mobile device to return the mobile device to the rest position.

6. The propulsion assembly according to claim 5 , wherein:
the mobile device is a shutter mounted in a pivot connection on the chassis; and
the elastic mechanism is a torsion spring fastened to the shutter and to the chassis.

7. The propulsion assembly according to claim 5 , wherein:
the mobile device is a valve mounted movable in translation in the chassis; and
the elastic mechanism is a spring fitted onto the valve.

Assignees

• Airbus Operations Sas

Inventors

• Cayssials Julien
• Soulie Adeline
• Guichot Arnaud
• Brachet Nicolas

Classifications

• A62C35/68

  Details, e.g. of pipes or valve systems (valves in general F16K) · CPC title

• B64D29/02

  associated with wings · CPC title

• B64D45/00 Primary

  Aircraft indicators or protectors not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• B64D27/12 Primary

  within, or attached to, wings · CPC title

• B64D2045/009

  Fire detection or protection; Erosion protection, e.g. from airborne particles · CPC title