Parker Hannifin : Aerospace Develops Ecology Tank for New-Generation Jet Engines

Jul 14,2014

Parker Aerospace Develops Ecology Tank for New-Generation Jet Engines

Parker's ecology tank captures and reuses aircraft engine fuel that is typically lost during aircraft shutdowns

FARNBOROUGH, ENGLAND, July 14, 2014 - Parker Aerospace, a business segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, has developed an ecology tank to capture and reuse small amounts of aircraft engine fuel typically lost during normal shutdown operation. The unique tank system was developed as part of the evolution of environmentally friendly jet engine technology to better satisfy changing global environmental regulations.

            The new tank captures small amounts of fuel from the engine manifold that normally drains out following engine shutdown due to gravity. Using a Parker jet pump and a float valve arrangement for control allows the captured fuel to return to the fuel system when the engine restarts.

            "The amount of fuel captured after each shutdown is not large, but when you add this up over the years an aircraft is in service, the contribution of the Parker ecology tank to a better environment is significant," said Parker Aerospace Gas Turbine Fuel Systems Division Director of Business Development Jim McShane. "It's a small system helping to make a big difference."  

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About Parker Aerospace.  Parker Aerospace is a global leader in the research, design, manufacture, and service of flight control, hydraulic, fuel and inerting, fluid conveyance, thermal management, and engine systems and components for aerospace and other high-technology markets. Its product lines include primary and secondary flight control actuation, power generation and control components, thrust-reverser actuation systems, electrohydraulic servovalves, electric motor-driven hydraulic pumps, fuel pumps and valves, refueling, defueling, and aerial refueling equipment, fuel tank inerting systems; tank pressure and vent controls, level and flow control equipment; motor-operated valves and fuel equipment, lubrication oil reservoirs, lubrication and scavenge pumps, fuel measurement and management systems, thermal management products, cockpit instrumentation, lightning-safe products, pneumatic subsystems and components, water subsystems and components, fluid metering delivery and atomization devices, wheels, brakes, and fluid conveyance products such as hoses, tubes, disconnects, and fittings.  It is an operating segment of Parker Hannifin Corporation.

About Parker Hannifin.  With annual sales of $13 billion in fiscal year 2013, Parker Hannifin is the world's leading diversified manufacturer of motion and control technologies and systems, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of mobile, industrial, and aerospace markets. The company employs approximately 58,000 people in 49 countries around the world. Parker has increased its annual dividends paid to shareholders for 58 consecutive years, among the top five longest-running dividend-increase records in the S&P 500 index.http://www.parker.com, or its investor information web site at http://www.phstock.com.

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