Posted on 05/04/2007 10:51:10 AM PDT by Hal1950
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Phyre Technologies, Inc., a San Diego based technology development company successfully demonstrated its GOBIGGS(tm) fuel tank safety system at the FAA's Atlantic City Technology Center. GOBIGGS(tm) (Green On-Board Inert Gas Generation System), is the first environmentally friendly system designed to protect aircraft from fuel tank explosions like TWA 800. This is the result of several years' development in the anticipation of a pending FAA ruling, requiring improved fuel tank safety systems on commercial passenger aircraft.
Over two weeks, various flight conditions were tested. This included ground operations, multiple rate accents, descents, and high altitude cruising in a variety of warm and cold fuel tank conditions. Throughout all phases of operations, the gases in the fuel tank were maintained outside of the flammability envelope, protecting the aircraft fuel tank from internal explosive conditions.
CEO Stuart Robertson stated, "We are immensely proud of the test results. The performance of the device exceeded even our expectations. The successes of the last two weeks, in conjunction with our recent agreements with Rolls-Royce North American Technology Inc, give us the ability to take the technology to the next level."
In addition, the technology is "green". Unlike existing fuel inerting technology that exhausts fuel vapor into the environment, Phyre's GOBIGGS(tm) system uses a state of the art catalyst design that converts the fuel vapor into an inert gas that is recycled back into the fuel tank.
Phyre Technologies, Inc. is a closely held San Diego company, specializing in de-oxygenation, thermal stability, and fire prevention technologies, for stationary, mobile, air, and maritime industries.
Yeah...it’s missile-proof. =P
Actually, it probably is.
Has this failure mode ever occurred on an aircraft other than TWA 800? Have the same conditions ever been present elsewhere?
I guess they mount a anti missle - missle system in them
What about shoe bombs???
Flares and Chaff?
Lemmee guess....they used green wires outside the fuel tank?......
Yes. Accidental center fuel tank explosions have occured in two Boeing 737s.
Any on 747’s?
Probably when they purged with O2 by mistake.
No.
Catastrophic airliner mechanical failure modes are, obviously, rare, or planes would be falling out of the sky left and right.
Only one engine has fallen off a DC-10 in flight, for example.
And Democrat, terrorist-loving, spineless President resistant to boot!
Yes.
Ever wonder why the Feds sealed the evidence, and destroyed some, from the public after the 'official' explanation? IMHO, if it were true about a fuel pump spark, there should be no reason to seal and destroy the evidence.
Too funny. They need to be dealing with the real reason TWA flight 800 went down.
Missle attack, just release the FAA video’s of the radar images.
TWA 800.
Ever wonder why the Feds sealed the evidence, and destroyed some, from the public after the 'official' explanation? IMHO, if it were true about a fuel pump spark, there should be no reason to seal and destroy the evidence.
Probably the same missile that hit the Pentagon.
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