Patent ID: 6829899
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: F02C,Y02T

Abstract:
An auxiliary power unit (APU) starter system comprising:a source of pressurized air that comprises one or more high-pressure storage vessels each having an aluminum-lined composite configuration, filled with compressed air; a source of jet fuel; a turbine power module attached to an APU; an air flow passageway joining the source of pressurized air to the turbine power module; a fuel flow passageway joining the source of jet fuel to the turbine power module; a second air flow passageway laming the source of pressurized air to a fuel expulsion device for expelling fuel from the source of jet fuel through the fuel flow passageway; and a separate valve assembly located in each flow passageway for controlling the flow of compressed air and jet fuel into the turbine power module.