Patent ID: 8753122

Claim:
A smoke simulator system for being installed onboard an aircraft to reproduce a simulated fire, said system comprising a water tank having a lower cover and a top cover, an ultrasonic generator on the lower cover having diaphragm discs, said ultrasonic generator being inside said water tank, supply means for filling water to said water tank and supplying electrical current to the smoke simulator system, outlet means for smoke from said water tank, having an extension tube connected to the water tank, an outlet manifold connected to and extending away from the extension tube and manifold tubes connected to the outlet manifold to serve as smoke outlets, the extension tube having at least one sump drain hole provided at a lowest area of said extension tube in a water sump formed by the tube, an airtube reaching into the water tank above the diaphragm discs of the ultrasonic generator, the ultrasonic generator being supplied with electrical current by the supply means, a fan being installed in the top cover of the water tank and being supplied with electrical current by the supply means, a Venturi T-fitting connecting the sump drain hole to the airtube, an air pump supplied with electrical current by the supply means, the air pump driven by an electric diaphragm pump to provide enough pressure in the airtube to reach a Venturi effect in the Venturi T-fitting for transfer of condensate from the water sump at the lowest area of the extension tube to the water tank, and a microcontroller supplied with electrical current by the supply means, the microcontroller configured to control the operation of the system for customized smoke production according to an air volume onboard the aircraft where the system is installed.