GOBIGGS™ "Green" On-Board Inert Gas Generation System
Since the 1996 accident of TWA 800, there has been a great push to improve the safety of fuel tanks on commercial aircrafts with Center Wing Tanks (CWT). The On-Board Inert Gas Generation System (OBIGGS) has been in use in military aircrafts for many years. This technology is now being considered for implementation in commercial aircrafts.
Phyre Technologies has developed a new patent pending OBIGGS called GOBIGGS™ which can be lighter, smaller, environmentally friendly, possibly easier and cheaper to implement compared to the existing OBIGGS technologies available in the marketplace.
De-oxygenation System
Water
There are numerous applications for the De-Oxygenation of water. These include high temperature boiler systems where the removal of excess oxygen dramatically reduces the corrosive buildup within the boiler. Also possible is the De-Oxygenation of swimming pools allowing for the significant reduction or elimination of the need for chlorine.
An additional application is in ballast water systems for commercial marine vessels. Currently, commercial vessels are required by regulation to exchange water ballast in the open ocean prior to arrival at a foreign port. This is to prevent the movement of non-indigenous life forms to the destination port. This open water exchange is dangerous and time consuming. By installing a Phyre's Advanced De-Oxygenation System (PADS) on the commercial vessel, the removal of oxygen eliminates the possibility of non-indigenous life forms being transported to new ports. This eliminates the risk of open water exchanges as well as reduces the delays in getting the ship to port.
Fuel
Almost all liquid fuels contain certain amount of dissolved oxygen in the due to the fact that fuel is exposed to the air during transfer and storage. When fuel is heated to about 350 to 400 F (150 to 200 C), the dissolved oxygen in the fuel tends to react with the fuel to form the precursors of gums, varnishes, and other solid residue which tend to deposit in the fuel nozzles, fuel lines, etc. Thus, the dissolved oxygen in fuel acts as a "cholesterol" of fuel which tends to block the arteries of fuel systems! Phyre has developed technologies to remove this dissolved oxygen from the fuel.
The fuel with dissolved oxygen must not be confused with the "oxygenated fuels" where additives such as MTBE or ethanol are added to gasoline products to boost the octane rating and reduce emissions. Oxygenated fuels sometimes called reformulated gasoline or (RFG) is a wholly different issue and our technologies are not designed to address the reformulated gasoline.
