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Re: Torpedo ventilation
Posted by: Natter ()
Date: August 27, 2011 04:57PM

Rainer Bruns Wrote:
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> That process releases hydrogen
> gas, which has to evacuated out of it's mechanical
> spaces to prevent unwanted explosion through
> sparks from the e-motor once launched.

I don't have detailed descriptions of this, but from some documents I have, it appears the germans didn't just ventilate the hydrogen, but converted it to an inert gas by means of a catalyzer which was installed in the batteryhatch of the torpedo.

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Torpedo ventilation Lawrence 11/14/2001 02:36PM
Re: Torpedo ventilation Rainer Bruns 11/16/2001 06:41PM
Re: Torpedo ventilation Lawrence 11/17/2001 09:30AM
Re: Torpedo ventilation Linclau 12/24/2001 10:56PM
Re: Torpedo ventilation Natter 08/27/2011 04:57PM


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