This must have been a subject to which you have not given much thought-how does the toilet work on a modern aircraft? What’s the built-in device going to do with your waste once you’re done with a number two? This complicated waste management method will be explained in this article, along with a few bonus bits of information which will extend your knowledge of how a modern airliner operates. Let ‘s start with those pictures.
Don’t worry …
There are some people who are concerned about getting on an airliner for a number two. This is because they are afraid their waste would “fall” somewhere on the planet. The good news is that the waste management system doesn’t work that way at all.
You may wonder where the poop is going
You can wonder how the system and plumbing of the aircraft works, and where the poop goes. The poop goes from your ass, into the ass of the aeroplane to simplify the clarification. After that is where the real magic takes place.
The avion has a number of tanks
The explanation of the previous picture discussed something about “the belly of the aeroplane.” That’s actually real, and that belly is just one of many tanks contained inside the aircraft. By suction these tanks get filled with waste.
Click the Flush Button
The first step of the process is to click the flush button in the aeroplane’s toilet. Pressing the button opens a valve at the bowl ‘s bottom which exposes the bowl’s contents to a pneumatic vacuum in turn.
Suction and storage tanks are available
There are two types of tanks in the aircraft-tanks for suction and storage. It doesn’t matter the differences between them but what matters is that you don’t want to overfill the holding tanks. When that happens, they can begin to drop waste outside the storage tank.
How much waste a plane can hold?
You may wonder at this point just how big these holding tanks are, and how much waste they can handle? The response is around 20 gallons per tank, with a total capacity of about 100 gallons on the larger commercial aircraft-that ‘s 5 tanks per plane.
Cleaning Tanks
Tanks aren’t a device of “place and forget.” They have to be swept and drained regularly. This occurs every time the plane landes, where a crew (a lavatory service vehicle) hooks up to the tank and empties its contents into the vehicle.
James Kemper invented the device
It is important to identify all innovators by name and James Kemper is no different – he is the guy who invented the vacuum toilet machine used in modern aircraft. During the 1970s he invented the system, and the system is still in use today.
In front of Kemper System
For millions of people the Kemper vacuum toilet machine improved air travel. Passengers had to use slosh buckets before their machine, which could either be poured into the bathroom during turbulence, or chucked out of the mid-flight window.
Boeing was the first to manipulate the device
Boeing was the first firm to use Kepler ‘s method on their aircraft. That occurred in 1982, meaning that it took the technology several years to adapt to commercial use. The machine relied on a blue-liquid Skykem call to assist the suction operation.
On the Blue Fluid
The blue liquid used in the toiler system of aircraft is called Skykem, and it serves as a deodorant and purifies the waste. The liquid is non-sticky, which allows the suction process to better “take” all the waste in the toilet that you drop in.
The Waste Device Closed
The contents are exposed to a pneumatic vacuum until you push the Flush button. That pneumatic vacuum swirls the contents of the bowl into one of the tanks (together with the blue liquid)-this is called the “near waste device.”
Can’t wash out the toilet tank
There is a theory that says the toilet tank of the aeroplane can be ejected if the order is sent by the captain. This is absolutely false – the captain is unable to remove the tank, as it would be clearly dangerous to those on the ground underneath.
What about this
The reason the “ejectable toiler tank” theory spread is because some people saw some of the blue liquid of the aeroplane toilet falling down on the ground. Because of its frozen state, the liquid had been called “blue ice.” That’s natural, since the liquid is frozen because of the temperatures and the wind it took to hit the earth.
What’s going on on the ground?
It was stated earlier in this article that once a plane landes safely on the ground, a truck comes to collect all of the excess waste. What is happening to the excess waste pumped into the truck? The answer is, sadly, a mystery.
