PDF Free Download | Aircraft Fuel Systems by Roy Langton, Chuck Clark, Martin Hewitt, Lonnie Richards
Contents of Aircraft Fuel Systems
- Review of Fuel Systems Issues
- Basic Fuel System Characteristics and Functions
- Fuel Quantity Measurement
- Fuel Properties and Environmental Issues
- The Fuel System Design and Development Process
- Program Management
- Design and Development Support Tools
- Functional Maturity
- Testing and Certification
- Fuel System Examples and Future Technologies
- Terminology
- Fuel System Design Drivers
- Design Drivers
- Intended Aircraft Mission
- Dispatch Reliability Goals
- Fuel Tank Boundaries and Tank Location Issues
- Measurement and Management System Functional Requirements
- Electrical Power Management Architecture and Capacity
- Identification and Mitigation of Safety Risks
- Fuel System Risks
- Fuel Storage
- Tank Geometry and Location Issues for Commercial Aircraft
- Operational Considerations
- CG Shift due to Fuel Storage
- Unusable Fuel
- Fuel Tank Venting
- Vent System Sizing
- Military Aircraft Fuel Storage Issues
- Drop Tanks and Conformal Tanks
- Closed Vent Systems
- Maintenance Considerations
- Access
- Contamination
- Fuel System Functions of Commercial Aircraft
- Refueling and Defueling
- Pressure Refueling
- Defueling
- Engine and APU Feed
- Feed Tank and Engine Location Effects
- Feed Pumping Systems
- Feed Tank Scavenging
- Negative g Considerations
- Crossfeed
- Integrated Feed System Solution
- Feed System Design Practices
- Fuel Transfer
- Fuel Burn Scheduling
- Wing Load Alleviation
- Fuel Transfer System Design Requirements
- Fuel Jettison
- Jettison System Example
- Fuel Quantity Gauging
- Architectural Considerations
- Fuel Load Planning
- Leak Detection
- Fuel Management and Control
- Refuel Distribution
- In-flight Fuel Management
- Fuel Management System Architecture Considerations
- Flight Deck Displays, Warnings and Advisories
- Ancillary Systems
- Fuel System Functions of Military Aircraft and Helicopters
- Refueling and Defueling
- Pressure Refueling
- Defueling
- Engine and APU Feed
- Fuel Transfer
- Aerial Refueling
- Design and Operational Issues Associated with Aerial Refueling
- Flying Boom System
- Probe and Drogue Systems
- Fuel Measurement and Management Systems in Military Applications
- KC- Aerial Refueling Tanker Fuel Measurement and Management System
- Helicopter Fuel Systems
- Fluid Mechanical Equipment
- Ground Refueling and Defueling Equipment
- Refueling and Defueling Adaptors
- Refuel Shut-off Valves
- Fuel Transfer Valves
- Fuel Tank Venting and Pressurization Equipment
- Aerial Refueling Equipment
- The Flying Boom System Equipment
- The Probe and Drogue System Equipment
- Equipment Sizing
- Valve Configuration and Pressure Drop Estimation
- Fuel Pumps
- Ejector Pumps
- Motor-driven pumps
- Fuel Measurement and Management Equipment
- Fuel Gauging Sensor Technology
- Capacitance Gauging
- Ultrasonic Gauging
- Density Sensor Technology
- Level Sensing
- Secondary Gauging
- Harnesses
- In-Tank Harnesses
- Out-Tank Harnesses
- Avionics Equipment
- Requirements
- Data Concentration
- Avionics Integration
- Integration of Fuel Management
- Fuel Quantity Display
- Fuel Properties
- The Refinement Process
- Fuel Specification Properties of Interest
- Distillation Process Limits
- Flashpoint
- Vapor Pressure
- Viscosity
- Freeze Point
- Density
- Thermal Stability
- Operational Considerations
- Fuel Temperature Considerations – Feed and Transfer
- Fuel Property Issues Associated with Quantity Gauging
- Intrinsic Safety, Electro Magnetics and Electrostatics
- Intrinsic Safety
- Threats from Energy Storage within the Signal
- Conditioning Avionics
- Lightning
- Threats from Induced Transients in Electronic Equipment
- Protecting the Signal Conditioning Avionics from Lightning
- EMI/HIRF
- Threats from HIRF Energy Transfer
- Protecting the Signal Conditioning Avionics from HIRF
- Electrostatics
- Fuel Tank Inerting
- Early Military Inerting Systems
- Current Technology Inerting Systems
- Military Aircraft Inerting Systems
- Commercial Aircraft Inerting Systems
- Design Considerations for Open Vent Systems
- Operational Issues with Permeable Membrane Inerting Systems
- Fiber In-service Performance
- Separator Performance Measurement
- NEA Distribution
- Design Development and Certification
- Evolution of the Design and Development Process
- System Design and Development – a Disciplined Methodology
- The ‘V’ Diagram
- Software Development
- Program Management
- Supplier Team Organization
- Risk Management
- Management Activities
- Maturity Management
- Installation Considerations
- Modeling and Simulation
- Certification
- Certification of Commercial Aircraft Fuel Systems
- Flight Test Considerations
- Certification of Military Aircraft Fuel Systems
- Fuel System Icing Tests
- Icing Test Rigs
- Fuel Conditioning
- Fuel System Design Examples
- The Bombardier Global Express™
- Fuel Storage
- Fluid Mechanical System Design
- Fuel Measurement and Management
- Flight Deck Equipment
- Operational Considerations
- Embraer / Regional Jet
- Fuel Storage and Venting
- The Refuel and Defuel System
- In-flight Operation
- System Architecture
- Fuel Quantity Gauging
- In-service Maturity
- The Boeing Wide-Bodied Airliner
- Fuel Storage
- Fluid-Mechanical System
- Fuel Measurement and Management
- The Airbus A Wide-Bodied Airliner
- Fuel Storage
- Fluid-Mechanical System
- Fuel Measurement and Management System (FMMS)
- The Anglo-French Concorde
- Fuel System Operational and Thermal Design Issues
- Refuel System
- Fuel Transfer and Jettison
- Fuel Feed
- Vent System
- New and Future Technologies
- Fuel Measurement and Management
- Fuel Measurement
- Fuel Management
- Fluid Mechanical Equipment Technology
- Fuel Valve Technology
- Revolutionary Fuel Pump and Valve Technology
- Aerial Refueling Operations
