Aircraft Fuel Systems

Roy Langton has recently retired from his position as Vice-President, Engineering & Integrity at Parker Aerospace, where he was responsible for internal seminars & training into feedback control.

Acknowledgements List of Acronyms Series Preface 1 Introduction 1.1 Review of Fuel Systems Issues 1.2 The Fuel System Design and Development Process 1.3 Fuel System Examples and Future Technologies 1.4 Terminology 2 Fuel System Design Drivers 2.1 Design Drivers 2.2 Identification and Mitigation of Safety Risks 3 Fuel Storage 3.1 Tank Geometry and Location Issues for Commercial Aircraft 3.2 Operational Considerations 3.3 Fuel Tank Venting 3.4 Military Aircraft Fuel Storage Issues 3.5 Maintenance Considerations 4 Fuel System Functions of Commercial Aircraft 4.1 Refueling and Defueling 4.2 Engine and APU Feed 4.3 Fuel Transfer 4.4 Fuel Jettison 4.5 Fuel Quantity Gauging 4.6 Fuel Management and Control 4.7 Ancillary Systems 5 Fuel System Functions of Military Aircraft and Helicopters 5.1 Refueling and Defueling 5.2 Engine and APU Feed 5.3 Fuel Transfer 5.4 Aerial Refueling 5.5 Fuel Measurement and Management Systems in Military Applications 5.6 Helicopter Fuel Systems 6 Fluid Mechanical Equipment 6.1 Ground Refueling and Defueling Equipment 6.2 Fuel Tank Venting and Pressurization Equipment 6.3 Aerial Refueling Equipment 6.4 Equipment Sizing 6.5 Fuel Pumps 7 Fuel Measurement and Management Equipment 7.1 Fuel Gauging Sensor Technology 7.2 Harnesses 7.3 Avionics Equipment 8 Fuel Properties 8.1 The Refinement Process 8.2 Fuel Specification Properties of Interest 8.3 Operational Considerations 9 Intrinsic Safety, Electro Magnetics and Electrostatics 9.1 Intrinsic Safety 9.2 Lightning 9.3 EMI/HIRF 10 Fuel Tank Inerting 10.1 Early Military Inerting Systems 10.2 Current Technology Inerting Systems 10.3 Design Considerations for Open Vent Systems 10.4 Operational Issues with Permeable Membrane Inerting Systems 11 Design Development and Certification 11.1 Evolution of the Design and Development Process 11.2 System Design and Development - a Disciplined Methodology 11.3 Program Management 11.4 Maturity Management 11.5 Installation Considerations 11.6 Modeling and Simulation 11.7 Certification 11.8 Fuel System Icing Tests 12 Fuel System Design Examples 12.1 The Bombardier Global Express(t) 12.2 Embraer 170/190 Regional Jet 12.3 The Boeing 777 Wide-Bodied Airliner 12.4 The Airbus A380 Wide-Bodied Airliner 12.5 The Anglo-French Concorde 13 New and Future Technologies 13.1 Fuel Measurement and Management 13.2 Fluid Mechanical Equipment Technology 13.3 Aerial Refueling Operations References Index