Device and method for emptying and monitoring fluid drained from an engine of an aircraft
AssigneeSafran Aircraft Engines
InventorsAlméric Pierre Louis Garnier, Josselin Xavier Coupard
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of aeronautical propulsion, and more specifically to an emptying and monitoring device and method for emptying and monitoring a fluid drained from an aircraft engine. The emptying and monitoring device comprises at least one first intake passage for receiving, directly from the aircraft, fluid drained from the engine, and a first quality sensor assembly for detecting at least one quality parameter of the fluid drained from the engine, having been admitted through the first intake passage.
Claims14
An emptying and monitoring device for emptying an on-board reservoir of a fluid drained from an engine of an aircraft and for monitoring the fluid drained from the engine of the aircraft, the emptying and monitoring device comprising:
- an articulated pole incorporating an extensible first intake passage configured to establish a leak-tight connection with an emptying passage disposed on the aircraft for receiving, directly from the aircraft, the fluid drained from the engine, and
- a first quality sensor assembly for detecting at least one quality parameter of the fluid drained from the engine having been admitted through the first intake passage.
An emptying and monitoring method for emptying an on-board reservoir of a fluid drained from an engine of an aircraft and monitoring the fluid drained from the engine of the aircraft, the emptying and monitoring method comprising the following steps:
- connecting, in a leak-tight manner, an extensible first intake passage, incorporated in an articulated of an emptying and monitoring device,
- admitting, through the first intake, of fluid drained from the engine of the aircraft directly from the aircraft, and
- detecting, by means of a first quality sensor assembly in the emptying and monitoring device, of at least one quality parameter of the fluid drained from the engine of the aircraft having been admitted through the first intake passage.
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