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US 12,583,613 B2Granted
Controlling aircraft inerting system
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsMatthew Gadd, Adam Fallon
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Abstract
A method of controlling an inerting system of an aircraft is disclosed. The inerting system feeds inert gas into a fuel tank of the aircraft, the method includes: a) obtaining a location of the aircraft, the location comprising a current location or an expected future location; b) assessing an environmental impact of releasing of fuel vapour at the location obtained in step a); and c) controlling the inerting system based on the assessment of step b).
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A method of controlling an inerting system of an aircraft, comprising:
- operating the inerting system to feed inert gas into a fuel tank of the aircraft;
- a) obtaining an expected future location of the aircraft;
- b) assessing an environmental impact of releasing fuel vapour at the expected future location obtained in step a);
- obtaining a current flammability level of fuel on the ground;
- generating an inerting plan based on the assessment of step b) and the current flammability level of the fuel on the ground;
- c) controlling the inerting system by increasing and/or decreasing a flow rate of the inert gas into the fuel tank, wherein the inerting system is controlled based on the inerting plan.
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