Fuel delivery
AssigneeROLLS-ROYCE plc
InventorsCraig W. BEMMENT, Benjamin J. KEELER, Paul W. FERRA, Alastair G. HOBDAY, Kevin R. MCNALLY, Andrea MINELLI, Martin K. YATES
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Abstract
The present application discloses a method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the method comprising: determining a mass of a fuel being loaded, or which has been loaded, onto the aircraft; determining a corresponding volume of the fuel; determining one or more fuel characteristics of the fuel based on the determined mass and volume. Also disclosed is a fuel characteristic determination system, a method of operating an aircraft, and an aircraft.
Claims20
A method of determining one or more fuel characteristics of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the method comprising:
- determining a mass of a fuel being loaded, or which has been loaded, onto the aircraft;
- determining a corresponding volume of the fuel;
- and
- determining one or more fuel characteristics of the fuel based on the determined mass and volume.
A fuel characteristic determination system for determining one or more fuel characteristic of an aviation fuel suitable for powering a gas turbine engine of an aircraft, the system comprising:
- a fuel characteristic determination module arranged to:
- receive a fuel mass signal indicative of a mass of the fuel being loaded, or which has been loaded onto the aircraft;
- receive a fuel volume signal indicative of a volume of fuel being loaded, or which has been loaded, onto the aircraft;
- and
- determine one or more fuel characteristics of the fuel based on the fuel volume and fuel mass signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.