Fuel Tank Inerting Harmonization Working Group Team Reports

Ground-Based Inerting Designs Task Team Final Report
LIST OF FIGURES
7.1-1 Ullage Cost as a Function of Purity.....................................................................................C-10
7.2-1 Flight Test Actual Purge Volume to Ullage Oxygen Content Relationship
(737NG Testing)..................................................................................................................C-11
7.2-2 Theoretical NEA Purge Volume to Ullage Oxygen Content Relationship..........................C-12
8.1-1 System Schematic for Airplane With Center Wing Tanks ..................................................C-15
8.1-2 System Schematic for Airplane With Auxiliary Fuel Tank(s).............................................C-16
8.4-1 System Manifold Lengths and Diameters............................................................................C-18
8.5-1 FAA/Boeing (B737NG) Flight Test Results Showing Effects of Crossventing..................C-19
13.0-1 Estimated System Weights ..................................................................................................C-26
14.1-1 Flammability Exposure Results for the Ground-Based Inerting System.............................C-27
14.3-1 JP-8 (Jet A) Flammability and Vapor Pressure....................................................................C-29
14.3-2 Aircraft Fuel Flash Point as a Function of Altitude and Temperature.................................C-30
14.3.1-1 Maximum Oxygen Content for Inerting System Flammability as a Function
of Fuel Type.........................................................................................................................C-31
14.3.1-2 Tank Combustibility With Gun Fire as a Function of Oxygen and Fuel Content ...............C-32
14.3.1-3 Fuel Tank Combustion Overpressure Versus Oxygen Concentration.................................C-33
14.3.1-4 Effects of Dissolved Oxygen Released From the Fuel on Ullage
Oxygen Concentrations .......................................................................................................C-34
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