Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank

The fire safety is a relevant problem in aircraft fuel tanks design. One of the most suitable solutions is based on the introduction of nitrogen, through distributed nozzles, to decrease the tank flammability. This is given by the nitrogen that pulls the oxygen outboard. There exist several models a...

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Autores: Díaz Palencia, José Luis, Roa González, Julián, Seoane Pujol, Isaac
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)
Repositorio:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madrid
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2022.10.055
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Palabra clave:Reaction
diffusion modeling
Gas interaction
Inerting
Vented fuel tanks
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spelling Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tankDíaz Palencia, José LuisRoa González, JuliánSeoane Pujol, IsaacReactiondiffusion modelingGas interactionInertingVented fuel tanksThe fire safety is a relevant problem in aircraft fuel tanks design. One of the most suitable solutions is based on the introduction of nitrogen, through distributed nozzles, to decrease the tank flammability. This is given by the nitrogen that pulls the oxygen outboard. There exist several models and solutions to describe the interaction of gasses in a fuel tank, nonetheless it is still missing to provide the compatibility conditions required to ensure an inerted ullage. Following this idea, the intention is to provide new results about the required conditions to ensure that the vented convection, given by the fuel tank venting system, does not impact the propagation of the nitrogen to construct an inerted airspace. We introduce some new flat solutions that complement those already existing in the literature. The flat solutions can be used to assess the time required to get an inerted fuel tank configuration in a direct way, representing a simplification on the calculation of the time-to-inert compared to that existing in the current literature. The analytical approaches are validated with real data extracted from a flight test campaign in an Airbus A320. We highlight that the obtained results fit quite exactly with the flight test data.2022-23Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y de la Educación2022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12226/1425https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2022.10.055reponame:udiMundus. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad a Distancia de Madridinstname:Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)Ingléshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:udimundus.udima.es:20.500.12226/14252026-06-02T12:44:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
title Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
spellingShingle Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
Díaz Palencia, José Luis
Reaction
diffusion modeling
Gas interaction
Inerting
Vented fuel tanks
title_short Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
title_full Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
title_fullStr Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
title_full_unstemmed Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
title_sort Solutions and compatibility conditions for a model describing the interaction of gases in a fuel tank
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Díaz Palencia, José Luis
Roa González, Julián
Seoane Pujol, Isaac
author Díaz Palencia, José Luis
author_facet Díaz Palencia, José Luis
Roa González, Julián
Seoane Pujol, Isaac
author_role author
author2 Roa González, Julián
Seoane Pujol, Isaac
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Reaction
diffusion modeling
Gas interaction
Inerting
Vented fuel tanks
topic Reaction
diffusion modeling
Gas interaction
Inerting
Vented fuel tanks
description The fire safety is a relevant problem in aircraft fuel tanks design. One of the most suitable solutions is based on the introduction of nitrogen, through distributed nozzles, to decrease the tank flammability. This is given by the nitrogen that pulls the oxygen outboard. There exist several models and solutions to describe the interaction of gasses in a fuel tank, nonetheless it is still missing to provide the compatibility conditions required to ensure an inerted ullage. Following this idea, the intention is to provide new results about the required conditions to ensure that the vented convection, given by the fuel tank venting system, does not impact the propagation of the nitrogen to construct an inerted airspace. We introduce some new flat solutions that complement those already existing in the literature. The flat solutions can be used to assess the time required to get an inerted fuel tank configuration in a direct way, representing a simplification on the calculation of the time-to-inert compared to that existing in the current literature. The analytical approaches are validated with real data extracted from a flight test campaign in an Airbus A320. We highlight that the obtained results fit quite exactly with the flight test data.
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