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Fuel Tank Protection

Wednesday 1:30pm - 5:00pm
This session will cover ongoing and planned R&D to further define the hazard in Aircraft Fuel Tank. Papers will cover the uninerted, partially inerted and inerted tank.

 

Sessions Chairman - Ivor Thomas
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Time Speaker Title of Presentation
1:30 - 2:00 Bill Cavage (FAA) The Effects of Fuel on an Inert Ullage
2:00 - 2:30 Steve Summer (Galaxy) JP-8 Ignition Testing at Reduced Oxygen Concentrations
2:30 - 3:00 Costas Polymeropoulos (Rutgers) Fuel Condensation Model
3:00 - 3:30 BREAK
3:30 - 4:00 David Koert (Wichita State University) Preliminary Investigations of Fuel Cloud Formation in Fuel Tank Ullage
4:00 - 4:30 Robert Kauffman (University of Dayton Research Institute) Do Conductive Residues on Electrical Wires and Contacts in Aircraft Fuel Tanks Pose a Combustion Hazard? Part I. Formation Mechanism
4:30 - 5:00  Jeff Colwell / Robert Peck (Arizona State University) Mechanism of Ignition of Jet A by Silver Oxide Deposits
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For information contact:
April Horner * Conference Coordinator
Telephone: 609-485-4471
Fax: 609-646-5229
Email:April.CTR.Horner@tc.faa.gov


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