Fuel Systems
To design an aircraft fuel system to meet the requirements over the complete flight envelope requires detailed analysis.
MMI Engineering provides technical consulting services to enable a full understanding of the impact that any design aspect and equipment selection has on the performance of an aircraft’s fuel sub-system including:
- Refuel / Defuel
- Air to Air Refuelling (Receipt and Dispense)
- Engine Feed / APU Feed
- Transfer
- Fuel Tank Inerting
- Fuel Tank Venting
- Fuel Jettison
- Fuel Scavenge
A fuel system is a complex entity of multiple sub-systems interacting to accommodate external influences such as aircraft pitch, altitude and pilot demand whilst meeting the complex requirements necessary to ensure aircraft performance and safety. A successful design takes into account all of these variables as well as fuel type, pipe routing and equipment characteristics through the application of system analysis. MMI have provided this service, using the analysis tool Flowmaster, to major aerospace manufacturers such as Airbus and have been involved in system analysis for AAIB as part of a crash investigation. MMI staff have full security clearance so that work can be conducted on military projects as well as civil ones.