26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences
including the 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference
14 - 19 September 2008, Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Paper ICAS2008-6.4 ST1:

THE STATE-OF-THE-ART AND THE FUTURE OF WATER MANAGEMENT WITHIN FUEL TANKS

C. P. Lawson, K. M. Lim
Cranfield Univ., UK

Keywords: fuel contamination management water contaminant

This paper investigates methods to manage the water contamination issues within civil transport aircraft fuel tanks, by preventing water from getting into tanks and/or removing the water contaminants from the tanks efficiently. Some potential, future methods and systems to improve water management are analysed in detail.

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