Integrated Aircraft Fuel Thermal Management

860911

07/14/1986

Event
Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
Advanced military aircraft have separate airframe and engine fuel thermal management systems resulting in less than maximum use of the onboard fuel heat sink (FHS). In response, the proposed integrated configuration combines airframe and engine FHS systems, and optimizes control of engine burn fuel to nozzle temperature limits. This approach results in lower main tank fuel temperatures, less fuel boiloff, smaller environmental control systems (ECS) increased capacity at mission completion, and less supplemental ram air cooling. Three FHS systems are parametrically compared as a function of mission, heat loads, fuel control temperatures, and component performance.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/860911
Pages
16
Citation
Hudson, W., and Levin, M., "Integrated Aircraft Fuel Thermal Management," SAE Technical Paper 860911, 1986, https://doi.org/10.4271/860911.
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Publisher
Published
Jul 14, 1986
Product Code
860911
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English