BSc 21 Fuel System Phase Test

1. What are the two types of fuel in general use

- Aviation gasoline and kerosene.

2. How are they identified

- For AVGAS, it is a single blue band followed by a red
rectangle with AVGAS 100LL written in white. However, for
AVTUR, it is two black bands followed by a black rectangle
with JET A-1 written in white.

3. What colour is Jet A1

- Clear or colourless.

4. What additive can be put into fuel to prevent freezing

- Fuel system icing inhibitor

5. What is the name of fuel tank microbial corrosion

- Cladosporium Resinae

6. How is it identified
- Fungus is of a slimy nature and may appear in various
colours from white to brown to near black. Also, it possesses
an offensive odour.

7. Where is it most likely to occur

- Kerosene fuels, where water is present and temperature is
between 15 and 35 degrees celcius. These conditions can
be found in between latitudes 30 degrees north to 30
degrees south.

8. What are the design minimum fuel flow requirements

- Full power at sea level with an almost empty tank.

9. What are the three main types of fuel tank

- Rigid, flexible and integral fuel tanks.
10. What is a booster pump
- Pumps situated in fuel tanks and used to supply fuel under
low pressure to engines.

11. What is a transfer pump

- Transfer fuel between tanks.

12. What is a jet pump

- These pumps use a supply of fuel from the booster pump to
induce a flow of fuel through a venture connected to a
pipeline. It has no moving parts relying on the motive flow
from the booster pump to move the fuel within the tank
preventing stagnation.

13. What is the advantage of a 3 phase pump

- High flow rates from relatively small pumps.

14. How is vapour removed during pumping

- Centrifugal action causes swirl at impeller eye, which
separates the air and vapour from the fuel resulting in a
vapour free delivery of fuel to the engine.

15. What are float valves used for

- Used as cross-feed valves and inter-engine valves.

16. What are float switches used for

- Isolates the electrical mechanism from the fuel tank for
safety reasons.

17. What is an LP cock

- They are usually ball-type, full-flow type having a range of
movement of 90 from closed to fully open.

18. How can we tell valve position on a fuel system

- A ‘detent’ at each selected position ensures that the correct
selection has been made.
19. What is a Suction Valve for
- Permit fuel to be drawn from the tanks in the event of a
booster pump failure.

20. What is an Interference Spider

- It is fitted to the inlet side in order to prevent the valve from
being fitted the wrong way round.

21. What is the International symbol for fuel

- Four-sided star

22. How can fuel system contamination be identified

- Through the drain valve, a small quantity of fuel drained into
a glass jar and checked for the presence of water, sediment
and microbiological contamination.

23. What is the purpose of a cascade device

- Prevents damage to the tank interior especially the sealant,
which would be the result if a pressurised jet of fuel entered
the tank.

24. What is ground refuelling pressure

- 50 lbs. psi

25. What is ground de-fuelling pressure

- 11 lbs psi

26. What is a Dip Stick

- A rod with a screwed fitting at the top, which screws into a
mating fitting in the top skin of the tank. Protrudes into the
tank and is calibrated to indicate the contents of the tank
between certain limits.

27. What is a Drip Stick

- Short outer tube, which is attached to an adaptor in the lower
wing skin and protrudes upwards into the tank, and a long
inner tube(calibrated in gallons or inches), which slides in the
outer tube, and is secured to the adaptor by a bayonet fitting.

28. How does a Mag Level Indicator work

 - Similar to a drip stick but the top of the outer tube is sealed.
A magnet is mounted on a float which surrounds the outer
tube rises and falls with the fuel level.

29. How does a Wax Charge Fuel Heater work

- An automatically controlled fuel heating system consists of a
thermostatically controlled air inlet valve on the heat
exchanger, which progressively opens and closes to
maintain fuel outlet temperature within pre-set limits above 0
degrees celcius.

30. Where are Sliding Couplings used

- Where only air or vapour passes through a pipe.

31. What is Specific Gravity

- It refers to the weight of a liquid, in comparison with that of
water, the SG of water is taken as 1.