Fuel Flashcards

(19 cards)

1
Q

How many fuel tanks and where?

A

2 fuel tanks
integral wing tanks (wet wing)

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2
Q

How many pumps in each tank?
What type?

A

3 pumps
1 ejector pump
1 scavenge ejector pump
1 electric boost pump

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3
Q

normal conditions:
what supplies fuel to the engine?

A

Ejector pump
to engine on same side (left wing ejector feeds left engine)

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4
Q

What is motive flow?

A

Utilizes Bernoulli’s principle.
Motive flow is drawn from high-pressure fuel supply line (engine above idle speed) to power ejector pump inside airframe collector tank.

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5
Q

What is the purpose of the scavenge ejector pumps?

A

To keep fuel at a proper level in the collector tanks to ensure constant fuel to the primary ejector pump, and then engine

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6
Q

When is the electric boost pump activated?

A

Engine start
Cross feed (fuel transfer)
primary ejector pump failure
low pressure

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7
Q

What prevents differential pressure between the fuel tanks, and helps prevent fuel spills?

A

Fuel vent system
including a NACA air inlet/outlet

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8
Q

What happens when the Xfeed switch is selected to LO 1

A

Opens XFEED valve
DC pump on right wing
- both engines utilize fuel from right wing

opposite for LO 2

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9
Q

Can you cross feed for takeoff/lading?

A

no

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10
Q

FOHE?

A

Fuel oil heat exchanger
cools oil
heats fuel to prevent freezing

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11
Q

What would cause a FUEL IMBALANCE CAS message

A

220 lbs fuel imbalance

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12
Q

Can you Defuel?

A

Yes,
dump valve under each wing

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13
Q

What monitors single point fueling?

A

EFCU - Electric fuel control unit

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14
Q

How long to fuel from empty to full?

A

50 psig - less than 12 minutes

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15
Q

Single point fuel tests.
how many?
explain

A

2 tests
Lmap test - all lights come on
Shutoff test - When SHUT OFF TEST switch is held up during pressure refueling LH TANK and RH TANK indicator lights must come on indicating SOV has closed
- FAIL light off

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16
Q

NO GPU avialable can you use single point fueling?

A

Yes, select the power switch to BATTERY (in the fuel panel)

17
Q

FUEL LO LEVEL CAS dispalayed means what?

A

310 lbs of fuel remaing in respective tank

18
Q

How to manually close a fuel shutoff valve

A

By pushing FIre shutoff pushbutton for respective side.

19
Q

What happens to fuel quantity indication if one tank quantity indication fails?

A

total fuel indication will be lost