A Description and Analysis of the FAA Onboard Oxygen Analysis System

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• Creators:
  Burns, Michael ; Cavage, William M.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center. Airport and Aircraft Safety Research and Development Division.
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation Research
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Aircraft Fuels Aircraft Materials Explosions Fires Formaldehyde Fuel Tanks Gases Nitrogen Noble Gases Oxygen
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AR-TN03/52
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Edition:
  Technical Note
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
• Abstract:
  The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning a series of ground and flight tests with Airbus to prove the concept of a simplified fuel tank inerting system, which has been developed by the FAA. The FAA has also developed an onboard oxygen analysis system to measure the oxygen concentration in the aircraft fuel tank during the testing. To help ensure smooth integration and the safety of the testing, the FAA has documented the system description, interfaces, operation, and has performed a failure mode effects criticality analysis. This analysis attempts to identify the failure modes of each system component and assess the effects of these failures on the component, system, and aircraft. The analysis also applies a hazard category to each hazard as well as some hazard probability when it was deemed necessary by the author. Hazard controls are also listed. All relevant system information has been summarized to allow for the system to be properly integrated into the proposed flight test aircraft. The results of the analysis indicated that most failure modes had no effect on the aircraft or other secondary systems. The few hazards with potential aircraft effects have significant controls in place to reduce the likelihood of the hazard and mitigate any potential hazard exposure.
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
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