Conceptual Design of Fuel Dumping System in Aircraft

Abstract

Airlines release the unburned jet fuel into the atmosphere to reduce the weight of aircraft before landing. Sometimes, aircraft reach a weight more than takeoff weight while departing from the airport. Therefore, the pilot follows the ATC comment to dump fuel into the atmosphere to reduce the aircraft's weight to avoid accidents. Due to fuel dumping, an airline faces fuel consumption, loss, and several diseases affect environmental pollutants, and living things. The total fuel consumption of commercial airlines worldwide in 2021 is 57 billion gallons. If jet fuel routinely hit the ground, it would pollute water and land and damage crops and biodiversity. With this, we have worked on the project to rescue fuel dumping into the atmosphere and save living things from various diseases.

Authors

• Kumar, Naveen M, Mr. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Kannan, Ravi A, BE. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• L, Magesh, BE. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Kumar, Praveen T, BE. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Babu, Vijay K, ME. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
• Radhakrishnan, Prashanth, BE. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Keywords

• Drop Tank; Environment; Refuel; Recovery process;
• Aeronautical Vehicles
• Aviation Safety and Security
• Maintenance Technology
• Systems Engineering and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization