Theoretical Preliminary Research of Aviation Fuel Quality Control as a Tool for Ensuring the Safety of Civil Aviation Aircraft

Victoria Zharkova,А А Браилко ,Борис Петрович Елисеев ,Vladimír Němec

doi:10.35116/aa.2020.0012

Abstract

The article discusses the elements of creating and implementing innovative technological equipment for the refueling complex laboratory «TZK» - a single integrated quality management system for aviation fuel supply for civil aviation aircraft, by increasing the system's capabilities by adding new components. The introduction of digital technology, tools, industry 4.0 and trends of automation, digitalization, digitalization of modern aviation fuel aircraft HA become a basic tool of refueling complexes HECTARES in the security of aircraft, civil aviation, which is especially important in high intensity operations. The article presents a theoretical preliminary research of the issue before the following research from the theoretical level to the practical level of problem solving.

Highlights

There has been a sharp increase in the volume of traffic in civil aviation in Russia, and for this reason, there is an increase in the number of refueling operations performed when preparing aircraft for departure, which in turn leads to a significant load on the personnel and equipment of refueling complexes airports
The main task of the refueling complex is the organization of production processes and quality control of aviation fuel in conditions of strict adherence to technological schedules of aircraft refueling in preparation for departure. [4]
Modernization and automation of quality control of aviation fuel supply is relevant due to the high cost of the business, and what is especially important is the high responsibility for flight safety

Summary

INTRODUCTION

There has been a sharp increase in the volume of traffic in civil aviation in Russia, and for this reason, there is an increase in the number of refueling operations performed when preparing aircraft for departure, which in turn leads to a significant load on the personnel and equipment of refueling complexes (hereinafter referred to as refueling complexes) airports. During the entire time that aviation has existed, there have been many incidents, accidents, disasters, crashes, the reasons leading to these events were: crew errors, equipment malfunction, errors in aircraft maintenance by technical personnel, poor weather conditions, refueling with substandard fuel and many other factors. Shows that six groups of events related to the operability of the fuel system are registered: substandard aviation fuel (first place in the number of events - 55.40%), aircraft failures (second place - 34.74%), human factor (third place - 7.98 %), poor-quality repair of the fuel system (fourth place - 0.94%), deficiencies in the technology of maintenance of the fuel system and the impact of weather conditions (fifth and sixth places - 0.47% each). Substandard aviation fuel (total) / (including aviation fuel refueled before the flight). Human factor (deliberate modification of the fuel system design, leading to fuel leakage in flight)

Impact of weather conditions

CONCLUSIONS