Why Nitrogen is Pumped Into The Center Fuel Tank

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  • čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
  • Aircraft systems explained.
    * Nitrogen generation system.
    * Fuel quantity indication system.
    * Engine fuel feed system.
    Major components covered.
    * Fuel tanks, Fuel quantity probes, Fuel pumps.
    * Heat exchanger, Ram air door, Air separation unit.
    * Air conditioning packs.
    Software's used for making the video.
    * Blender 3.0 and Filmora 10.
    Background music used in the video.
    * Go big or go home (Filmora stock library).

Komentáře • 84

  • @mlehky
    @mlehky Před rokem +48

    The way the NGS work is actually better described as an oxygen level reduction system, it does not actually generate any Nitrogen. Compressed air from the engine bleed enters the system and the system removes some of the oxygen, that “oxygen enriched air” is dumped overboard. You end up with “nitrogen enrich air” that gets pumped into the tank. The key thing to keep in mind is the system does not actually generate any nitrogen, it really removing a small amount of oxygen. The other thing is the tank is rendered inert not with pure nitrogen but with nitrogen enriched air. Regular air is 21% oxygen, the NGS REMOVES enough oxygen to make the air roughly 15% oxygen (roughly the same as the air you exhale). That relatively small reduction in the oxygen level is enough to get the level low enough that it won’t support combustion.

    • @dramjet7
      @dramjet7 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Well said, same system on 787. Better described as an Oxygen reducing system resulting in higher N2.

    • @jamisonr
      @jamisonr Před 6 měsíci +1

      I was hoping someone would explain that in more detail!

    • @Lozzie74
      @Lozzie74 Před 3 měsíci +1

      All good except I don’t agree that we exhale 15% oxygen. Our oxygen uptake is minimal. The main function of breathing out is to export CO2. The exhaled air is rich in CO2 but still contains around 20% oxygen

  • @md.naimurhasansharon7585
    @md.naimurhasansharon7585 Před 2 lety +23

    you guys are extra ordinary... Keep making vedios like that. Its so supportive to aviation students

  • @aecelik
    @aecelik Před rokem +15

    Wow! I've been an aviation enthusiast for so long and I never heard of this system. Very informative

  • @Aeronaut1975
    @Aeronaut1975 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Despite the robot voiceover, this was a very informative video. Thank you for posting.

  • @d.h1270
    @d.h1270 Před 2 lety +9

    This video rocks! Comprehensive introduction with the associated history event leads we the audience to a thorough understanding of this special system design. Thank you very much for your input in this video, and I’m looking forward to every coming videos!

  • @shubhpanchal5487
    @shubhpanchal5487 Před rokem +5

    Incredible Work...Kudos to Aviation Science! 👍

  • @mkxair
    @mkxair Před 2 měsíci +1

    Excellent presentation on this beautifully engineered system.

  • @LastLoveSong1029
    @LastLoveSong1029 Před rokem +2

    I found this channel is very useful. Boeing manuals simplified too much that here I can get more information about the system.

  • @TC-BCN
    @TC-BCN Před 2 lety +4

    Great information and narrative, thank you again for this useful and informative upload!

  • @satyaranjanbehera1538
    @satyaranjanbehera1538 Před 2 lety +5

    The video is Owesome as always in 3D view.
    Please make more videos on B777 aircraft.

  • @77cats-2
    @77cats-2 Před měsícem

    Came here after watching a video on the crash of the airplane that led to this tank inerting solution. Great animations!

  • @byloyuripka9624
    @byloyuripka9624 Před 2 lety +3

    algo. your videos are the best thank you for investing the time to make them

  • @elrobo3568
    @elrobo3568 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I was a crew chief on USAF fighters and the F-16 has a similar system where Halon is injected into all the fuel tanks when the aircraft is in combat mode This is done in case there is damage to a tank by a bullet etc the void space will not have flammable vapors to ignite. Unfortunately the environmentalists made us take all the Halon tanks because they thought they threatened the ozone layer. This system didn't help much if hit by a missile.

  • @mohammedayubayub7931
    @mohammedayubayub7931 Před 7 měsíci +2

    Year great do more on engine starting system ❤❤ easy to understand with this graphics.

  • @anarabbasov5910
    @anarabbasov5910 Před 2 lety +2

    I love all his videos! please dont stop, and would love to see more videos about 787!

  • @feathermerchant
    @feathermerchant Před 7 měsíci +2

    Who would have thought that running electrical wiring through a heated, aerated fuel tank could possibly have presented a problem? ;-)

  • @Zorroxyz123
    @Zorroxyz123 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Excellent.

  • @andrescastaneda8833
    @andrescastaneda8833 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Thank you for making these videos!!! The content is magnificent

  • @nidees23
    @nidees23 Před 10 měsíci

    Wonderfully explained

  • @shahidbashir6189
    @shahidbashir6189 Před rokem

    Good technical outstanding information

  • @larrydockery7201
    @larrydockery7201 Před rokem

    great vids on the 777 she is a great airplane i sure miss the l-1011 back in the day she was a dam good airplane

  • @andrescastaneda8833
    @andrescastaneda8833 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Please do one on the Landing Gear, when you get a chance

  • @binhnguyen3871
    @binhnguyen3871 Před 2 lety +1

    Great video as always!

  • @TheRealEstate
    @TheRealEstate Před 7 měsíci

    Good Video and plausible explanation of #flight800. I may not agree with you on the reason for the explosion. But then again I may be too close to the situation. My mom unfortunately passed away on on that flight, July 17, 1996 at approximately 8:30pm.

  • @andrescastaneda8833
    @andrescastaneda8833 Před 8 měsíci +1

    The GE90 series is incredible

  • @FlightFixer
    @FlightFixer Před 7 měsíci

    Very informative

  • @user-uc6bf5ze3b
    @user-uc6bf5ze3b Před 7 měsíci

    At American Airlines the system on the 737 from Boeing worked great. They bought some after market system on some and they were terrible.

  • @tahirwahdat4135
    @tahirwahdat4135 Před rokem

    Amazing
    Please make a video series of electrical system of Aircraft thanks n advance

  • @badiskebsisi6541
    @badiskebsisi6541 Před rokem

    Very nice video
    Thanks
    ❤🇩🇿
    The only problem is that the components are very small and there’s no accès to work
    Very difficult

  • @worldaviation4k
    @worldaviation4k Před 2 lety

    Question: I was watching some other channel about an aircraft always pumping in air, making sure more air is pumped out than let out or the other way around. But when they are in cruise surely the air going out and in is the same to maintain that cabin altitude. I wonder if you could help shine a light

    • @DareTheMachine
      @DareTheMachine Před rokem

      At higher altitudes the cabin is pressurized (more air pumped in than out) since atmospheric pressure is lower the higher you climb.

    • @worldaviation4k
      @worldaviation4k Před rokem

      @@DareTheMachine it would be like a helium balloon, needs air to exit as it climbs. Once it is up there well just make sure it is steady

    • @DareTheMachine
      @DareTheMachine Před rokem

      @@worldaviation4k No it’s purely for human survival by preventing hypoxia. Has nothing to do with lift. Check out a video of a pressurization failure incident. Aircraft will keep flying along just fine but the occupants perish.

    • @worldaviation4k
      @worldaviation4k Před rokem

      @@DareTheMachine I mean just that it has to let out air so there's no stress on the aircraft, say to around 8000 cabin altitude then keeps it there while it's level

  • @peterackson883
    @peterackson883 Před rokem

    Great

  • @bigmakskartoshechkoy6210

    thanks a lot! great!

  • @craigbrown5359
    @craigbrown5359 Před 7 měsíci +1

    The question remains two fold ...why was this system not engineered into aircraft from the getgo and why can't the air-conditioning packs be relocated or properly shielded to dissipate heat...i.e. ceramic tiles like the space shuttle???

  • @erbenton07
    @erbenton07 Před 5 měsíci

    How come in all the years before they used nitrogen enrichment there were no fuel tank explosions, center or otherwise?

  • @RounakKushwaha
    @RounakKushwaha Před rokem

    Thanks bro

  • @andrealeonardi3524
    @andrealeonardi3524 Před rokem

    Grazie

  • @davidcerven5072
    @davidcerven5072 Před rokem

    3:53 Why waste the oxygen ? It can be supplied into the engines and APU to 1. increase thrust and 2. reduce NOx emissions

    • @ArmyofSeaturtles
      @ArmyofSeaturtles Před 7 měsíci

      extra plumbing for negligible amount of performance

    • @ShadowedZer0
      @ShadowedZer0 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Plumbing oxygen through hot areas to engines, sure...

  • @andrikurniawan6459
    @andrikurniawan6459 Před rokem +1

    Fuel
    Allahumma sholli wa sallim wa baarik ala Sayyidina Muhammadin wa'ala ali Sayyidina Muhammadin fil awwalin wal aakhirin wa fil mala'il a'laa ilaa Yaumiddin

  • @MikeSmith-is1yy
    @MikeSmith-is1yy Před 7 měsíci

    Pretty simple, no O2, no fire.

  • @Noman1000
    @Noman1000 Před 2 lety

    Could you make a video on how a/c packs work? They are black magic to me.

    • @AircraftScience
      @AircraftScience  Před 2 lety +3

      Yes, the topic is already on the list of upcoming videos.

    • @Noman1000
      @Noman1000 Před 2 lety

      @@AircraftScience thanks. I am so new to ac maint and your vids are really helpful for me to wrap my head around what the systems and parts are actually doing!

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit Před 8 měsíci

      W'pedia explains them pretty well.

  • @xpeterson
    @xpeterson Před 7 měsíci

    Why is the excess oxygen not dumped back into the engines?

  • @MeaHeaR
    @MeaHeaR Před 8 měsíci

    instedd ov dumping the oxygen overbored, why thay dont be use itt or be store itt insted of having those dangerous oxygen producing canisters that masques drop down fromm ¿¿¿¿

    • @ShadowedZer0
      @ShadowedZer0 Před 7 měsíci +2

      Oxygen enriched air produced isint pure oxygen needed for proper oxygenation to offset hypoxia at higher altitudes. Thats before even considering air processing and associated oxygen safe plumbing required for delivery to passenger service units overhead as that would almist certainly involve a riser running up sidewalls of aircraft that could compromise in an accident too.
      In layman terms, unsuitable product.

  • @mohammadsalehi8550
    @mohammadsalehi8550 Před rokem

    👌🏻👌🏻

  • @IIGrayfoxII
    @IIGrayfoxII Před 2 lety +1

    Surprised that bleed O2 is not captured for use in an emergency.
    Even if it is a small amount.

    • @dustingermain7037
      @dustingermain7037 Před 2 lety +2

      Its such a small amount, that the added complexity and energy that it would take to pump it into the engine(s) wouldn't be worth it. I know because I had a similar idea and ask some other engineers at an SAE committee meeting about it.

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit Před 8 měsíci +1

      No doubt similar considerations reveal that pumping it into the cabin would not be worth the cost and would have negligible benefit.

  • @praveenshetty2066
    @praveenshetty2066 Před 2 lety

    👏👏

  • @Col.J.N.W.SinghKhandala

    This stuff is just fantastic!

  • @OdelinSerrano-zu5fo
    @OdelinSerrano-zu5fo Před 4 měsíci

    He said 83,000 kilogram fuel vapacity for centrr tank. A quick calculation indicates the following: 83,000kg × 2.2 lbs = 182,600 lbs. Divide product by 8.6 lbs [a gallon of milk] the quotient us over 21,000 gallons in the center tank. I'm no engineer, but i don't think that's possible.

    • @FayuYang
      @FayuYang Před 3 měsíci

      looking at my 777 AOM here, the center tank takes 87,887KG of fuel. 1 liter of jet a fuel = 0.85KG = 74703 liter = 19734 gallons. So yes it's possible. Jet fuel is lighter than water by the way.
      I fly a 787, our center tank takes 71,000kg of gas. That's about 16,000 gallons of jet fuel.

  • @Jcanos2011
    @Jcanos2011 Před 7 měsíci

    N2 is not flammable...

  • @Boyarsskiy
    @Boyarsskiy Před 7 měsíci

    Why fuel doesn’t pumped into the central tank from wings? When central tank is empty.

    • @ShadowedZer0
      @ShadowedZer0 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Wing loading and bending force reduction, per xpexplained in video at 0:45

  • @himmetramthakur6525
    @himmetramthakur6525 Před rokem +1

    More same vidio

  • @Hyperactivman2
    @Hyperactivman2 Před 8 měsíci +1

    83 To of Fuel 😂

  • @kayrxx7123
    @kayrxx7123 Před rokem

    Why ? Cause TWA 800.

  • @CarlinDontCare
    @CarlinDontCare Před 2 lety +5

    TWA 800’s center fuel tank explosion is just a theory or let’s just say a cover up.

  • @dominickmiecik9549
    @dominickmiecik9549 Před rokem

    super fake news air jet engine ned fuel ???????????

    • @b43xoit
      @b43xoit Před 8 měsíci

      Otherwise, what is the source of the Gibbs free energy the engine needs to accelerate air and produce thrust?

  • @samuelmatheson9655
    @samuelmatheson9655 Před 7 měsíci

    This video is wrong, the Nitrogen is used for NITRO

    • @Atupaitea
      @Atupaitea Před 2 měsíci +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤧🤢💨