Aircraft fuel storage leak detection method and detection circuit therefor
CA 2580408 C · Owner: Clarke, Raymond · Inventors: Brown, Michael Daniel; Tichborne, Franklin George; Clarke, Raymond
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A method of detecting a fuel leak from a fuel store of an aircraft is described. A processor (1) receives inputs (2 3) relating to the amount of , fuel in the fuel store and to the rate of fuel used by the aircraft both , inputs being subject to noise. The processor defines a fuel flow system state defined by a noise-compensated measures of the amount of fuel in the fuel store, a fuel leak amount estimate and a fuel leak rate estimate. The processor (1) periodically calculates a new estimated state of the system in view of a previous estimated state of the system and values of the inputs (2 3). The processor monitors the fuel leak amount estimate and the fuel leak rate estimate and if …
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- Filed September 21, 2005 and granted July 30, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 21, 2025.
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