Nitrogen Generation System Faa

6 faa final rule titled zfuel tank vent fire protection of federal register 81 fr 41200 published on 24 june 2016 effective on 23 august 2016 docket no.

Nitrogen generation system faa. The nea was then used to displace enough. The ngs installation is designed to provide the proper level of nitrogen to. The nitrogen generating system ngs being developed by boeing to meet the ftfr rule addresses the unsafe condition of this ad as well as providing other safety improvements. How it works nitrogen gas is used in a.

9 for awl no. 1 the on board inert gas generation system obiggs system tested in 2004 by the faa and nasa with an opinion written by the faa in 2005. Technology could be used in an efficient way. The aersafe system limits the amount of available oxygen that can ignite fuel vapors and prevents sparks from initiating an explosion.

25 142 21 376 and 129 53. Packages can be either skid mounted or free standing depending on local requirements. In conjunction with some leading aircraft manufacturers it designed an onboard inert gas generation system comprising asms that utilized aircraft bleed air compressed air coming from the compressor stage of the aircraft which is used to pressurize the cabin to generate nitrogen enriched air nea. As of 2009 the faa had a pending rule to increase the standards of on board inerting systems again.

Typical high pressure psa system 40 350 bar g parker nitrogen gas generation systems are designed to deliver high purity high pressure nitrogen gas eliminating the need for delivery of costly high pressure cylinders. 47 awl 06 nitrogen generation system ngs cross vent check valve. Paragraph h of this proposed ad provides that for operators not required to comply with the ftfr rule electing to comply with the ftfr rule would be an acceptable. To illustrate this the federal aviation administration faa with the assistance of several aviation oriented companies developed an onboard inert gas generation system with asms that uses aircraft bleed air to generate nitrogen.

It has been tested and developed to exact tolerances to fill the cavity of the airbus a319 a320 and a321 series and boeing 767 737 ng and 737 classic series center fuel tank. New technologies are being developed by others to provide fuel tank inerting. Airlines and manufacturers will be able to meet the requirement by using systems based on a prototype developed by the faa an onboard inert gas generation system obiggs which replaces much of the air in a fuel tank with nitrogen a gas that does not support combustion.