VAR Part 7 - Aircraft Maintenance Basic Cat A: Training Manual
VAR Part 7 - Aircraft Maintenance Basic Cat A: Training Manual
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Issue: 01
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Date: 25/04/2014
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PNEUMATIC/ VACUUM FUNDAMENTALS
PNEUMATIC/ VACCUM
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AIR SOURCES
On all jet aircraft there is a very good air source available.
The engine compressor provides enough air for combustion purposes and also
for the pneumatic system.
You can see that the compressed air is bled from the engines, so therefore it is
called Engine Bleed Air or EBA. The engines are not the only source of air
supply for the pneumatic system. The auxiliary power unit APU is used to
supply the pneumatic system.
The only built−in air pressure sources are the engines and the APU. If both the
APU and engines are not running we can assume that the aircraft is on the
ground; if it isn’t we have a very serious problem.
If the aircraft is on ground, the pneumatic system can be supplied with external
air. This third air source can be delivered via connectors, the High Pressure
Ground Connectors.
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TEMPERATURE REGULATION
The temperature in the pneumatic system must not exceed acceptable values.
You can see that if engine thrust increases then temperature increases and
vice versa. A built−in precooler is used to cool the engine bleed air
temperature. Cooling air is taken from the engine fan duct. The cooling air is
simply fan air. The cooling effect depends on the mass and temperature of fan
air.
You can probably guess that in order to vary the cooling effect, the mass of fan
air must also be varied. A fan air valve is used to allow more or less fan air to
pass the precooler.
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DISTRIBUTION
The pneumatic air is distributed via ducts.
Depending on the location of the air ducts they are known as
S the pylon duct,
S the left and right wing ducts,
S the APU duct and
S the crossover duct or crossbleed manifold.
The crossbleed manifold is usually located in the fuselage and connects the left
and right wing pneumatic ducts. A crossbleed valve is found to isolate the left
from the right wing pneumatic duct.
The pneumatic ducts are monitored by a leak detection system.
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Crossover Duct
(Crossbleed Manifold)
Manual Override
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HP GROUND SUPPLY
If there is no aircraft pneumatic supply available then a ground air supply can
be connected.
The ground air supply is connected via 3 inch ground connectors. 3 inches is
the world wide standard size for ground connectors.
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manual override.
The manual override is built into the crossbleed valve for safety reasons.
It allows the crossbleed valve to be fixed in an open or closed position if
necessary.
Here you can see part of a bleed panel on a Boeing aircraft. The isolation valve
switches control the position of the valves. The duct pressure sensors establish
if there is enough air pressure for the pneumatic system and indicate this
information on a system display for the pilots.
LEAK DETECTION
If a leak occurs in an air duct, this results in an overheat.
This is monitored by overheat detection sensors.
The monitored areas are
S the pylon ducts,
S the pneumatic wing ducts,
S the ducts in the fuselage, and
S the APU duct.
If a leak causing an overheat condition is detected a signal is sent via the
pneumatic controller to the cockpit and the fault light of the associated engine
bleed air system is illuminated.
As a result of a leak the affected engine bleed air system is shut off either
automatically via the pneumatic controller or manually. This depends on the
aircraft system.
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INDICATIONS
Information about the pneumatic system is shown on the displays of the central
warning system. Here you see the ECAM display of an Airbus A 320.
All pneumatic system performance indications are shown on the bleed page.
On some aircraft this page is called the ECS page (Environment Control
System).
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Figure 13 Indications
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PNEUMATIC/VACUUM FUNDAMENTALS
SYSTEM SIMULATION
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SIMULATION
PRESSURISATION WITH EXTERNAL AIR SUPPLY
The operation of the pneumatic system is performed by trained personnel only
and must be done using a check list.
The checklist shows all of the preconditions that must be fulfilled before the
aircraft is pressurized.
The checklist items are mainly safety precautions to prevent accidental actions
which may occur when supplying the aircraft with electrical power.
Each time the aircraft is supplied with air, you must make sure that at least one
window or door is open to prevent accidental cabin pressurization.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PNEUMATIC/ VACCUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
GENERAL SYSTEM DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
AIR SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
BLEED AIR PRESSURE REGULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TEMPERATURE REGULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CONTROL AND MONITORING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ALTERNATE AIR SOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ENGINE BLEED SOURCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
APU AIR SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
HP GROUND SUPPLY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CROSSBLEED SYSTEM & LEAK DETECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CROSS BLEED SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
LEAK DETECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
INDICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SIMULATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PRESSURISATION WITH EXTERNAL AIR SUPPLY . . 28
PRESSURIZATION WITH APU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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Abbildung 1 Pneumatic System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Abbildung 2 Pressure Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Abbildung 3 Pneumatic System Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Abbildung 4 Engine Bleed Pick-ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Abbildung 5 Temperature Regulation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Abbildung 6 Distribution Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Abbildung 7 Control and Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Abbildung 20 Engine Bleed Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Abbildung 21 APU Bleed Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Abbildung 22 APU Bleed Valve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Abbildung 23 Cross Bleed System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Abbildung 24 Leak Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Abbildung 28 Indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Abbildung 29 Check List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Abbildung 30 Pressurization with External Air Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Abbildung 31 Pressurization with APU Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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