MANAGING MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION OF FUEL TANK

Abstract: a computer-implemented method of determining a maintenance schedule or maintenance plan for a fuel tank of an aircraft. in a training phase, a predictive model is trained with training data. the training data is associated with fuel tanks of plural aircraft. the training data comprises environmental data indicative of an environmental parameter at locations of the plural aircraft, and test data which is indicative of a level of microbial contamination of fuel in fuel tanks of the plural aircraft. in a prediction phase, input data is received and the predictive model is operated, along with an optimisation algorithm, to determine a maintenance schedule or maintenance plan. one or more microbial contamination maintenance tasks are performed on the fuel tank based on the maintenance schedule or maintenance plan.

Inventor(s): Adam FALLON, Martin LEE, Jean-Marie DAUTELLE, Pierre-Henri BROUSSE

CPC Classification: B64F5/40 (GROUND OR AIRCRAFT-CARRIER-DECK INSTALLATIONS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH AIRCRAFT; DESIGNING, MANUFACTURING, ASSEMBLING, CLEANING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; HANDLING, TRANSPORTING, TESTING OR INSPECTING AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR)

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