ANALYSING THE POSIBILITY OF FUEL FILTER ELEMENTS OPERATING EFFECTIVINESS EVALUATION WITH X-RAY FLUORESCENSE METHOD
The author dwells upon the problems of the technical condition of refueling complexes equipment continuous monitoring, which is an important factor in ensuring the safety and regularity of flights. The article deals with the results of the research into the composition and concentration of mechanical impurities from different layers of the regular filter EFB-15/120-104 0615 production number of NGOs "Unit", which has been removed from the supply line TC-1 aviation fuel tank farm from the State Reserve in the refueling tank farm "Vnukovo" and the filter control of Velcon company brand the CDF 230F, which is removed from the tanker, in order to assess their performance and service life prediction using X-ray fluorescence method.Illustrative and graphic research results are given, which allow to assess the effectiveness of the used filters. The assessment measuring of the found elements concentrations in different areas of the test sample: 4sm2 area, 1 cm2 and 0.25 cm2, cut from a cardboard filter area is made. The author determined that the average total Fe concentration on the filter was 8.3 g / m providing the fact that due to the operator information the filter pumped 2,020 m3 or 1,582 tons of fuel. There is also made the estimation of the total amount of Fe, detained in filter, which is 1313 g. It should be noted, according to the appearance and the detected concentration of Fe, its capacity has not been fully exhausted. This allows to receive additional information on the real filter resource, and to use it for solving the problems of filter mod- ernization.The studies have shown the possibility to estimate the amount and composition of impurities, which allows to be sure that this work is promising and possible to be integrated into the practical events to ensure the safe operation of civil aircraft. The publication aims to draw the attention of operators and regulatory authorities to the possibility of using the proposed method to provide a more reliable way of flight safety in civil aviation and to expand the university cooperation with the industry within dealing with this problem.