During Jan to Mar 1963, low temperature fueling tests were carried out at RCAF Station, Winnepeg, Manitoba, using RCAF aircraft and fueling equipment; high electric field strengths were measured in vapor space of T-33 aircraft tip tank, wing tank of Yukon CC-106 aircraft and in small experimental tank; discharges were observed at normal refueling flow rates in T-33 aircraft and in test tank; some were sufficiently powerful to present serious explosion hazard should vapor be in flammable region confirming theory that previous explosions of aircraft could be attributed to electrostatic discharges.
Study of electrostatic charge generation during low temperature refuelling of aircraft
Canada. Nat Research Council -- Aeronautical Report
1963
76 pages
Report
English
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Generation of static electricity during aircraft refuelling
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