1 / 64

King Air Ground School

King Air Ground School. 26 - Fire Protection. Overview. Engine Fire Detection, IR Detection System Not on E90 Engine Fire Extinguishing – Halon based fire extinguishing Not on U21 or E90 Portable Extinguisher – at least one halon in the cockpit Overheat protection for Bleed air

blue
Download Presentation

King Air Ground School

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. King Air Ground School 26 - Fire Protection

  2. Overview Engine Fire Detection, IR Detection System Not on E90 Engine Fire Extinguishing – Halon based fire extinguishing Not on U21 or E90 Portable Extinguisher – at least one halon in the cockpit Overheat protection for Bleed air Emergency Portable Breathing Devices

  3. Engine Fire Detection: Components

  4. Sensors / Detectors Infrared photocells

  5. Sensors / Detectors 3 Sensors in each engine compartment Each sensor looking at a different zone in the engine compartment 1-forward of intake 2-upper accessory case 3-lower accessory case Zone 1 Zone 3 Zone 2

  6. Amplifier-Controller Amplifier-Controller translates sensor detection to cockpit annunciations Amplifier-Controller allows for testing the system Illustration shows the relationship between sensor/detector and amplifier-controller L Engine Fire Detected No fire detected

  7. Annunciators U21A “LH/RH FIRE WARNING” and “FAULT WARN” U21H “FIRE L/R ENG” and “MASTER WARNING” U21H U21A

  8. Annunciators C12 T-handle – “#1/2 FIRE PULL” and “MASTER WARNING” 200 “FIRE L/R ENG” and “L/R ENG FIRE-PUSH TO EXT” and “MASTER WARNING” C12 200

  9. Test Switch U21 – 8 position switch “Test Switch Fire Detection” C12 – 6 position switch “Fire Protection Test” 200 – 7 position switch “Test Switch Fire Det & Fire Ext” Only turn counter clockwise unless the test fails U21 200 C12

  10. Electrical Circuit Breaker in Cockpit – with CB pulled, detection won’t work Dual-fed bus – power must be on the aircraft in order to detect 200 U21 C12

  11. Engine Fire Detection: Operation

  12. Test The three DET/DETR positions of the test switch Position 1 tests the fwd intake sensor of both engines Position 2 tests upper accessary case sensor of both engines Position 3 tests lower accessory case sensor of both engines Position 1 Position 3 Position 2

  13. Test Sensors are tested by increasing the output voltage of each sensor

  14. Test U21A and U21H Both “LH/RH FIRE WARNING” / “FIRE L/R ENG” annunciators illuminate “FAULT WARN” / “MASTER WARNING” is triggered Audible warning horn U21A U21H

  15. Test C12 Both T-handle “#1/2 FIRE PULL” annunciators illuminate “MASTER WARNING” is triggered C12

  16. Test 200 Both “FIRE L/R ENG” annunciators illuminate “MASTER WARNING” is triggered “L/R ENG FIRE PUSH TO EXT” light on both sides 200

  17. Fire Indication An actual fire has the same indications but will only be on the side of the fire U21A U21H 200 C12

  18. Referenced Procedures Engine Fire/Failure/Severe Damage Evacuation/Engine Fire on the Ground U21 C12

  19. Engine Fire Detection: Abnormalities

  20. Halon

  21. Toxicity Not highly toxic but does cause issues in high concentrations (>10%) Typical side effects include giddiness and tingling of extremities Same chemical family as Freon No extinguishing area

  22. Aviation Uses 1301 used commonly for engine extinguishing 1211 or blend commonly used for portable fire extinguishers Portable Engine Extinguishing

  23. Extinguishes Fire By: Chemically combining with atoms which are propagating the fire, preventing combustion reaction (primary) Displaces oxygen (secondary) Cools the fire (secondary)

  24. Engine Fire Extinguishing: Components

  25. Fire Extinguishing Bottle One bottle per engine Discharges through plumbing to nozzles into fire zones

  26. Fire Extinguishing Bottle Pressure provides the motive flow for the halon Fully discharges in .08 seconds Zone 2&3 nozzles Zone 1 nozzles

  27. Pressure Gauges Pressure indicates quantity of halon available Gauge visible from the wheel well Ambient temperature determines the pressure limits Aft Looking up, LH Main

  28. Squibs Pyrotechnic squib cartridge holds plug in place “firing” the squib releases the plug Halon flows to the discharge nozzles

  29. Annunciations C12 Red “PUSH TO EXTINGUISH” indicates squib is armed Indicates squib has discharged

  30. Annunciations 200 Indicates a fire is detected Indicates squib has discharged

  31. Actuation C12 Pull appropriate T-Handle Lift clear cover Push the annunciator to discharge the bottle Only fires the bottle that has been armed by the T-Handle

  32. Actuation 200 Lift clear cover Push the appropriate annunciator to discharge the bottle One switch per side

  33. Test Switch Two remaining positions of the rotary test switch 200 C12

  34. Electrical Hot battery bus – bottles can be discharged with the batt master off

  35. Engine Fire Extinguishing: Operation

  36. Test EXTGH portion of rotary switch Tests the circuitry to the squib and discharge light C12 “#1/2 EXTGH DISCH” and “SQUIB OK” C12 #1 & 2

  37. Test EXTGH portion of rotary switch Tests the circuitry to the squib and discharge light 200 “D” and “OK” 200

  38. Push to Extinguish Pull T-Handle Lift clear cover Press the “PUSH TO EXTINGUISH” button Look for “#1/2 EXTGH DISCH” annunciator C12 LH extinguish

  39. Push to Extinguish Lift clear cover Press the “L/R ENG FIRE PUSH TO EXT” button Look for “D” annunciator 200 LH extinguish

  40. Bleed Air Overheat Protection: Components

  41. Bleed Air Supply Line Hot bleed air from engine is delivered to cabin P3 air leaves the engine at 640⁰F A broken line threatens smoke and fire

  42. Heat Sense Line Pressurized, plastic line runs along side bleed air lines 18psi originates at pneumatic controller At 204⁰F the plastic line melts

  43. Pressure Switch (C12/200) One for the LH and RH sense lines Below 18psi, this switch closes to warn the pilot Pressure switch located under co-pilot seat

  44. Pressure Switch (U21) There are two pressure switches one for each side located just before the check valves.

  45. Annunciator Light (C12/200) “L/R BL AIR FAIL” and “MASTER WARNING” The pressure switches illuminate these annunciators respectively 200 C12

  46. Annunciator Light (U21) “LH/ RH BLD AIR FAIL” and “MASTER WARNING” U21 A U21 H

  47. Bleed Air Overheat Protection: Operation

  48. Bleed Air Line Rupture C12/200 The hot air melts the sense line (and anything else around it) The low volume pressure in the sense line escapes Pressure switch closes at18psi “L/R BL AIR FAIL” annunciator Illumes with “MASTER WARNING” A loss of pressure in the sense line indicates a serious threat 200 C12

  49. Bleed Air Line Rupture U21 If a break in the bleed air line should occur the air pressure in the line would drop causing the pressure switch to open and the “LH or RH BLD AIR FAIL” to illume.

  50. Referenced Procedures • C12 • U21

More Related