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Old 28th May 2011 | 09:16
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reubenjosephdsouza
 
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Smile Apu fuel data

hey there ,as per what have heard from my company engineers and tech guys the fuel burn on the apu will depend on bleed demand and electrical load sharig ..now generally is nething between 50kgs to 150k/hr depending if we using ne of the bleed/electrical equiptment.

if we use the bleed demand from the apu then the load causes more fuel to be comsumed , hence we can either carry out a packs off t/o and save fuel and other thing we guys do is switch off the apu bleed pb when the a/c is parked on the ground for more that 2 hours of ground time at base stations and attach an external air cond cart or lp supply for cond....
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