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Old 4th November 2011 | 16:03
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Temperature of fuel has no effect on volume uploaded
Please explain what you mean.

Obviously the mass of fuel and hence the total calorific content of the fuel per unit volume will vary with temperature. Are you making assumptions about the fuel measurement, i.e. the bowser's flow measurement device also takes account of fuel density, or the aircraft's fuel quantity indicating system is making an adjustment for fuel density?

Apart from the actual expansion of the aircraft fuel tank with temperature, its volume will stay the same. The volume of fuel that can be put into it will stay the same if we assume no tank expansion, but the mass will depend on fuel density.
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