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Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2010, 21:01
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

This thread...

...has clearly lost the will to live. It was good, now it needs to be put out of its misery. Send it to dignitas, someone, please....
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2010, 12:58
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Bearfoil

The spirit of Pinkman is still alive and lurking - just didnt have much else to add and I am not a told-you-so type of guy. Also I got to the stage where I was a trifle worried about the men in...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Aug 2009, 20:03
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Smilin_Ed Phil Gollin's post effectively...

Smilin_Ed

Phil Gollin's post effectively answers your question - I would have basically said the same.

Pinkman
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Aug 2009, 12:48
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

The current arrangements represent a fairly good...

The current arrangements represent a fairly good balance between cost, complexity, and specification. Thats not my opinion, its the opinion of almost everyone in the business. There are over 20 steps...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2009, 20:49
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

I just dont buy the simple water theories. The...

I just dont buy the simple water theories. The water-carrying capacity of a fuel is finite and varies with temperature. AFAIK the tests have not been able to reproduce the fault without direct...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2009, 13:17
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Markieboy It wasn't at the same...

Markieboy



It wasn't at the same time, it was seven or so seconds different. And that in itself was the most powerful piece of information that said it was a common cause but not necessarily...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2009, 12:12
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Would be interesting to take a sample of RP 3 /...

Would be interesting to take a sample of RP 3 / JF #3 NOW and compare with the recovered sample via GC MS as well as distillation range... and scouting for all those ex-PEK retention samples that...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2009, 23:14
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Will, As a fuel guy, this is the way I see it: ...

Will, As a fuel guy, this is the way I see it:
They cant use the fuel recovered from the aircraft (would be gone very quickly) but they have tried VERY HARD to bung as much water as possible into...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2009, 15:00
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

RTFM

Excellent! :}
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2009, 12:00
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Will

My understanding is that the problem is yet to be replicated. If it is AFM's theory of accretion of solids at low temperature followed by blockage on demand then the mod will clearly help. But I...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jul 2009, 20:58
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Excellent solution. Now, remind me, what was the...

Excellent solution. Now, remind me, what was the problem that was definitively replicated?
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jun 2009, 13:26
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

GemDeveloper Thats the $64K question. China...

GemDeveloper

Thats the $64K question. China does use biodiesel but until recently it was primarily a bioethanol market. In 2006 it was the third largest producer of bioethanol in the world.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2009, 00:25
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Hi Oil & Gas man... yes, I'm ex-refinery too....

Hi Oil & Gas man... yes, I'm ex-refinery too. Multi-product pipelines are the norm nowadays in many countries, even for jet. I think that what the non-oilheads have to realize though is that the...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2009, 20:29
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

He got an answer from me. I said he was talking...

He got an answer from me. I said he was talking rubbish. I may yet have to apologize - seems like he was way ahead of me. To be fair, I was thinking more along the lines that the aviation Kerosene...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2009, 19:36
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Loaded Question

Will

I couldnt possibly comment except to say that its a contaminant, nothing more, and it arises from the tendency of the product to stick to the sides of the pipeline and contaminate other...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jun 2009, 08:05
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

I thought this was interesting - on the web: ...

I thought this was interesting - on the web:

https://www.totalga.com/document/FAME%20Bulletin.pdf

and the attachment to it ( NE-09-25 ).

The industry has obviously recognized the issue...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jun 2009, 06:26
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Rightbase

Yes, thats what I mean when I, and many others, have referred to "fuel stratification". All you need is liquids of different densities and suitable environmental conditions. In the pub, you can get...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2009, 22:07
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Couldnt agree more, and actually while you wrote...

Couldnt agree more, and actually while you wrote that I was editing my earlier post to reflect that.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2009, 21:34
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Tough questions. I don't have an answer for all...

Tough questions. I don't have an answer for all of them. All I can tell you is what I think which is:

- I think that the dissolved water is a complete red herring. Free water, eg from fuel...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2009, 20:19
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

This is essentially a refinement of interim...

This is essentially a refinement of interim report 1, tidying up some rough experiments. It's easy to criticize the slow progress but it's really difficult to simulate - think of the early wind...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2009, 13:24
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Dak Man, Phil Gollin

That is why I continually ask what the results were from analysis of the 'retention' samples from the airport tankage. Practices vary; in the old days deliveries often had a representative sample...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2009, 22:30
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

I'll admit upfront that I am not an engineer - I...

I'll admit upfront that I am not an engineer - I am a refining & fuels guy with the oil industry. But I was struck by the fact that AAIB interim report 2 clearly reported that ice accumulated on the...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2009, 12:29
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Doh! :ugh:

Doh! :ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2009, 11:09
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Hot Dog

But you dont know that, do you? You don't know because there is no evidence to support it either way except in hot-dog land where if something hasn't happend yet, it can't happen in the future.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2009, 09:25
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Hot Dog

Again you ask the wrong question :ugh:

YES! I am saying that that particular set of circumstances has not happened before:

THAT batch of fuel
THAT powerplant/airframe combination
THAT...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2009, 12:40
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Hot Dog...

You are asking the wrong question... the question is not "why only RR" but rather "at what point, as the temperature decreases in a given fuel will it also affect other engine/airframe combinations"?...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2009, 21:10
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

AFM I will reply in a PM to avoid thread...

AFM

I will reply in a PM to avoid thread clog.

Pinkman
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2009, 17:05
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

AirFoil Mod

AirfoilMod

I told you before...stick to what you know (clearly not fuel systems)! Take the water out at the refinery (they do - there are filters and coalescers) and it will be back again by the...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2009, 22:33
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Cheeses

The latest advisory has deflected thinking on this thread into the mechanics of the Trent powerplant. But in reality its another cheese situation all over again, and the three relevant Cheeses are:...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Feb 2009, 01:48
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Airfoilmod

There are so many errors in what you have written that you clearly havent a clue either about phase-separation chemistry, airport bulk storage or apron hot-hydrant / hydrant servicer systems. If you...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2009, 20:30
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

And of course there is the assumption....

....that the fuel recovered was entirely representative of the bulk fuel loaded. If fuel stratification occurred, it is possible that the fuel that was being consumed in the hours before TOD was much...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jan 2009, 12:50
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

AirfoilMod

When CM says 'exceeded' he means, in the case of freezing point, that it wasn't just ' - 47 deg C' (the usual spec of jet A-1) because it was in fact RP-3/Jet Fuel Number 3 which is what is sold as...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2008, 15:19
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Vindicated

Xeque - consider yourself flamed

To all of us that said "fuel flow restriction caused by wax or ice crystals or both" lets pour ourselves a large Gin & Tonic. With ice, of course.

Pinkman
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2008, 12:31
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Its Jet fuel, but not as we know it

Soem Dood I know where you are coming from and I would hope that GC/Mass Spec would have been the first thing that was done for the post incident investigation. Well, possibly the next thing after...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2008, 05:27
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,137,433
Posted By Pinkman

Utterly sloppy reporting by the BBC today

The BBC segment referred to above was really rubbish "BA report reveals heroics". It referred to the internal BA report (where the flight deck crew cleaned up the aircraft to get a few extra yards)....
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