A320 BMC Question
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A320 BMC Question
Hi everyone, I have a question regarding dual BMC fault on A320, the FCOM says that this fault is only crew awareness. The point is what happens to the bleed valves, do they remain open?
Thanks a lot, HC
Thanks a lot, HC
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From FCOM.....
If one BMC fails, the adjacent BMC takes over the monitoring of the bleed system to issue the following ECAM warnings if necessary :
‐ overpressure
‐ overtemperature
‐ wing leak.
Nevertheless, the associated FAULT light on the AIR COND panel is lost, and the associated bleed valve does not close automatically.
ENG BLEED LEAK warning is lost for the associated engine, as is also the APU BLEED LEAK warning if BMC1 has failed.
‐ overpressure
‐ overtemperature
‐ wing leak.
Nevertheless, the associated FAULT light on the AIR COND panel is lost, and the associated bleed valve does not close automatically.
ENG BLEED LEAK warning is lost for the associated engine, as is also the APU BLEED LEAK warning if BMC1 has failed.

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... Monitoring being the key word here. They have no control over the bleed systems at all.

The BMCs have control functions:
They close the PRV at
- Engine start
- APU bleed supply.
- Engine bleed FAULT warning
in addition they also control and monitor the automatic X-bleed valve operation with APU bleed supply.




