FTL's HHB-1 Flight line Portable Fuel Purifier

Thousands of pounds of fuel are recovered from aircraft during maintenance and this fuel is often then used in support equipment. Recovered fuel that is contaminated (water, sediment, hydraulic and/or engine oil) may adversely affect equipment life resulting in unnecessary maintenance costs.FTL Labs Corporation (FTL) proposes HHB-1, a two-part solution that both separates offloaded fuels and oils during maintenance operations, and further purifies the offloaded fuel to an acceptable level for use in ground support equipment servicing the flight line. HHB-1 is a high volume, low cost, portable fuel purifier suitable for many, if not all, flight line and depot operations. In Phase I, FTL will identify requirements and key performance parameters (e.g. filtering efficiency, flow rates, etc.) by conducting program office and flight line interviews, designing the HHB-1 flight line fuel purification system, and identifying likely system procurement costs.