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INOPERATIVE POWER UNIT [2 records]

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Record 1 2008-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Systems
CONT

Hydraulic power transfer units are commonly used to provide emergency or assistive power from one aircraft hydraulic system to another aircraft hydraulic system. A power transfer unit typically consists of two back-to-back pump/motor units with a common drive shaft, which are connected to different hydraulic systems which may or may not have equivalent working pressures. Each pump/motor unit operates exclusively with hydraulic fluid from the system to which it is connected such that there is no intermixing of hydraulic fluid between systems.

OBS

The purpose of the power transfer unit on an aircraft is to enable a hydraulic circuit to remain operative even though its engine driven pump has become inoperative.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Circuits des aéronefs
OBS

Le PTU permet le transfert d'énergie sans transmission de liquide entre les circuits hydrauliques.

OBS

groupe de transfert d'énergie; PTU : terme et abréviation uniformisés par les Comités d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes et Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Propulsion Systems
OBS

inoperative power-unit : term officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • inoperative power unit

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propulsion des aéronefs
OBS

groupe motopropulseur hors de fonctionnement : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas de propulsión de aeronaves
OBS

grupo motor inactivo : término aceptado oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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