Multi Fuel Team Jet Fuel
Team Members Heading link
- Nick Heinz
- Jacek Sydor
- Jesus Villanueva
Project Description Heading link
The objective of this project is to meet the U.S Army’s need for a multi-fuel capability in its propulsion platforms, meaning that the Army needs to be able to use unknown fuel found in theatre, to power their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The first step in achieving this goal is the need for an onboard sensor to measure the properties of the fuel and guide the engine system to effectively use it. Lynch Laboratory is one of the candidates working on this project for the Army. But the first step is building the on-board sensor that will be mounted onto the UAS. The goal of this project is to make a proof of concept for future groups to work on. By using a third-party fuel analyzer called “Zeltex ZX-101SQ”, we will connect it to a Raspberry Pi and code a program in Python to extract data from the Zeltex. Lynch Laboratory is working on making its own fuel analyzer that will be smaller, which will connect to our Raspberry Pi in the future and eventually be mounted on to a UAS. The team will also create our own sample cup lid that will integrate the Zeltex sensor and have fittings for fuel lines to the UAS’ fuel pump to provide a sample volume of fuel and return it to the fuel tank.