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scavenge pumps

scavenge pumps is the plural of scavenge pump.

Meaning of scavenge pump

Noun

scavenge pump (plural scavenge pumps)

  1. A fuel pump used to remove the last dregs of usable fuel from a fuel tank once the fuel level in the tank has fallen too low for the primary fuel pumps to be able to draw fuel from the tank.
    • The scavenge pump is designed to remove the last amounts of usable fuel from the CWT and pump it into the left inboard (No. 2) fuel tank. The intake opening for this pump is located very close to the bottom of the tank between the mid spar and SWB2. Although the scavenge pump removes fuel that is...2000 August 23, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.6.2.2 747-100 Fuel Pump System Description”, in Aircraft Accident Report: In-flight Breakup Over the Atlantic Ocean, Trans World Airlines...

Questions about scavenge pumps

What is scavenge pumps the plural of?
Scavenge pumps is the plural of scavenge pump.

Words near scavenge pumps in the dictionary

  1. scavages
  2. scavaging
  3. scavengable
  4. scavenge
  5. scavenge pump
  6. scavenge pumps
  7. scavengeability
  8. scavengeable
  9. scavenged
  10. scavenger
  11. scavenger beetle

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