Title: Protect your engine from SAP. Refuel with Shell Aviation
Duration: 120”
Description: Shell Aviation describes the benefit of using Shell Jet Protection
[Video Footage]
A Shell Pecten watermark is present throughout. We open on the ‘Above and Beyond’ graduated blue background. We see a hand-drawn animated illustration of a generic refueller, refuelling an airliner (focus on the refueller).
[Music]
Sound of Shell - soft but upbeat track plays lightly in the background
[Voice Over]
Superabsorbent Polymer, also known as SAP, commonly used to prevent water from entering aircraft during the refuelling process, is being phased out by the aviation industry.
[Video Footage]
We zoom/transition inside the refueller and see a simplified rendering of a filter monitor system. Arrows and the timely highlighting of components help the viewer understand the process.
[Voice Over]
Traditional filter monitors situated on refuellers, pass fuel through a combination of dirt and water filters. SAP, a material similar to that used in diapers, absorbs water, preventing it from entering the aircraft.
[Video Footage]
We see SAP degrading from the red line and zoom in further to show particles breaking off and flowing through.
[Voice Over]
Shell Aviation, however, discovered that under certain circumstances, SAP can leak from water filters into fuel. In rare cases, these particles move into the aircraft during refuelling and can cause significant operational issues in engines.
[Video Footage]
The traditional fuel monitor system disappears. We transition to see a Shell-branded refueller.
[Voice Over]
We worked with filtration experts, FAUDI Aviation, to develop Shell Jet Protection, this new system replaces SAP-based water filters with an alternative approach that meets all required international standards.
[Video Footage]
We zoom in again to see a new, simplified version of the Shell Jet Protection system. We see the Electronic Water Sensor in action monitoring the fuel and stopping the flow when water is detected.
[Voice Over]
It combines physical Dirt Defence Filters with an AFGUARD® Electronic Water Sensor. This sensor, extensively tested by Shell and qualified to EI1598, continuously monitors the refuelling process and safely turns off the fuel flow to the aircraft, on the rare occasions when water is detected.
[Video Footage]
The diagram of the Shell Jet Protect system is replaced with an airliner, flying towards the horizon.
[Voice Over]
At Shell Aviation, we’re going above and beyond to protect aircraft engines by converting our refuelling fleet at all Shell-managed locations worldwide to Shell Jet Protection. We aim to be SAP-free by the end of 2020. Can your supplier claim the same?
[Video Footage]
The Shell Aviation logo with pecten appears with the URL below.
[Voice Over]
Find out more about refuelling SAP-free today at Shell.com/aviation/ShellJetProtection
[Audio]
Shell mnemonic