COMMON-RAIL FUEL SYSTEM WITH EJECTOR PUMP AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF

A method of operating an aircraft engine of an aircraft, the aircraft engine having a common-rail fuel injection system for injecting fuel into a combustion chamber of the aircraft engine, including: pressurizing fuel for circulation through the common-rail injection system; circulating a portion of the pressurized fuel through a motive flow inlet of an ejector pump; and entraining a flow through the ejector pump with the portion of the pressurized fuel circulating through the motive flow inlet.