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Alternative aviation turbine fuelsThe efficient utilization of fossil fuels by future jet aircraft may necessitate the broadening of current aviation turbine fuel specifications. The most significant changes in specifications would be an increased aromatics content and a higher final boiling point in order to minimize refinery energy consumption and costs. These changes would increase the freezing point and might lower the thermal stability of the fuel and could cause increased pollutant emissions, increased smoke and carbon formation, increased combustor liner temperatures, and poorer ignition characteristics. This paper discusses the effects that broadened specification fuels may have on present-day jet aircraft and engine components and the technology required to use fuels with broadened specifications.
Document ID
19790028365
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Grobman, J.
(NASA Lewis Research Center Advanced Technology Section, Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1977
Subject Category
Propellants And Fuels
Meeting Information
Meeting: National Conference on Energy Conservation in General Aviation
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Start Date: October 10, 1977
End Date: October 11, 1977
Accession Number
79A12378
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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