Ground System Fluids and Fuels
Abstract
This effort focuses on reducing the logistics footprint, improving fuel efficiency, and ensuring mobility by maturing and demonstrating technologies in areas such petroleum quality monitoring, filtration, storage and distribution, hydraulic fluids; enhanced jet fuels and fuel additives, lubricants, oil, powertrain fluids and coolants. Assess additional candidate synthetic fuel blends to determine their suitability for military ground systems. Qualify candidate fuel efficient gear oils that maintain and improve vehicle axle durability and provide extended performance time over current gear oil for military use. Develop performance requirements for a new military brake fluid that is compatible with ABS brake systems and investigate candidate fluid technologies. Integrate smart fuel metering technology into self-correcting devices that automatically report fuel quantity and conduct fuel filter effectiveness testing to establish fuel particle contamination limits for new fuel monitoring technology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2021
- Source ID
- 98dfcc8727cf4bd6fc44e984f15f57e7