FEASIBILITY OF BURNING EMULSIFIED FUEL IN A 7LM100 ENGINE

Abstract

Investigations were undertaken for the purpose of developing a 'safe' fuel that will not explode in its stored condition when exposed to a spark, but which will give identical engine performance when used in place of fuels being burned today. The Bell air cushion vehicle engine, a General Electric LM100, was tested on the latest emulsified 'safe' JP-4 fuel. Engine starts and operation were about the same with emulsified JP-4 fuel as with plain JP-4 except that running time was limited on emulsified fuel because of fuel nozzle clogging. Clogging was caused by dirtier-than-normal fuel and by an iron deposit that formed on the fuel nozzles and fuel nozzle screens.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0667902

Entities

People

  • C. M. Olsen
  • W. W. Stockton

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cushion Vehicles
  • Aircrafts
  • Combustion
  • Combustors
  • Contamination
  • Corrosion
  • Fuel Filters
  • Fuel Nozzles
  • Fuel Pumps
  • Fuel Systems
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Exchangers
  • Inspection
  • Steady State
  • Trailing Edges
  • Turbine Blades
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Technology.
  • Rocket Propulsion.