High Temperature Hydrocarbon Fuels Research in an Advanced Aircraft Fuel System Simulator on Fuel AFFB-10-67.

Abstract

At elevated temperatures, hydrocarbon jet fuels tend to form deposits which decrease heat exchanger efficiency and plug screens and filter elements. In order to quantify this tendency so that it may be predicted, it is necessary to obtain comparative test results on a simulated aircraft fuel system and small-scale test devices. In this report, the thermal stability of a fuel tested in the Advanced Aircraft Fuel System Simulator is quantified in terms of the amount of deposit formed. The quantification of deposit formation is determined under cyclic conditions (mission profiles) and two types of steady state test conditions (steady-state and steady-state-varied flow). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0848566

Entities

People

  • Harold Goodman
  • Royce Bradley
  • Theodore Sickles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Efficiency
  • Fuel Systems
  • Fuels
  • Heat Exchangers
  • High Temperature
  • Hydrocarbon Fuels
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Mission Profiles
  • Simulators
  • Steady State
  • Thermal Stability

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering