Thermal Cracking of JP-5 Jet Fuel.
Abstract
The feasibility of a self-contained, portable shipboard unit to thermally crack JP-5 jet fuel was investigated. A bench scale cracking unit was designed and operated to obtain kinetic and physical operation data for use in design scaleup. The thermal cracking process was readily controlled to produce a product which had good flammability characteristics. A pilot scale design was completed which incorporated the bench scale results plus features known to be necessary in a shipboard unit. The purpose was to produce fire bomb fuel. A fire bomb simulator was designed and employed to test the ignition and burning characteristics of gelled petroleum fuels for fire bombs and to correlate the results with bomb drop performance. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0891599
Entities
People
- R. L. Garrison
- W. E. Brown