Impact of Fuel Properties on Jet Fuel Availability.
Abstract
A study was conducted to analyze the effects that relaxing certain jet fuel specification requirements would have on jet fuel availability from domestic and foreign sources. The primary objective of the study was to determine the most critical specification requirements where relaxation could be expected to have an impact on availability, and to estimate the effects that changes in these critical specifications would have on the refining industry's willingness to offer jet fuel for sale. The principal tool used in this study was a confidential survey of the U.S. Refining Industry. Results based on the adjusted survey data indicate that, for domestically produced kerosene-type jet fuels, increases of 20% could be realized by relaxing Freeze Point and Final Boiling Point; and increases of about 28% could be realized by relaxing Aromatics, Smoke Point, Freeze Point, and Final Boiling Point (FBP). For naphtha-type jet fuels, an increase of 24% for relaxing Freeze Point alone is indicated.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1976
- Accession Number
- ADA029493
Entities
People
- Joseph C. Dickson
- Louis P. Karvelas