Jet Fuel Looks to Shale Oil: 1980 Technology Review.

Abstract

The progress of several Air Force shale oil related programs is reported. Three shale oil processing studies evaluating the yield, cost, and quality of JP-4 and JP-8 turbine fuel produced from whole crude shale oil are discussed. Details of a fourth program that produced 11,300 gallons of specification JP-4 from Geokinetics shale oil are reported. Some of this jet fuel was tested in Air Force Fuel Mainburner/Turbine Effects Programs and was shown to behave very similar to petroleum derived JP-4. An additional study concentrated on developing hydrotreating catalysts that would more efficiently convert shale oil into aviation turbine fuel. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA104414

Entities

People

  • Herbert R. Lander

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemistry
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Flash Point
  • Fuels
  • Gas Turbines
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Nitrogen Compounds
  • Petroleum
  • Petroleum Industry
  • Thermal Efficiency

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design