Antimisting Fuel Research and Development for Commercial Aircraft

Abstract

This report covers the research, development, testing, and evaluation conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration in pursuit of an effective, feasible antimisting agent for kerosene jet fuels that would prevent or reduce the dangers of postcrash, fuel mist fires. For the past eight years, most of this effort was focused on a high molecular weight polymer, FM-9, as a representative agent to prove the antimisting fuel concept. The results of this work indicate that the goal is achievable: Jet fuel can be modified to provide a significant degree of protection against postcrash fires in impact-survivable accidents. Additional development and testing would be required before the fuel is operationally acceptable. It would be necessary to make some modifications in fuel handling procedures and hardware in aircraft and at airports. But there appear to be no technically insurmountable problems. Keywords: Antimisting kerosene; Safety fuels; Aircraft safety.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA172183

Entities

People

  • Michael L. Yaffee

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Chemical Industry
  • Chemistry
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Jet Engines
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials Science
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Turbofan Engines

Readers

  • Aviation Safety Risk Assessment.
  • Fire Suppression Systems Design.
  • Systems Analysis and Design