A Study Relating to the Fog Oil Replacement Program.

Abstract

The U.S. Army has made a commitment to replace smoke generator fog oil with diesel fuel and/or JP-8. This report discusses the work done to help solve this existing fog oil substitution problem. Areas of research included: (a) modification of diesel fuel and JP-8 by removal of their lower boiling fractions. (b) design, construction, and development of a bench test for measuring obscuration. (c) running a computer-simulation program to assist in evaluating the engineering feasibility of designing, developing, and constructing a compact unit capable of fractionating diesel fuel and/or JP-8 should this be desired. (d) conducting a literature search to identify methods and/or compact equipment capable of fractionating diesel fuel and JP-8 to higher average molecular weight fractions. (e) production of test samples. (f) chemical analyses and obscurant evaluations. Keywords: Fog oil, Obscurant, Smoke screen, Fog generator, Diesel fuel, JP-8 fuel.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA192536

Entities

People

  • Bernard R. Wright
  • Mike D. Kanakia
  • William W. Wimer

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

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  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Bench Tests
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  • Smoke Generators

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