Fuel-Additive System for Test Cells
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to provide the U.S. Air Force with design data and a prototype of a fuel-additive system capable of reducing plume opacity during testing of a jet engine in a test cell. Jet engines are tested in a test cell after servicing and before placement in an aircraft. Certain jet engines, J-57, J-79, and TF-33 in particular, generate soot which exits the test cell in a plume of greater than 20 percent opacity (Ringelmann number of 1 or greater). This opacity exceeds the opacity limit (20 percent) set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The U.S. Air Force has previously funded projects that found two jet fuel additives, ferrocene and cerium octoate, that reduce the plum opacity. The scope of this project included the design, construction, and testing of a prototype fuel-additive system. The following report describes the fuel-additive system requirements, design parameters, design, fabrication, and testing of the prototype system. The prototype fuel-additive system, properly built and operated, will provide the U.S. Air Force a means of testing jet engines in test cells while staying within EPA opacity limits.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA200801
Entities
People
- Dale W. Folsom
Organizations
- Battelle Memorial Institute