Survey of Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuels and Aviation Kerosenes From U.S. Military Installations.

Abstract

In support of the Department of Defense goal to streamline procurements, the Army recently decided to discontinue use of VV-F-800D as the purchase specification for diesel fuel being supplied to continental United States military installations. The Army will instead issue a commercial item description for direct fuel deliveries under the Post/Camp/Station (PCS) contract bulletin program. In parallel, the Defense Fuel Supply Center (DFSC) and the U.S. Army Mobility Technology Center-Belvoir (MTCB at Ft Belvoir, VA) initiated a fuel survey to assess the general quality and lubricity characteristics of low sulfur diesel fuels being supplied to military installations under the PCS system. Under this project, diesel fuel delivery samples were obtained from selected military installations and analyzed according to a predetermined protocol. The results obtained from various tests show that the average, low-sulfur diesel fuel meets military requirements for DF-2 with the exception of lubricity performance. Proposed fuel lubricity requirements for military, ground-vehicle, diesel fuels are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA366036

Entities

People

  • M. E. Lepera
  • S. R. Westbrook

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Fuel Systems
  • Fuels
  • Kerosene
  • Military Procurement
  • Military Requirements
  • Petroleum
  • Procurement
  • Research Facilities
  • Specifications
  • Standards
  • Test Methods
  • United States
  • Vehicles

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  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Petroleum Engineering