US Navy Evaluation of the High Reynolds' Number Thermal Stability (HiReTS) Test Unit

Abstract

The HiReTS was developed by Shell Global Solutions, Fuels Business Group as a small- scale unit for evaluating the thermal stability of jet fuel prior to shipment to the consumer. The HiReTS was designed to operate at high fuel flow rates through a heated, stainless steel tube (capillary) representative of turbulent flow conditions in actual engine fuel injectors. At the standard operating conditions (SOC), the HiReTS has a Reynolds' Number (Re) of approximately 13,000, well within the turbulent regime. The presence of high turbulence in the HiReTS also eliminates the sensitivity of mass transport effects that occur in laminar flow test devices such as the Jet Fuel Thermal Oxidation Tester (JFTOT), which operates at a Re of approximately 10.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 23, 2003
Accession Number
ADA416480

Entities

People

  • Clarence J. Nowack
  • Douglas F. Mearns
  • John E. Colbert
  • Richard A. Kamin

Organizations

  • Naval Air Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Fuels
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Fuel Injectors
  • Fuel Nozzles
  • Fuels
  • Heat Transfer
  • Jet Engine Fuels
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Methods
  • Thermal Stability

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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