Impact of Fire Resistant Fuel Blends on Formation of Obscuring FOG

Abstract

The lack of adequate smoke with JP-8 in the Vehicle Engine Exhaust Smoke System (VEESS) is detrimental to the effective use of JP-8 as the single battlefield fuel. The VEESS is considered a force multiplier and is very critical in armor strategies. Efforts of this study centered on quantifying the obscuration of smoke produced by FRF blends. All fuel blends were examined in a diesel VEESS screener that was developed to emulate actual VEESS parameters. Results indicated that FRF blends did not produce more smoke than the base fuels.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA527929

Entities

People

  • Bernard R. Wright
  • Edwin A. Frame

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Battlefields
  • Carrier Based Aircraft
  • Command And Control
  • Department Of Defense
  • Diesel Fuels
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Exhaust Systems
  • Flow
  • Flow Rate
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluids
  • Fuels
  • Mixtures
  • Obscuration
  • Research Facilities
  • Standards

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Petroleum Engineering