Properties, characteristics and combustion performance of sasol fully synthetic jet fuel

Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo

Volumn 3, Issue PART A, 2008, Pages 431-443

  Moses, Clifford A ^a   Roets, Petrus N J ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Sasol Technology Fuels Research   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE; ENGINE DURABILITY; ENGINE MANUFACTURERS; FISCHER-TROPSCH PROCESS; FLIGHT SAFETY; GROWING DEMAND; JET FUEL; JOHANNESBURG; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS; SOUTH AFRICA; STORAGE AND HANDLING; SYNTHETIC JETS; SYNTHETIC TESTS;

AIRCRAFT FUELS; AVIATION; COAL COMBUSTION; FUEL STORAGE; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING;

JETS;

EID: 69949133463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/GT2008-50545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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