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

Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

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

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Sasol Technology Fuels Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AVIATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL LIQUEFACTION; FUELS; JET FUEL; JETS; KEROSENE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PETROLEUM REFINING; REFINING;

FUEL STORAGE;

EID: 77955255151     PISSN: 07424795     EISSN: 15288919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3028234     Document Type: Article

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