Chemical, thermal stability, seal swell, and emissions studies of alternative jet fuels

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 955-966

  Corporan, Edwin ^a   Edwards, Tim ^a   Shafer, Linda ^b   Dewitt, Matthew J ^b   Klingshirn, Christopher ^b   Zabarnick, Steven ^b   West, Zachary ^b   Striebich, Richard ^b   Graham, John ^b   Klein, Jim ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS; ANIMAL FAT; CARBON FORMATION; CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS; COMBUSTION CHARACTERISTICS; COMBUSTION EMISSIONS; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; ENGINE OPERATIONS; ENGINE POWER OUTPUT; ENGINE TEST; FISCHER TROPSCH; FT SYNTHESIS; FUEL FLOW; FUEL LEAKS; HETEROATOMS; HIGHER TEMPERATURES; HYDROPROCESSING; LABORATORY EVALUATION; LOW DENSITY; MATERIAL COMPATIBILITY; NON-VOLATILE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE CONCENTRATION; RENTECH; SYNTROLEUM; THERMAL OXIDATIVE STABILITY; THERMAL STABILITY; TURBINE ENGINE; UNBURNED HYDROCARBONS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CHEMICALS; COAL COMBUSTION; CYANIDES; ELASTOMERS; FISCHER-TROPSCH SYNTHESIS; HYDROCARBONS; JET FUEL; O RINGS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

ALTERNATIVE FUELS;

EID: 79952859585     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef101520v     Document Type: Article

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