Fuel effects on range versus payload for modern jet aircraft

11th International Conference on Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels 2009

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 138-167

  Blakey, S ^a   Wilson, C W ^a   Farmery, M ^b   Midgley, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Shell Chemicals Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alternative fuel; Aviation; Density; Energy content; Fuels; Jet fuel; Payload; Range

Indexed keywords

AVIATION FUEL; COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS; ENERGY CONTENT; FLIGHT PLANS; FUEL PROPERTIES; HYDROCARBON FUEL; PAYLOAD; PAYLOAD PERFORMANCE; RANGE; SPECIFIC ENERGY;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ALTERNATIVE FUELS; AVIATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; JET FUEL; LIQUID FUELS;

AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84865223798     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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