TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an experimental database and kinetic models for surrogate jet fuels
AU - Colket, Meredith
AU - Edwards, Tim
AU - Williams, Skip
AU - Cernansky, Nicholas P.
AU - Miller, David L.
AU - Egolfopoulos, Fokion
AU - Lindstedt, Peter
AU - Seshadri, Kalyanasundaram
AU - Dryer, Frederick L.
AU - Law, Chung King
AU - Friend, Daniel
AU - Lenhert, David B.
AU - Pitsch, Heinz
AU - Sarofim, Adel
AU - Smooke, Mitchell
AU - Tsang, Wing
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The engineering and scientific community has been searching for the identification of surrogate fuels that can reasonably represent the performance and emissions behavior of jet fuels (e.g., Jet A, JP-8) in engines. Many proposals exist in the literature, but there has been no consensus of opinion. It has been recognized that if the surrogate (or its) components were identified and agreed upon, then the research community could focus their resources on the development of chemical kinetic models for accurate representation of this surrogate. This manuscript reviews the findings and recommendations of a working group created by AFOSR, ARO and NIST to identify a surrogate fuel and/or its components. As a part of this study, the chemical kinetically limited processes within a gas turbine are identified. In addition, a palette of compounds is presented from which a surrogate fuel might be constructed. We initially suggested a simplified surrogate composed of n-decane, n-butylcyclohexane and n-butylbenzene and experiments were performed and compared to reactivity data for jet fuels. Results indicate that this mixture is more reactive and difficult to extinguish than typical jet fuels. Some ideas for resolving these issues are discussed. Recommendations for future efforts are provided and a roadmap for the creation of surrogate fuel kinetics models is proposed.
AB - The engineering and scientific community has been searching for the identification of surrogate fuels that can reasonably represent the performance and emissions behavior of jet fuels (e.g., Jet A, JP-8) in engines. Many proposals exist in the literature, but there has been no consensus of opinion. It has been recognized that if the surrogate (or its) components were identified and agreed upon, then the research community could focus their resources on the development of chemical kinetic models for accurate representation of this surrogate. This manuscript reviews the findings and recommendations of a working group created by AFOSR, ARO and NIST to identify a surrogate fuel and/or its components. As a part of this study, the chemical kinetically limited processes within a gas turbine are identified. In addition, a palette of compounds is presented from which a surrogate fuel might be constructed. We initially suggested a simplified surrogate composed of n-decane, n-butylcyclohexane and n-butylbenzene and experiments were performed and compared to reactivity data for jet fuels. Results indicate that this mixture is more reactive and difficult to extinguish than typical jet fuels. Some ideas for resolving these issues are discussed. Recommendations for future efforts are provided and a roadmap for the creation of surrogate fuel kinetics models is proposed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34250855075
SN - 1563478900
SN - 9781563478901
T3 - Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
SP - 9446
EP - 9466
BT - Collection of Technical Papers - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting
T2 - 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2007
Y2 - 8 January 2007 through 11 January 2007
ER -