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Application of JFA-5 as an antifouling additive in a Jet-A fuel

Journal Article · · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ie9503151· OSTI ID:225460
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  1. Calspan SRL Corp., Dayton, OH (United States). Systems Research Labs.
A commercial Jet-A aviation fuel, POSF-2827, was treated with an antifouling additive package, DuPont Jet Fuel Additive No. 5 (JFA-5), at a concentration of 12 mg/L. Fouling of heated stainless-steel (304) tubes from the neat and treated fuels was studied over the temperature range 155--300 C using a single-pass heat exchanger and at 185 C in flask tests. The rate of autoxidation in the treated fuel was slowed over the temperature range 155--225 C, but total surface fouling evaluated after 100% conversion of dissolved oxygen was not reduced. Significant reduction (factor of 2--3) in surface fouling was observed at the higher temperatures, 255 and 300 C. This improvement was traced to one component of the package, namely, a metal deactivator present at 2 mg/L. Additive packages such as JFA-5 which contain antioxidant, dispersant, and -- in particular -- metal-deactivator components may reduce Jet-A fuel fouling in certain temperature regimes.
OSTI ID:
225460
Journal Information:
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Journal Name: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 35; ISSN IECRED; ISSN 0888-5885
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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