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Advanced thermally stable jet fuels. Technical progress report, April 1995--June 1995

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/251638· OSTI ID:251638
Research continued on thermally stable jet fuel from coal liquids and petroleum distillates. The oxidative and thermal stabilities of ten fuels have been studied by differential scanning calorimetry and in microautoclave reactors. The compositions of the stressed fuels (as well as the unreacted fuels) were characterized by gas chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In addition, simulated distillation curves were determined by thermogravimetric analysis. The product distributions and reaction mechanisms for the thermal decomposition of n-alkanes in near-critical and supercritical regions were studied. The emphasis of the work in this reporting period has been placed on reaction mechanisms and product distributions. Work is continuing on obtaining additional {sup 13}C-labeled jet fuel components for future thermal stressing studies. Compounds of current interest include 6-{sup 13}C-dodecane and 1-cyclohexyl-1-{sup 13}C-hexane. Further analysis of the formation of solids from the thermal stressing of decane and decalin has been performed.
Research Organization:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Coll. of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
FG22-92PC92104
OSTI ID:
251638
Report Number(s):
DOE/PC/92104--T12; ON: DE96012297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English