Development of thermal stability additive packages for JP-8

Conference · Mon May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:45062

Anderson, S D; Harrison, III, W E; Edwards, T; Morris, R W; Shouse, D T ^[1]

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1. USAF Wright Lab., Wright-Paterson AFB, OH (United States)

Advanced military aircraft use fuel as the primary heat sink to cool engine and airframe components. As the fuel is thermally stressed, thermal oxidative reactions take place that result in the formation of deposits. These deposits degrade aircraft performance and ultimately lead to premature servicing of the affected components. The frequency of these incidents, coupled with the projected cooling requirements for future systems, demonstrates that current thermal stability limits are inadequate. In response to this situation, the United States Air Force (USAF) has embarked on a program to improve thermal stability using specially formulated additive packages. Results indicate that additives offer significant thermal stability improvement. This paper describes the USAF program to develop and deploy an improved JP-8 for fleet-wide use by 1998.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Technical Management
• OSTI ID: 45062
• Report Number(s): CONF-941022--Vol.1; ON: DE95008873
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

02 PETROLEUM
ADDITIVES
FUEL SYSTEMS
JET ENGINE FUELS
STABILITY
STORAGE
THERMAL STRESSES