A Model System for the Study of Additives Designed To Enhance the Stability of Jet Fuels at Temperatures above 400 °C

Leena Selvaraj, Maria Sobkowiak, Chunshan Song, John B. Stallman, Michael M. Coleman

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Abstract

We have previously demonstrated that additives such as benzyl alcohol and the like successfully retard the formation of carbonaceous materials in jet fuels at temperatures in excess of 400 °C. An understanding of the underlying mechanisms is important and could point the way to the design of superior additives. Here we report the results of thermal stressing studies performed on a model system consisting of dodecane/benzyl alcohol mixtures. Dodecane has been the subject of many prior studies and is a good representative model compound for jet fuel. Furthermore, deuterated compounds of both dodecane and benzyl alcohol are available and results obtained using these compounds were found to be particularly useful in rationalizing why benzyl alcohol acts as a thermal stabilizer in hydrocarbon mixtures at such high temperatures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)839-845
Number of pages7
JournalEnergy and Fuels
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 1994

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Fuel Technology
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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