Insight into the mechanisms of middle distillate fuel oxidative degradation. Part 3: hydrocarbon stabilizers to improve jet fuel thermal oxidative stability

Omer Gül, Ruveyda Cetiner, Josefa M. Griffith, Bei Wang, Maria Sobkowiak, Dania A. Fonseca, Parvana Aksoy, Bruce G. Miller, Bruce Beaver

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Abstract

Data is presented from the PSU flowing reactor in the 350-550 °C range that shows that jet fuel derived tube surface thermal oxidative deposit and temperature are inversely related; as fuel temperature increases tube surface deposit decreases. It is proposed that this phenomenon is due to a change in the relative rates of the steps for the peroxyl-radical- chain mechanism of autoxidation under conditions of very high radical initiation rates. In addition, data is presented for two novel hydrocarbon stabilizers, in five different fuels, which documents a 57% decrease, on average, for fuel thermal oxidative surface deposition.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2052-2055
Number of pages4
JournalEnergy and Fuels
Volume23
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 16 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

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

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