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Comparison of Diesel Fuel Oxygenates with Composition-Explicit Distillation Curve Method Part 1: Linear Compounds with One to Three Oxygens

May 2, 2011

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Tara Lovestead, Jennifer Riggs, Erica Jorgensen, Marcia L. Huber

There is a great deal of interest in formulating oxygenated diesel fuels that produce low particulate emissions. The most common oxygenating additives for diesel fuels include the glycol ethers, glycol esters, alcohols, ethers and ketones. It is important

Method and Apparatus for the Thermal Stress of Complex Fluids: Application to Fuels

May 2, 2011

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Bret Windom

In this brief paper we describe a simple apparatus that can produce sufficient quantities of thermally stressed complex fluids (such as fuels) to allow a full range of thermophysical property measurements to be performed on the resulting fluid. The

Pressure Controlled Advanced Distillation Curve Analysis on Biodiesel Fuels

March 27, 2011

Author(s)

Bret Windom, Tara M. Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Biodiesel fuel is an alternative fuel that can be derived from a number of renewable feedstocks including plant and vegetable oils, algae, animal fats, waste oils, etc. The fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile, and thus the resultant properties, of the

Comparison of Biomass-Derived Turbine Fuels with the Composition-Explicit Distillation Curve Method

March 6, 2011

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Evgenii Baibourine

In recent years, civilian and military users of aviation kerosene have been interested in expanding the scope of fuel feed stocks to include non-petroleum sources. The most well known examples of such alternative sources of fuel are the Fisher-Tropsch

P-r-T Behavior of Four Lean Synthetic Natural-Gas-Like Mixtures from 250 K to 450 K with Pressures to 37 MPa

February 18, 2011

Author(s)

Mark O. McLinden

The p-ρ-T behaviors of four lean synthetic natural gas mixtures were measured along isotherms of 250 K, 350 K, and 450 K with pressures to 37 MPa with a two-sinker, magnetic-suspension densimeter. The gravimetrically prepared mixtures have seven to nine

Measurements of Density and Speed of Sound of JP-10 and Comparison to Rocket Propellants and Jet Fuels

February 14, 2011

Author(s)

Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke

Densities of the missile fuel JP-10 were measured with two vibrating-tube densimeters. The combined range of the data is from 270 K to 470 K with pressures to 30 MPa. The speed of sound in the fuel was measured with a propagation time method at ambient

Analysis of Organometallic Gasoline Additives with the Composition-Explicit Distillation Curve Method

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Evgenii Baibourine

Problems associated with pre-ignition of fuel in a spark ignition engine have been documented for many years, and include poor performance and structural damage. These problems were addressed in the past by adding organometallic additives such as

Extent and Impacts of Hydrocarbon Fuel Compositional Variability for Aerospace Propulsion Systems

July 25, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Tim Edwards, Linda M. Shafer, Matthew Billingsley

Kerosene fuels possess physical and chemical properties which make them attractive for aerospace propulsion applications from operational and performance standpoints. However, variation in fuel properties and performance owing to differences in chemical

Evaluation of the Physicochemical Authenticity of Aviation Kerosene Surrogate Mixtures Part I: Analysis of Volatility with the Advanced Distillation Curve

July 19, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Beverly L. Smith

Because of the complexities involved in measuring and modeling the performance and properties of finished fuels, the scientific community must often use surrogate mixtures, especially in the absence of consensus standard mixtures. While surrogate mixtures

Evaluation of the Physicochemical Authenticity of Aviation Kerosene Surrogate Mixtures Part II: Analysis and Prediction of Thermophysical Properties

July 19, 2010

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Marcia L. Huber

In part I of this series of papers, we presented an evaluation strategy that can be applied to surrogate mixtures for finished fuels. This strategy uses the advanced distillation curve approach to evaluate the surrogate in terms of physicochemical

The Decomposition and Isomerization of 5-Methylhex-1-yl Radical

July 9, 2010

Author(s)

Iftikhar A. Awan, William S. McGivern, Wing Tsang, Jeffrey A. Manion

The decomposition and isomerization reactions of the 5-methylhex-1-yl radical (1-5MeH) have been studied at temperatures of 889 K to 1064 K and pressures of 1.6 bar to 2.2 bar using the single pulse shock tube technique. The radical of interest was

Software Package to Facilitate the Preparation of Intermediate-Range Fossil Fuel Standards from Certified Reference Materials

June 17, 2010

Author(s)

John L. Molloy, Bruce S. MacDonald, William R. Kelly

A software package has been developed in Visual Basic for Applications to assist analysts in mixing fossil fuel reference materials to produce standards of intermediate concentrations and known uncertainties. Mixing reference materials of similar matrices

Surrogate Mixture Models for the Thermophysical Properties of Aviation Fuel Jet-A

May 27, 2010

Author(s)

Marcia L. Huber, Eric W. Lemmon, Thomas J. Bruno

We developed surrogate mixture models to represent the thermophysical properties of two samples of aviation turbine fuel Jet-A. One sample is a composite of numerous batches from a multiple manufacturers and is considered to be a representative fuel. A