CRACKING AND DEPOSITION BEHAVIOR OF SUPERCRITICAL HYDROCARBON AVIATION FUELS
Author:
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Combustion Science and Technology
- Vol. 178 (1-3) , 307-334
Abstract
Trends in increasing aircraft speeds and engine efficiencies are increasing vehicle and engine heat loads. Especially at higher Mach numbers, fuel is an attractive heat sink. For many vehicle applications, utilization of this heat sink would increase fuel temperatures beyond critical values, typically 370–400°C (700–750°F). As temperatures increase beyond about 480°C (900°F), this heat addition can lead to thermal/catalytic cracking of the fuel, leading to an “endothermic” fuel. The principal barrier to the use of high temperature fuels is the deposition of carbonaceous material on heat exchanger passages, filters, fuel injectors, and other fuel system components. This paper will review progress in understanding and mitigating the thermal instability/deposition problem.Keywords
This publication has 71 references indexed in Scilit:
- The effects of pressure on the yields of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons produced during the supercritical pyrolysis of tolueneProceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2005
- Comments on “Kinetic Modeling of Coke Formation during Steam Cracking”Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2002
- Kinetic Modeling of Coke Formation during Steam CrackingIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2002
- A Fundamental Kinetic Model for the Catalytic Cracking of Alkanes on a USY Zeolite in the Presence of Coke FormationIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2001
- A Kinetic Study ofn-Heptane Catalytic Cracking over a Commercial Y-Type Zeolite under Supercritical and Subcritical ConditionsJournal of Catalysis, 1996
- High-Temperature, High-Pressurein SituReactionMonitoring of Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes underSupercritical Conditions by CIR-FTIRJournal of Catalysis, 1996
- Supercritical fuel deposition mechanismsIndustrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 1993
- On the mechanism of coke formation in steam cracking—conclusions from results obtained by tracer experimentsCarbon, 1988
- Endothermic fuels for hypersonic vehiclesJournal of Aircraft, 1971
- Thermal Decomposition of Hydrocarbons, Resonance Stabilization and Isomerization of Free Radicals1Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1943