Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety

Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
Author: Committee on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1997-09-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309553423

The reduction of the fire hazard of fuel is critical to improving survivability in impact-survivable aircraft accidents. Despite current fire prevention and mitigation approaches, fuel flammability can overwhelm post-crash fire scenarios. The Workshop on Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety was held November 19-20, 1996 to review the current state of development, technological needs, and promising technology for the future development of aviation fuels that are most resistant to ignition during a crash. This book contains a summary of workshop discussions and 11 presented papers in the areas of fuel and additive technologies, aircraft fuel system requirements, and the characterization of fuel fires.