Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety

Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1997-09-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309058333

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.

Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety

Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1997-08-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309174511

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.

Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors

Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 259
Release: 1995-09-08
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309053366

This book describes the Conference on Fire and Smoke-Resistant Materials held at the National Academy of Sciences on November 8-10, 1994. The purpose of this conference was to identify trends in aircraft fire safety and promising research directions for the Federal Aviation Administration's program in smoke and fire resistant materials. This proceedings contains 15 papers presented by distinguished speakers and summaries of the workshop sessions concerning toxicity issues, fire performance parameters, drivers for materials development, and new materials technology.

Aircraft Fire Safety

Aircraft Fire Safety
Author: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development. Propulsion and Energetics Panel. Symposium
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1997
Genre: Aircraft accidents
ISBN:

Aviation Fuels

Aviation Fuels
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 2012
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

Fire Safety Tests Comparing Synthetic Jet and Diesel Fuels with JP-8 (PREPRINT).

Fire Safety Tests Comparing Synthetic Jet and Diesel Fuels with JP-8 (PREPRINT).
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 15
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN:

Experimental fire tests have been performed on various fuels derived both from a petroleum source and from a synthetic source via a Fischer-Tropsch process. Multiple fire tests were performed for each fuel type as well as fuel blends of conventional and synthetic fuels using aqueous film forming foam on a liquid pool fire following a prescribed military specification, MIL-F-24385F. Using the current U.S. Air Force jet fuel (JP-8) as a baseline comparison, the synthetic fuels or blends showed no significant difference in extinguishment times. Burnback times showed larger values for some of the synthetic fuels or blends when compared to JP-8, indicating improved safety for these specific synthetic fuels or blends.

Aviation Fuel

Aviation Fuel
Author: Perry W. Kirklin
Publisher: ASTM International
Total Pages: 165
Release: 1992
Genre: Airplanes
ISBN: 0803114311

For technical readers in the aviation and fuel industries, and in testing laboratories, explores the history and philosophy of the thermal stability of aviation fuel, and considerations during the fuel's manufacture, storage and transport, use, and assessment. The 13 papers, representing a number of