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Wing Spillage Tests Using Antimisting Fuel

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  • Creators:
    Salmon, Robert F.
  • Corporate Creators:
    Federal Aviation Administration Technical Center (U.S.)
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    FAA-CT-11-11
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    United States
  • Edition:
    Final Report
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. William J. Hughes Technical Center
  • Abstract:
    Fuel spillage tests were conducted to evaluate the performance of an antimisting fuel (FM-9 with glycol/amine carrier fluid) in a simulated crash environment. The results of the tests are: (1) FM-9 when compared with neat Jet A afforded flammability protection even under test conditions which resulted in a "fail" for the FM-9; (2) 0.3% 80"F FM-9 provided excellent fire resistance at air-shearing velocities up to 125 knots; (3) spillage rates from 20 to 60 gallons per second yielded similar results; (4) fuel temperature impacted the antimisting performance of the fuel, 47° fuel and 110u F fuel provided fire resistance at air-shearing velocities of 133 and 116 knots, respectively; (5)' additive concentration affected fire resistance performance with 0.2 percent and 0.35 percent providing protection at air-shearing velocities of 99 knots and 142 knots, respectively; (6) MK40 rockets used as an ignition source did not alter the basic fire resistance properties of the fuel; (7) the height above the ground of the fuel release point did not affect the test results; (8) the discharge orifice shape did not affect the tests results; (9) engine fuel ingestion tests indicated that fuel quantity ingested was the governing factor as to whether engine surge occurs; (10) deceleration tests indicated that the safety range of FM-9 is about 30 knots higher in deceleration tests versus steady-state spillage tests.
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    PDF
  • Funding:
    181-520-100
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    urn:sha-512:3f22530b98c427e06c582bb056599cfdb6d95c9a35d339b9c1dff9eab5a31f24ec0e06f53d18d63a296536dad84ead07a24ea5149a6223fcee92a7d222c498fa
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