Antimisting Fuel Research and Development for Commercial Aircraft Summary Report

Details

• Creators:
  Yaffee, Michael L.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Technical Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airplanes
  • Fires
  • Fuels
  • Jet propelled aircraft
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/CT-86/7
• 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:
  This report covers the research, development, testing, and evaluation conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in pursuit of an effective, feasible antimisting agent for kerosene jet fuels that would prevent or reduce the dangers of post-crash, fuel mist fires. For the past eight years, most of this effort was focused on a high molecular weight polymer, FM-gm, as a representative agent to prove the antimisting fuel concept. The results of this work indicate that the goal is achievable: Jet fuel can be modified to provide a significant degree of protect ion against post-crash fires in impact-survivable accidents, Additional development and testing would be required before the fuel is operationally acceptable, It would be necessary to make some modifications in fuel handling procedures and hardware in aircraft and at airports. But there appear to be no technically insurmountable problems,
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/92734/dot_92734_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.35 MB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for Advanced Aerospace
• Main Document Checksum:
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