Tribological Evaluation of the Aviation Kerosene for Use in CI Engines 2009-01-2804
To reduce the fuel related logistic burden, NATO Armed Forces are advancing the use of a single fuel for both aircraft and ground equipment. To this end, F-34 is replacing distillate diesel fuel in many applications. Yet, unacceptable wear due to poor lubricity was illustrated by tests conducted with kerosene on High Frequency Reciprocating Rig. Therefore, HFRR tests were performed with fatty acid methyl esters of sunflower, palm, cotton-seed, tobacco-seed, olive, rape-seed and used frying oils, at volume concentrations from 0.05% to 0.6%. This study showed that the biodiesels used, produced a significant decrease in the wear scar diameter at concentrations of 0.2% to 0.4 %. Biodiesels derived from non-polyunsaturated oils, such as palm and olive gave better lubrication at certain concentrations.
Citation: Karonis, D. and Anastopoulos, G., "Tribological Evaluation of the Aviation Kerosene for Use in CI Engines," SAE Technical Paper 2009-01-2804, 2009, https://doi.org/10.4271/2009-01-2804. Download Citation
Author(s):
D. Karonis, G. Anastopoulos
Affiliated:
National Technical University of Athens
Pages: 9
Event:
SAE 2009 Powertrains Fuels and Lubricants Meeting
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Diesel fuels
Biodiesel
Wear
Test procedures
Tribology
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