Lower heating value of jet fuel from hydrocarbon class concentration data and thermo-chemical reference data: An uncertainty quantification

Randall C. Boehm; Zhibin Yang; David C. Bell; John Feldhausen; Joshua S. Heyne

doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122542

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Lower heating value of jet fuel from hydrocarbon class concentration data and thermo-chemical reference data: An uncertainty quantification

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Lower heating value of jet fuel from hydrocarbon class concentration data and thermo-chemical reference data: An uncertainty quantification

Randall C. Boehm, Zhibin Yang, David C. Bell, John Feldhausen and Joshua S. Heyne

Fuel (Guildford), Vol.311, p.122542

03/01/2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2021.122542

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/118538

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Energy & Fuels

Engineering, Chemical

Science & Technology

Lower heating value

Sustainable alternative fuel

GC x GC

Thermo-chemical reference data

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A detailed assessment is presented on the calculation and uncertainty of the lower heating value (net heat of combustion) of conventional and sustainable aviation fuels, from hydrocarbon class concentration measurements, reference molecular heats of formation, and the uncertainties of these reference heats of formation. Calculations using this paper's method and estimations using ASTM D3338 are reported for 17 fuels of diverse compositions and compared against reported ASTM D4809 measurements. All the calculations made by this method and the reported ASTM D4809 measurements agree (i.e., within 95% confidence intervals). The 95% confidence interval of the lower heating value of fuel candidates that are comprised entirely of normal- and isoalkanes is less than 0.1 MJ/kg by the method described here, while high cyclo-alkane content leads to 95% confidence bands that approach 0.2 MJ/kg. Taking a possible bias into account, the accuracy and precision of the method described in this work could be as high as 0.23 MJ/kg for some samples.

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Title: Lower heating value of jet fuel from hydrocarbon class concentration data and thermo-chemical reference data: An uncertainty quantification
Creators: Randall C. Boehm - University of Dayton
Zhibin Yang - University of Dayton
David C. Bell - University of Dayton
John Feldhausen - University of Dayton
Joshua S. Heyne - University of Dayton
Publication Details: Fuel (Guildford), Vol.311, p.122542
Academic Unit: Aviation Sustainability Center (ASCENT); Alternative Jet Fuel
Publisher: Elsevier
Number of pages: 9
Grants: 13-C-AJFF-UD-026, Federal Aviation Administration (United States, Washington) - FAA
Grant note: 065a; 13-C-AJFE-UD-026 / FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels and the Environment U.S. Federal Aviation Administration Office of Environment and Energy through ASCENT
Identifiers: 99900898124301842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article