This work highlights the recent work carried out at Texas A&M University at Qatar in the development of novel synthetic fuels geared towards the aviation industry's utilization. The research activities implemented involve a unique multi-disciplinary collaboration between academia and industry, which was facilitated by QF through funding provided by the Qatar science and Technology Park and Rolls-Royce. The work specifically examines the relationship between the chemical composition of SPKs and their physical properties. The chemical groups that compose SPK are normal-, iso- and cyclo-paraffins. The role that these paraffins had on jet fuel properties (e.g., density, freezing point, flash point, etc...) were tested and correlated with their hydrocarbon composition. Of the propoerties tested, the freezing point was the most interesting showing a high non-linearity over a wide range of compositions.

Characterization of synthetic jet fuel blends: Experimental and statistical studies

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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