- Author
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San Miguel, A.
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Williams, M. D.
- Title
- Antimisting Fuel Spillage/Air Shear Tests at Naval Weapons Center. Final Report.
- Coporate
- Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA
- Sponsor
- Department of Transportation, Washington, DC
- Report
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FAA-RD-78-50,
March 1978,
35 p.
- Contract
- DOT-FA76WAI-589
- Keywords
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aircraft fires
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fuels
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fire prevention
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kerosene
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antimisting fuels
- Abstract
- A test apparatus consisting of a large-scale airfoil located within a temperature-velocity-controlled airstream was used to evaluate the fire suppression afforded by FM9 antimisting fuel additive in Jet A. A homogeneous low turbulence airstream between 100 and 170 knots was used to obtain crash-survivable antimisting fuel kinematic data. It was demonstrated that FM9 could be an effective antimisting agent. The failure envelope for FM9 in 27 deg. C Jet A fuel was measured for agent concentrations from 0.3 to 0.5 percent and 32 deg. C airflow velocities between 100 and 170 knots.