- Author
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Fenton, B.
- Title
- Antimisting Fuel Technology Application for Full Scale Transport Aircraft.
- Coporate
- Federal Aviation Administration, Atlantic City Airport, NJ
- Book or Conf
- Naval Sea Systems Command. Advancement of Passive Fire Protection in the Navy. Passive Fire Protection Symposium, 2nd. November 4-6, 1985,
Alexandria, VA,
217-255 p.,
1985
- Keywords
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antimisting fuels
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flight conditions
- Abstract
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has sponsored research and development of a technology that can minimize the fuel fire hazard during an impact-survivable aircraft crash by the introduction of a high molecular weight polymer into kerosene jet fuel. Research efforts have concentrated on a British-developed additive manufactured by Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI Americas and ICI Limited) termed FM-9/AVGARD. FM-9/Jet A antimisting kerosene (AMK) is considered representative of a concept that is designed to be more resistant than Jet A to ignition and flame propagation in a crash scenario and compatible with commercial transport airframe and engine fuel systems. The FAA successfully completed a major 4-year feasibility/development of the FM-9/AMK at the laboratory, production, and compatibility were established. These positive results lead into a full-scale validation phase intended to complete the data base necessary to consider recommendations for regulatory use of AMK in air carrier transports. The full-scale validation phase was highlighted by ground and flight development tests culminated in the Full-Scale Transport Controlled Impact Demonstraion (CID) Program. The following full-scale development tests/results are presented: FM-9/AMK inline blending, wing fuel tank environmental ground simulation, AMK fuel degrader hardware development for a turbine engine fuel system, turbine engine operation and performance under flight conditions with an engine gas generator-powered degrader, and the 4-engine AMK flight operation in the CID B720 aircraft. Actual CID/AMK flammability performance versus anticipated performance will also be discussed.