Composition of Syntroleum S-5 and Conformance to JP-5 Specification

The US Military uses JP-8/JP-5/Jet A-1 fuel. JP-8 is identical to Jet A-1 except that it contains additives required by the military. JP-8 differs from JP-8 only in that it has a slightly higher flash point. A synthetic JP-5 fuel products by Syntroleum Corporation, S-5, differers from petroleum-deri...

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Main Authors: Muzzell, Patsy A, Freerks, Robert L, Baltrus, John P, Link, Dirk D
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
BRANCHING STUDIES
CARBON
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Fuels
HETEROATOM CHARACTERIZATION
JET ENGINE FUELS
JP-5 FUELS
MILITARY REQUIREMENTS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SPECIFICATIONS
SYNTROLEUM S-5
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Summary:The US Military uses JP-8/JP-5/Jet A-1 fuel. JP-8 is identical to Jet A-1 except that it contains additives required by the military. JP-8 differs from JP-8 only in that it has a slightly higher flash point. A synthetic JP-5 fuel products by Syntroleum Corporation, S-5, differers from petroleum-derived jet fuels in that it has much lower normal paraffin concentration and it does not contain any detectable S, N, or O compounds or aromatics. Despite these compositional differences, S-5 conforms to all JP-5 specification requirements for the chemical and key physical properties evaluated, except the density; S-5 density was slightly lower than the minimum density required. One other key requirement for JP-5 states that, The feed stock from which the fuel is refined shall be crude oils derived from petroleum, tar sands, oil shale, or mixtures thereof. Fuels such as S-5. synthesized from feed stocks other than those allowed, do not conform to the JP-5 specification in this regard. Prepared in collaboration with the National Energy Technology Lab, DoE, and Syntroleum Corp.