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C5 POSF12345
C5 is a synthetic fuel studied in the National Jet Fuels Combustion Program [1] as a test fuel. One of the key characteristics of this fuel is its "flat" distillation curve.
Table I. Key properties [2].
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Property |
Value |
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Average formula |
C9.7H18.7 |
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H/C ratio (mole) |
1.93 |
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Average molecular weight (g/mol) |
135.4 |
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LHV (MJ/kg) |
43.0 |
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Model formula* |
C10H19 |
* For modeling purpose, it is necessary to use integer formula due to computer code limitation. For modeling purpose, use the fuel mass fraction, rather than the mole fraction [3].
Table II. Fuel composition [2].
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Type |
Mass % |
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n-paraffin |
17.7 |
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iso-paraffin |
51.6 |
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cycloparaffin |
0 |
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aromatics |
30.7 |
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others |
0 |
References
[1] M. Colket, J. Heyne, M. Rumizen, M. Gupta, T. Edwards, W.M. Roquemore, G. Andac, R. Boehm, J. Lovett, R. Williams, Overview of the National Jet Fuels Combustion Program, AIAA Journal 55 (2017) 1087-1104.
[2] T. Edwards, personal communication, 2015.
[3] R. Xu, K. Wang, S. Banerjee, J. Shao, T. Parise, Y. Zhu, S. Wang, A. Movaghar, D.J. Lee, R. Zhao, X. Han, Y. Gao, T. Lu, K. Brezinsky, F.N. Egolfopoulos, D.F. Davidson, R.K. Hanson, C.T. Bowman, H. Wang, A physics-based approach to modeling real-fuel combustion chemistry - II. Reaction kinetic models of jet and rocket fuels, Combustion and Flame 193 (2018) 520-537.