Behaviour of water in jet fuel - A literature review

Repetto, S. L.; Baena-Zambrana, S.; Repetto, Sonia; Lawson, C. P.; Lam, J. K.W.

Abstract

This review gives a detailed account of the different types of water contaminated fuel and the conditions that bring about each form of contamination. It also considers studies that have been done to date that investigate the physics behind the behaviour of water in different hydrocarbons and jet fuel at low temperatures. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

• Journal Article Type: Review
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Journal: Progress in Aerospace Sciences
• Print ISSN: 0376-0421
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 35-44
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2012.12.001
• Keywords: aviation fuel, low temperatures, water, ice accretion, ice formation, fuel system
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/930192
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paerosci.2012.12.001