Possibility Study of Kerosene Fraction Produced from Yemen Crude Oil as Jet Fuel with High Quality Specification

Saed Elshaamali, Salmin; Nasser Bin Harharah, Hamed

	Possibility Study of Kerosene Fraction Produced from Yemen Crude Oil as Jet Fuel with High Quality Specification
Journal of Engineering
Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 37-50
Authors
Salmin Saed Elshaamali; Hamed Nasser Bin Harharah
Abstract
Laboratory investigation and many comparisons between laboratory and commercial samples of Yemeni kerosene distillates were carried out .The physico-chemical properties of the kerosene distillates were determined . The possibility of their utilization as an aviation turbine fuel with high quality specification " assisting the increase of flight height and velocity " was confirmed . At the first look to obtained results , it is shown that the physicochemical properties for all samples are in the international permissible limits. The carbon content is distributed as the following: 15% normal paraffin ; 50% branched paraffin ; 2% mono-cycloalkanes ; 16% bicycloalkanes ; 16% branched mono-cycloaromat with branches prevailing ; 1% bicycloaromat . The samples are not hygroscopic for long period of time . The smoke point is in higher limits standard . Where the freezing point is in lower limits standard .These points prove that the Yemeni kerosene might be prepared for a spectra of jet aircrafts. This Kerosen permit high flying height because it has lower density and freezing point and it permit high velocity of aviation because it has high percentage of branshed and cyclparaffins with high specific energy without needed for addition of chemical additives, but may be need for portion of isomers of paraffin.

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