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Abstract

This paper refers to the study of biofuel as an alternative power source for turbine aviation engines. Blends of Jet A-1 fuel and synthesized hydrocarbons from Hydrotreated Esters and Fatty Acids (HEFA) technology at different proportions, such as 25%, 50% and 75%, were used for tests. All the test results were compared with the neat Jet A-1 fuel. A miniature GTM series turbojet engine was used in the test rig studies. During the tests conducted at a specific rotational speed, selected engine operating parameters as well as the emission of volatile organic compounds were measured. In terms of engine performance, no significant differences were found between the test fuels. The results of volatile organic compound emissions indicate that among the most toxic compounds the highest concentrations were obtained for benzene. The addition of the HEFA synthetic component and increasing its proportion in the blend resulted in the obtained concentration values for benzene showing a decreasing trend. The plotted utility profile indicates that the most optimal blend, i.e., the least toxic, is the blend with the share (v/v) of 62.5% of Jet A-1 fuel and 37.5% of HEFA component.

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Title
Impact of a Synthetic Component on the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds during the Combustion Process in a Miniature Turbine Engine
Author
Gawron, Bartosz 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Górniak, Aleksander 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Białecki, Tomasz 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Janicka, Anna 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Włostowski, Radosław 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Włóka, Adriana 2 ; Molska, Justyna 2 ; Zawiślak, Maciej 2 

 Fuels and Lubricants Division, Air Force Institute of Technology, 01-494 Warsaw, Poland; [email protected] (B.G.); [email protected] (T.B.) 
 Division of Automotive Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wyb. Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland; [email protected] (A.J.); [email protected] (R.W.); [email protected] (A.W.); [email protected] (J.M.); [email protected] (M.Z.) 
First page
8462
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19961073
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2612785135
Copyright
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.