ASTM-D6446 2006(Redline)

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D6446-01(2006) Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion (Specific Energy) of Aviation Fuels (Redline)

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Description

Significance and Use

This test method is intended for use as a guide in cases in which an experimental determination of heat of combustion is not available and cannot be made conveniently, and in which an estimate is considered satisfactory. It is not intended as a substitute for experimental measurements of heat of combustion (see Note 2 ).

Note 2—The procedures for the experimental determination of the net heat of combustion are described in Test Methods D 240 and D 4809.

The net heat of combustion is a factor in the performance of all aviation fuels. Because the exhaust of aircraft engines contains uncondensed water vapors, the energy released by fuel in vaporizing water cannot be recovered and must be subtracted from gross heat of combustion. For high performance weight-limited aircraft, the net heat of combustion per unit mass and the mass of fuel loaded determine the total safe range. The proper operation of the aircraft engine also requires a certain minimum net energy of combustion per unit volume of fuel delivered.

1. Scope

1.1 This test method covers the estimation of the net heat of combustion (specific energy) at constant pressure in SI units, megajoules per kilogram, from the fuel density, sulfur, and hydrogen content.

1.2 This test method is purely empirical, and it is applicable only to liquid hydrocarbon fuels derived by normal refining processes from conventional crude oil that conform to the requirements of specifications for aviation turbine fuels of limited boiling ranges and compositions, as described in Note 0 and permitted by each specification.

Note 0

The estimation of the heat of combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel from its hydrogen content, density, and sulfur is justifiable only when the fuel belongs to a well-defined class for which a relationship between these quantities has been derived from accurate experimental measurements on representative samples of that class. Even in this class, the possibility that the estimates can be in error by large amounts for individual fuels should be recognized. The classes of fuels used to establish the correclation presented in this test method are represented by the following specifications:

1.3 The heat of combustion can also be estimated by Test Methods D 1405, D 3338, and D 4529.

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D129 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General High Pressure Decomposition Device Method) D240 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter D1217 Test Method for Density and Relative Density (Specific Gravity) of Liquids by Bingham Pycnometer D1250 Guide for Use of the Petroleum Measurement Tables D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method) D1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method D1405 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels D1552 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-Temperature Method) D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry D3120 Test Method for Trace Quantities of Sulfur in Light Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Oxidative Microcoulometry D3338 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels D3701 Test Method for Hydrogen Content of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Low Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometry D4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter D4294 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry D4529 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels D4808 Test Methods for Hydrogen Content of Light Distillates, Middle Distillates, Gas Oils, and Residua by Low-Resolution Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy D4809 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method) D5291 Test Methods for Instrumental Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products and Lubricants D5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

U.S. Military Standards

MIL-DTL-83133 Aviation Turbine Fuel, Kerosene Types, NATO F-34 (JP-8), NATO F-35 , and JP-8+100

Directorate of Standardization, Ministry of Defence

DEFSTAN91-91, Aviation Turbine Fuel, Kerosene Type, Jet A-1

NATO Code

F-44 Aviation Turbine Fuel, JP-5

Keywords

aviation fuels; energy content; heat of combustion; heating tests; net heat of combustion; specific energy;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 75.160.20 (Liquid fuels

Additional information

Standard Title	D6446-01(2006) Standard Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion (Specific Energy) of Aviation Fuels (Redline)
Published Code	ASTM
Publication Date	2006
Pages Count	4
ICS Codes	75.160.20 - Liquid fuels

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