Jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF, also abbreviated avtur) is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in aircraft powered by gas-turbine engines...
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the cost of fuel. Jet fuel is a clear to straw-colored fuel, based on either an unleaded kerosene (Jet A-1), or a naphtha-kerosene blend (Jet B). Similar...
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Aviation biofuel (redirect from Renewable jet fuel)
biofuel (also known as bio-jet fuel or bio-aviation fuel (BAF)) is a biofuel used to power aircraft and is a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The International...
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flight. Most modern subsonic jet aircraft use more complex high-bypass turbofan engines. They give higher speed and greater fuel efficiency than piston and...
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Auxiliary power unit (redirect from Jet fuel starter)
transport aircraft carried a putt-putt under the cockpit floor. The first German jet engines built during the Second World War used a mechanical APU starting...
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JATO (redirect from Jet-fuel Assisted Take Off.)
JATO (acronym for jet-assisted take-off) is a type of assisted take-off for helping overloaded aircraft into the air by providing additional thrust in...
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JP-7 (redirect from Jet Propellant 7)
Turbine Fuel Low Volatility JP-7, commonly known as JP-7 (referred to as Jet Propellant 7 prior to MIL-DTL-38219) is a specialized type of jet fuel developed...
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JP-10 fuel - (Jet Propellant 10), is a jet fuel, specified and used mainly as a gas turbine fuel in missiles. Despite being designed for military purposes...
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Environmental effects of aviation (redirect from Sustainable jet fuel)
particulates from fossil fuel combustion, raising environmental concerns over their global effects and their effects on local air quality. Jet airliners contribute...
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density of extreme fuels, and the human body not being suited to flight, and they are principally used for stunts. A practical use for the jet pack has been...
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approval of twin-engine jets to fly farther from diversion airports as reliability increased, and an increased emphasis on fuel efficiency. The engines...
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Zip fuel, also known as high energy fuel (HEF), is any member of a family of jet fuels containing additives in the form of hydro-boron compounds, or boranes...
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Afterburner (redirect from Military power (jet engines))
takeoff, and combat. The afterburning process injects additional fuel into a combustor in the jet pipe behind (i.e., "after") the turbine, "reheating" the exhaust...
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surtax of $0.141 per gallon.[citation needed] Kerosene for use in aviation (Jet fuel): Generally, kerosene is taxed at $0.244 per gallon unless a reduced rate...
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airbreathing jet engines heat the air by burning fuel. Alternatively a heat exchanger may be used, as in a nuclear-powered jet engine. Most modern jet engines...
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Swimming (Mac Miller album) (redirect from Jet Fuel (song))
sees his bars skitter across glorious brass lines and earworm riffs". "Jet Fuel" was described as "sluggish, dancehall-inflected trip hop", and "What's...
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the fuel used for takeoff is relatively large compared to the amount expended in the cruise segment, and because less fuel-efficient regional jets are...
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JP-4 (redirect from JP-4 (fuel))
JP-4, or JP4 (for "Jet Propellant") was a jet fuel, specified in 1951 by the United States Department of Defense (MIL-DTL-5624). Its NATO code is F-40...
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quality by dehydrogenation" using the DHD process). Synthetic fuel grades included "T.L. [jet] fuel", "first quality aviation gasoline", "aviation base gasoline"...
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Dodecane (section Jet fuel surrogate)
surrogate for kerosene-based fuels such as Jet-A, S-8, and other conventional aviation fuels. It is considered a second-generation fuel surrogate designed to...
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limited global fly-over rights because of the boom, its huge thirst for jet fuel, and a disastrous crash. The aircraft was retired in 2003. Meanwhile, the...
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lampooning 9/11 conspiracy theories with such phrases as "Bush did 9/11" or "jet fuel can't melt steel beams." An example of this can be seen in viral videos...
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remove mercaptans from LPG, propane, butanes, light naphthas, kerosene, and jet fuel by converting them to liquid hydrocarbon disulfides. The Merox process...
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Camelina sativa (section Biodiesel and jet fuel)
are studying this emerging biodiesel. Studies have shown camelina-based jet fuel reduces net carbon emissions by about 80%. The United States Navy chose...
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been criticised on environmental grounds. Jet engines using kerosene fuel developed rapidly after 1950. Jet aircraft and almost all helicopters fly with...
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sometimes referred to by the registered, genericized trademark Prist. Jet fuel can contain a small amount of dissolved water that does not appear in droplet...
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