Morphological and Compositional Analysis on Thermal Deposition of Supercritical Aviation Kerosene in Micro Channels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Morphology of Deposits
2.1.1. Differences in the Internal Surface of a Reaction Tube after Heat Transfer of Aviation Kerosene with High DOC
2.1.2. Differences in Internal Surface of the Reaction Tube after Heat Transfer of Aviation Kerosene with Low DOC
2.1.3. Element Analysis of the Internal Surface of the Reaction Tube
2.2. Raman Spectroscopy of Deposits Structure
2.3. Quantitative Analysis of Deposition
2.4. Analysis of Deposition Structure Produced at Higher Temperature
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Materials
3.2. Simulating Fuel Flow and Heat Transfer
3.2.1. Preparation of Aviation Kerosene with Different DOCs
3.2.2. Thermal Deposition of RP-3 Fuel
3.3. Structural and Morphological Analysis of Deposits on the Internal Surface of Reaction Tubes
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Sample Availability
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Sample Name | RP-3 |
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Denstity (g/cm3) | 0.811 |
Dynamic viscosity (mm2/s) | 2.022 |
Closed-cup flash point (°C) | 44.5 |
Total acid value (mg KOH/g) | 0.0038 |
Aromatics content (v/v %) | 9.4 |
Olefin content (v/v %) | 1.4 |
Dissolved oxygen content at atmospheric conditions (ppm) | 9.2 |
T501 content (mg/L) | 21 |
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Sun, A.; Ye, C.; Yao, C.; Zhang, L.; Mi, J.; Fang, W. Morphological and Compositional Analysis on Thermal Deposition of Supercritical Aviation Kerosene in Micro Channels. Molecules 2023, 28, 4508. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28114508
Sun A, Ye C, Yao C, Zhang L, Mi J, Fang W. Morphological and Compositional Analysis on Thermal Deposition of Supercritical Aviation Kerosene in Micro Channels. Molecules. 2023; 28(11):4508. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28114508
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Ao, Cui Ye, Chenyang Yao, Lifeng Zhang, Ji Mi, and Wenjun Fang. 2023. "Morphological and Compositional Analysis on Thermal Deposition of Supercritical Aviation Kerosene in Micro Channels" Molecules 28, no. 11: 4508. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28114508