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Effect of RP-1 Compositional Variability on Thermophysical Properties

Published

Author(s)

Marcia L. Huber, Eric W. Lemmon, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

We compare experimental and predicted thermophysical properties of two samples of rocket propellant RP-1 obtained from different batches of RP-1 that exhibit compositional variations. One sample is atypical, due to a high olefin content. The effect of the compositional variation is shown for several thermophysical properties such as density, sound speed, viscosity, thermal conductivity and the distillation curve. We also compare two different surrogate mixture models that were developed for each fuel sample. The greatest effects are seen in the viscosity and the distillation curve.
Citation
Energy and Fuels
Volume
23

Keywords

distillation curve, rocket propellant, RP-1, surrogate

Citation

Huber, M. , Lemmon, E. and Bruno, T. (2009), Effect of RP-1 Compositional Variability on Thermophysical Properties, Energy and Fuels, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=902380 (Accessed March 19, 2024)
Created October 6, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017