Application of the Advanced Distillation Curve Method to the Aviation Fuel Avgas 100LL

Published

March 2, 2009

Author(s)

Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Abstract

We have recently introduced several important improvements in the measurement of distillation curves for complex fluids. The modifications to the classical method and apparatus provide for (1) a composition explicit data channel for each distillate fraction (for both qualitative, quantitative and trace analysis), (2) temperature measurements that are true thermodynamic state points that can be modeled with an equation of state, (3) temperature, volume and pressure measurements of low uncertainty suitable for equation of state development, (4) consistency with a century of historical data, (5) an assessment of the energy content of each distillate fraction, (6) trace chemical analysis of each distillate fraction, and (7) corrosivity assessment of each distillate fraction. The most significant modification is achieved with a new sampling approach that allows precise qualitative as well as quantitative analyses of each fraction, on the fly. We have applied this new method, the advanced distillation curve (ADC) method, to the measurement of rocket propellant, diesel fuels, gasoline, and jet fuels. In this paper, we apply the ADC method to low-lead aviation gasoline, avgas 100LL. We present the distillation curves, and track the composite enthalpy of combustion and the molar concentration of tetraethyl lead throughout the distillation.

Citation

Energy and Fuels

Volume

23

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Journals

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Keywords

Avgas 100LL, aviation fuel, chemical analysis, distillation curve, tetraethyl lead

Citation

Lovestead, T. and Bruno, T. (2009), Application of the Advanced Distillation Curve Method to the Aviation Fuel Avgas 100LL, Energy and Fuels, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=900206 (Accessed May 10, 2026)

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