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Performance Assessment of Some Isomers of Saturated Polycyclic Hydrocarbons for Use as Jet Fuels
Author(s) -
Keshavarz Mohammad Hossein,
Monjezi Khadijeh Hosseini,
Esmailpour Karim,
Zamani Mehdi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.201400079
Subject(s) - jet fuel , undecane , decane , heptane , combustion , chemistry , jet (fluid) , boiling point , hydrocarbon , alkane , analytical chemistry (journal) , organic chemistry , thermodynamics , medicinal chemistry , physics
The performance of jet fuel depends on the density ( ρ ), condensed phase heat of formation (▵ f H °(c)), and specific impulse ( I SP ). Exo‐tricyclo[5.2.1.0(2,6)]decane (C 10 H 16 ) or JP‐10 is now used as a suitable synthetic liquid jet fuel because it has the approximated values of ρ =1.1 g cm −3 and ▵ f H °(c)=− 123 kJ mol −1 and a broad range between the melting and boiling points, i.e. T bp – T mp =196.2 K. This work introduces a suitable pathway for calculation of the values of ρ , ▵ f H °(c), and I SP of 13 well‐known isomers of JP‐10 and a series of saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons with general formula of C n H n ′ (5≤ n ≤12) in order to specify high performance jet fuels. Although 13 compounds have larger values of I SP * ρ than JP‐10, only two compounds, tetraspiro[2.0.0.0.2.1.1.1]undecane and tetracyclo[3.2.0.0(2,7).0(4,6)]heptane, are suitable as jet fuels.