Environmental Engineering Science Seminar
Friday, November 18, 2005
Lopata 101
Time: 11 am 

“Aerospace Fuels Research at the Air Force Research Laboratory"

AFRL/PRTG – National Aerospace Fuels Research Complex

The Fuels Branch at the Propulsion Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFRL/PRTG) plans, manages and conducts research, exploratory and advanced development programs in fuels for air-breathing propulsion and power systems.  Its mission is to create and transition advanced affordable aerospace fuels and fuel technologies to enable improved aircraft and propulsion systems for military dominance and commercial excellence.   AFRL/PRTG directs the National Aerospace Fuels Research Complex (NAFRC), and formulates and executes programs to develop advanced fuels, ensure engine and fuel subsystems compatibility, and address fuel availability, quality, storage, handling, and safety issues.  The NAFRC is comprised of six technology portfolios; High Heat Sink Fuels, Smart Fuel Technologies (including relevant nanotechnology), Emissions Reductions, Low Temperature Fuels, Thermal Management, and Endothermic Fuels and Propellants.  The portfolios address current and future aerospace fuels needs for legacy and advanced military and commercial systems. The complex houses unique fuels and combustion facilities with advanced state-of-the-art instrumentation for detailed chemical analysis of fuels and combustion products, thermal stability assessment of fuels and fuel additives, evaluation of low temperature fuel properties, study of biological growth in fuels, combustion devices to evaluate fuel additives and alternative fuels, and laser-based diagnostic tools to study fuels and fuel additives impacts on the complex physical and chemical processes in combustor reaction zones.   Modeling and simulation of fuel oxidation and deposition, low temperature fuel behavior, aircraft thermal management systems and hydrocarbon fuel combustion chemistry complement the in-house research capabilities.

This presentation will cover an overview of the NAFRC organization, activities and collaborations, and will discuss research capabilities and current and future efforts with emphasis on the research and development of low emissions fuels.

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