Print Email Facebook Twitter Evaluation of safety, performance and emissions of synthetic fuel blends in a Cessna Citation II Title Evaluation of safety, performance and emissions of synthetic fuel blends in a Cessna Citation II Author Snijders, T.A. Melkert, J.A. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Date 2011-12-31 Abstract Prior to being used in aviation, alternative fuels have to be tested thoroughly to ensure safe operation. At Delft University of Technology, a test programme was performed to evaluate the safety, performance and emissions of synthetic fuel blends. During test preparations, compatibility of the synthetic fuel with the aircraft, a Cessna Citation II equipped with Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 jet engines, was ensured by material and component testing. When safe operation was ensured, on-ground engine test runs were performed. Results indicated good engine operation and reduced fuel consumption with increasing synthetic fuel content. Emission measurements during the engine test runs showed significantly reduced soot and sulphur dioxide emissions and small reductions in carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides emission over a landing and take-off cycle. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:ca415372-6ac0-4e7a-ab66-6e6dbf564e22 Publisher l'Association Aeronautique et Astronautique de France Source Conference proceeedings of the 3AF/AIAA Aircraft noise and emissions reduction symposium, 25-27 October, 2011, Marseille, France Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2011 Snijders, T.A.Melkert, J.A. Files PDF 279546.pdf 312.72 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:ca415372-6ac0-4e7a-ab66-6e6dbf564e22/datastream/OBJ/view