The SFTE EC Jesualdo Martinez Award In Flight Testing has been created to commemorate our colleague and board member Jesualdo Martines Rodanes, who tragically deceased in the accident of A400M MSN 23, in Seville in May 2015.
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Synthetic fuel ground and flight test program
Tue, 2013-05-21 22:50 — ecadmin
Tim A. Snijders, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Joris A. Melkert, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Abstract
At the Delft University of Technology a program was started to test alternative jet fuels. A procedure was developed to evaluate a fuel and find a maximum fuel blend that can safely be used. This procedure was followed in order to test blends of synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) with jet A-1. During a preparation phase, which included fuel property determination, material compatibility tests and system test, a maximum safe blend of 95% SPK was found.
After a series of ground tests on SPK and jet A-1 blends, permission was received to perform flight tests. The successful flight test campaign included four flights on different fuel blends and in each flight a series of acceleration tests and in-flight restarts was performed.
Date:
Tue, 2012-06-12