2006-10-31 07:50:12 · 17 answers · asked by Allen V 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
For turbine engines yes it is kerosene. Kerosene is used because it has the highest heat content per volume. There is no such thing as kerosene based-either it is kerosene or another fraction of crude like gasoline or naptha or a mixture.
Turbine engines can burn anything including diesel, gasolene, or salad oil. The most common turbine fuels are Jet A (kerosene with additives), Jet A-1 (Jet A with an anti-ice additive) and Jet B (kerosene mixed with gasoline and additives).
Aircraft piston engines use AVGAS which the most common is 100 Low Lead. Basically high octane gasoline with tetra-ethly-lead added.
2006-10-31 13:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It's jet fuel.
History of jet fuel
Fuel for a piston-engine powered aircraft (usually a high-octane gasoline known as Avgas) has a low flash point to improve its ignition characteristics. Turbine engines can operate with a wide range of fuels, and jet-aircraft engines typically use fuels with higher flash points, which are less flammable and therefore safer to transport and handle. The first jet fuels were based on kerosene or a gasoline-kerosene mix, and most jet fuels are still kerosene-based.
Kerosene based, but not kerosene.
2006-10-31 15:58:18 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
On the flight line, the fuel guys referred to it as glorified kerosene. A bit cleaner, an extra additive or two etc but essentially a kerosene formulation.
I'm just repeating what fuel specialists told. They should know.
2006-11-01 19:59:59 · answer #3 · answered by gimpalomg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two basic types of fuel, avtur and avgas, some avgas is known as LL100 which is low lead 100 octane.
But you are interested in turbine fuel.
In the aviation world it has various names, with significant variations in composition: Avtur, Jet-A, Jet-A1, Jet-B, JP-4, JP-5, JP-7 or JP-8.
Jet A-1 is the international standard, Jet A is the US standard. The main observable difference is a freezing point of -40C for A compared to -47C for A-1. Jet A is about the same as the military JP-8.
In any case, the fuel is, basically, kerosene aka paraffin.
2006-10-31 16:50:01 · answer #4 · answered by Chris H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Commercial jet fuel is a highly refined form of kerosene.
2006-10-31 18:40:17 · answer #5 · answered by redbabytruck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a kerosene based fuel used for jets.
Small piston aircraft use high grade avgas.
Check here.
http://www.csgnetwork.com/jetfuel.html
2006-10-31 15:59:06 · answer #6 · answered by dyke_in_heat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
aviation fuel used for commercial transport is called JET A-1.its not entirely kerosene but with additives to increase its performance.
2006-11-03 15:52:51 · answer #7 · answered by ripinsandhu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. its called Aviation Turbine Fuel. ATF for short.
regards
AvSats
2006-11-03 13:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by AvSats 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fuel used in Planes is called ATF(Airline tubine fuel) which is very costly somewhere around 5000 pl. Because its the purest one.
2006-10-31 15:55:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, just a cleaner, lower water type
2006-10-31 22:28:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋