can anyone name fuel used in aircrafts?

Answer 1

Jet fuel is a clear to straw colored fuel, based on either an unleaded paraffin oil (Jet A-1), or a naptha-kerosene blend (Jet B). It is similar to diesel fuel, and can be used in either compression ignition engines or turbine engines.

Answer 2

AVTUR (Aviation Turbine Fuel) F 34 FSII (Fuel System Icing Inhibitor) this is basically Kerosene (Parafin).
AVGAS (Aviation Gasoline) Equivalent to 5 star petrol in the UK. There are others for example the Royal Navy used modified aircraft turbine engines in some ships, these were run on AVPIN, which was highly volatile. but I have been informed that on some military engines they can run on alcohol in an emergency but would need a complete strip down and rebuild afterwards.

Answer 3

The fuel of choice for most piston aircraft is 100LL, or generically, avgas. That means it's a gasoline, that has had the octane number chemically boosted to a rating of at least 100 octane for the minimum lean rating, and the vapor pressure is much more reliable than for automotive fuels, meaning it won't vapor lock the engine if you exceed 10,000' MSL.

Most smaller aircraft can run satisfactorily on automotive gasoline, (believe me, when I say small, I mean small,) but it's not kosher to land on a busy road and taxi into the Exxon dealer to tank up. The cost of refueling with higher octane than you need is more than offset by the expense and inconvenience of carrying around fuel cans in an airplane that already doesn't have enough room for the occupants, and having to rent an SUV to haul them all to the nearest Tetco.

For even higher performance engines, such as those used in air races, special batches, of 115 octane can be purchased, at great expense, from refineries.

Jet A is most common for intranational aviation, and most closely related to JP-5, (a Navy fuel chosen for it's high ignition point,) Jet A-1 is usually the preference for international flights due to it's lower gelling temperature.

Both will run a diesel engine satisfactorily, or a space heater or home heater for that matter.

A S. African medevac pilot told a great story of having a patient on board and having to pour drums of diesel, used automotive oil and kerosene into his tanks to make the PT-6's of his King Air run. I believe him, jets will run on about anything flammable, and you're authorized to do about anything in an emergency.

Most modern jets are placcarded for any fuel between JP-4 and JP-8, Jet A, Jet A-1 and Jet B.

The new diesels taking to the air are burning Jet A, diesel or kerosene without any problems.

As to names, I've called it "Dead Dinosaur" and "Motion Lotion" when asking a pilot how much fuel he needed.

Answer 4

Jets run on Jet-A or Jet-A1 and piston engine aircraft run on 100LL (100 octane low lead). Sometimes called AvTur and AvGas too. Military aircraft run on the various JPs, JP-8 is the standard military fuel but the SR71 ran on JP-6.

Jettech is the man for this one.

Answer 5

Jet A is, by far, the most common fuel used in commercial jet transport airplanes. Most common is Jet A1, which is Jet A with FSII (fuel system icing inhibitor) added.

The US Mil still uses JP8 but many air forces have switched from JP8 due to its extreme volatility. The CAF uses JP4.

Answer 6

Jet A, Jet B, JP54 aircraft fuel is also known as Kerosene.

Answer 7

I believe it is called AVgas or aviation gasoline, and is 100 octane. It has been used for years, giving rise to the expression: There's no fuel like an old fuel.

Answer 8

Jet fuel and avgas are the MAIN fuels. That being said there are sub categories withing those (Jet A, Jet B, Jet 50, avgas 100LL, etc)

Answer 9

Avgas (Aviation Gasoline)
JetFuel:

* JP-1
* JP-4
* JP-5
* JP-6
* JP-7
* JP-8
* JPTS (Jet Propellant Thermally Stable)

Answer 10

jet-a, jet-a1, jet-b, jp-4, 5,6, 7, 8 for turbines
80, 100, 100LL and with an stc auto fuel for recip engines.
Liquid hydrogen and oxygen for the space shuttle.