Jet Fuel Looks to Shale Oil: 1980 Technology Review

摘要

The progress of several Air Force shale oil related programs is reported. Three shale oil processing studies evaluating the yield, cost, and quality of JP-4 and JP-8 turbine fuel produced from whole crude shale oil are discussed. Details of a fourth program that produced 11,300 gallons of specification JP-4 from Geokinetics shale oil are reported. Some of this jet fuel was tested in Air Force Fuel Mainburner/Turbine Effects Programs and was shown to behave very similar to petroleum derived JP-4. An additional study concentrated on developing hydrotreating catalysts that would more efficiently convert shale oil into aviation turbine fuel. (Author)