Aviation Fuel


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For technical readers in the aviation and fuel industries, and in testing laboratories, explores the history and philosophy of the thermal stability of aviation fuel, and considerations during the fuel's manufacture, storage and transport, use, and assessment. The 13 papers, representing a number of







High-Energy-Density Fuels for Advanced Propulsion


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This book comprehensively and systematically demonstrates the theory and practice of designing, synthesizing and improving the performance of fuels. The contents range from polycyoalkane fuels, strained fuels, alky-diamondoid fuels, hypergolic and nanofluid fuels derived from fossil and biomass. All the chapters together clearly describe the important aspects of high-energy-density fuels including molecular design, synthesis route, physiochemical properties, and their application in improving the aerocraft performance. Vivid schematics and illustrations throughout the book enhance the accessibility to the relevant theory and technologies. This book provides the readers with fundamentals on high-energy-density fuels and their potential in advanced aerospace propulsion, and also provides the readers with inspiration for new development of advanced aerospace fuels.




Aviation Fuels


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Aviation Fuels provides up-to-date data on fuel effects on combustion performance and use of alternative fuels in aircraft. This book covers the latest advances on aviation fuel technologies, including alternative fuels, feedstocks and manufacturing processes, combustion performance, chemical modeling, fuel systems compatibility and the technical and environmental challenges for implementing the use of alternative fuels for aviation. Aviation fuel and combustion researchers, academics, and program managers for aviation technologies will value this comprehensive overview and summary on the present status of aviation fuels. - Presents an overview on all relevant fields of aviation fuels, including production, approval, fuel systems compatibility and combustion (including emissions) - Discusses the environmental impacts and carbon footprint of alternative fuels - Features a chapter on electric flight and hydrogen powered aircraft and how its implementation will impact the aviation industry










Proceedings of the 5th China Aeronautical Science and Technology Conference


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To sort out the progress of aviation science and technology and industry, look forward to the future development trend, commend scientific and technological innovation achievements and talents, strengthen international cooperation, promote discipline exchanges, encourage scientific and technological innovation, and promote the development of aviation, the Chinese Aeronautical Society holds a China Aviation Science and Technology Conference every two years, which has been successfully held for four times and has become the highest level, largest scale, most influential and authoritative science and technology conference in the field of aviation in China. The 5th China Aviation Science and Technology Conference will be held in Wuzhen, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province in 2021, with the theme of "New Generation of Aviation Equipment and Technology", with academician Zhang Yanzhong as the chairman of the conference. This book contains original, peer-reviewed research papers from the conference. The topics covered include but are not limited to navigation, guidance and control technologies, key technologies for aircraft design and overall optimization, aviation test technologies, aviation airborne systems, electromechanical technologies, structural design, aerodynamics and flight mechanics, other related technologies, advanced aviation materials and manufacturing technologies, advanced aviation propulsion technologies, and civil aviation transportation. The papers presented here share the latest discoveries on aviation science and technology, making the book a valuable asset for researchers, engineers, and students.







Petroleum Review


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