Piston Aviation Fuel Initiative (PAFI) _ A Review

International Conference on Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2017

航空航天工程;机械制造

Thanikasalam, K.^1 ; Rahmat, M.^1 ; Mohammad Fahmi, A.G.^2 ; Zulkifli, A.M.^1 ; Noor Shawal, N.^1 ; Ilanchelvi, K.^3 ; Ananth, M.^3 ; Elayarasan, R.^1

Faculty of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Johor

81310, Malaysia^1

Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM), Johor, Batu Pahat

86400, Malaysia^2

Department of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sabah, Kota Kinabalu

88400, Malaysia^3

关键词: Aircraft fleets;    Aviation fuel;    Aviation gasoline;    Chemical and physical properties;    Comprehensive analysis;    Federal Aviation Administration;    General aviation;    Metal additives;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/370/1/012010/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/370/1/012010

学科分类：航空航天科学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Aviation gasoline (Avgas) has remained unchanged for seventy years and the existing fleet of piston aircraft was designed to be compatible with its chemical and physical properties to achieve superior levels of safety. Tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) is an octane-enhancing metal additive used in aviation gasoline to prevent knocking. Studies have shown that lead causes brain damage in children reducing their IQ and cardiovascular difficulties and kidney failure in adults. Friends of the Earth (FOE) petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2006 to make a finding that lead emissions from general aviation (GA) aircraft cause to public health endangerment or carry out studies and issue a report on its findings. PAFI was set up by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to find most suitable unleaded replacements for Avgas to recognize best unleaded fuel that have the capacity to in fact satisfy the requirements of the present aircraft fleet while additionally considering the creation, dispersion, cost, availability, environmental impacts. This study will technically review PAFI and broaden the limited knowledge on piston aviation fuels in Malaysia by giving a comprehensive analysis and possible gap in reciprocation aviation engine market in Malaysia.