Abstract

This specification covers the use of purchasing agencies in formulating specifications for purchases of aviation turbine fuel under contract. This specification defines type Jet B wide-cut aviation turbine fuel intended for use in aircraft that are certified to use such fuel. This fuel has advantages for operations in very low temperature environments compared with other fuels. The aviation turbine fuel shall consist of blends of refined hydrocarbons derived from crude petroleum, natural gasoline, or blends thereof with synthetic hydrocarbons. Additives such as antioxidants, metal deactivator, electrical conductivity additive, leak detection additive, and other additives including biocidal additive and fuel system icing inhibitor, may be added to the aviation turbine fuel in the amount and of the composition specified. The aviation turbine fuel shall conform to the requirements prescribed for the following: aromatics, mercaptan sulfur content, sulfur content, distillation temperature, distillation residue, distillation loss, density, vapor pressure, freezing point, net heat of combustion, smoke point and naphthalene content, copper strip corrosion, thermal stability such as filter pressure drop and tube deposits, existent gum, electrical conductivity, and microseparometer rating. The test methods for determining conformance to these specified requirements are given.

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1. Scope

1.1 This specification covers the use of purchasing agencies in formulating specifications for purchases of aviation turbine fuel under contract.

1.2 This specification defines one specific type of aviation turbine fuel for civil use. This fuel has advantages for operations in very low temperature environments compared with other fuels described in Specification D1655 . This fuel is intended for use in aircraft that are certified to use such fuel.

Note 1The technical requirements of this product, at the time of the first publication of this specification, are substantially identical to the requirements of Jet B in Specification D1655 .

2. Referenced Documents (purchase separately) The documents listed below are referenced within the subject standard but are not provided as part of the standard.

ASTM Standards

D86 Test Method for Distillation of Petroleum Products at Atmospheric Pressure

D130 Test Method for Corrosiveness to Copper from Petroleum Products by Copper Strip Test

D323 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method)

D381 Test Method for Gum Content in Fuels by Jet Evaporation

D1094 Test Method for Water Reaction of Aviation Fuels

D1266 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (Lamp Method)

D1298 Test Method for Density, Relative Density (Specific Gravity), or API Gravity of Crude Petroleum and Liquid Petroleum Products by Hydrometer Method

D1319 Test Method for Hydrocarbon Types in Liquid Petroleum Products by Fluorescent Indicator Adsorption

D1322 Test Method for Smoke Point of Kerosine and Aviation Turbine Fuel

D1655 Specification for Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1660 Method of Test for Thermal Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels

D1840 Test Method for Naphthalene Hydrocarbons in Aviation Turbine Fuels by Ultraviolet Spectrophotometry

D2276 Test Method for Particulate Contaminant in Aviation Fuel by Line Sampling

D2386 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels

D2622 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D2624 Test Methods for Electrical Conductivity of Aviation and Distillate Fuels

D3227 Test Method for (Thiol Mercaptan) Sulfur in Gasoline, Kerosine, Aviation Turbine, and Distillate Fuels (Potentiometric Method)

D3240 Test Method for Undissolved Water In Aviation Turbine Fuels

D3241 Test Method for Thermal Oxidation Stability of Aviation Turbine Fuels

D3338 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D3948 Test Method for Determining Water Separation Characteristics of Aviation Turbine Fuels by Portable Separometer

D4052 Test Method for Density, Relative Density, and API Gravity of Liquids by Digital Density Meter

D4057 Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products

D4171 Specification for Fuel System Icing Inhibitors

D4176 Test Method for Free Water and Particulate Contamination in Distillate Fuels (Visual Inspection Procedures)

D4294 Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry

D4306 Practice for Aviation Fuel Sample Containers for Tests Affected by Trace Contamination

D4529 Test Method for Estimation of Net Heat of Combustion of Aviation Fuels

D4809 Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method)

D4865 Guide for Generation and Dissipation of Static Electricity in Petroleum Fuel Systems

D4952 Test Method for Qualitative Analysis for Active Sulfur Species in Fuels and Solvents (Doctor Test)

D5001 Test Method for Measurement of Lubricity of Aviation Turbine Fuels by the Ball-on-Cylinder Lubricity Evaluator (BOCLE)

D5006 Test Method for Measurement of Fuel System Icing Inhibitors (Ether Type) in Aviation Fuels

D5191 Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Mini Method)

D5452 Test Method for Particulate Contamination in Aviation Fuels by Laboratory Filtration

D5453 Test Method for Determination of Total Sulfur in Light Hydrocarbons, Spark Ignition Engine Fuel, Diesel Engine Fuel, and Engine Oil by Ultraviolet Fluorescence

D5972 Test Method for Freezing Point of Aviation Fuels (Automatic Phase Transition Method)

D6379 Test Method for Determination of Aromatic Hydrocarbon Types in Aviation Fuels and Petroleum Distillates--High Performance Liquid Chromatography Method with Refractive Index Detection

E29 Practice for Using Significant Digits in Test Data to Determine Conformance with Specifications

IP Standards

Other Standard

Military Standard

Keywords

aviation turbine fuel; avtag; Jet B; jet fuel; turbine fuel ; wide-cut: Aviation fuels--specifications; Jet-B wide-cut aviation fuel; Petroleum products--specifications; Wide-cut turbine fuel;

ICS Code

ICS Number Code 27.060.10 (Liquid and solid fuel burners)

DOI: 10.1520/D6615-11A

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