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Using motor gasoline for aircrafts - coping with growing bio-fuel-caused risks by understanding cause-effect relationship

  • The utilisation of vehicle-oriented gasoline in general aviation is very desirable for both ecological and economical reasons, as well as for general considerations of availability. As of today vehicle fuels may be used if the respective engine and cell are certified for such an operation. For older planes a supplementary technical certificate is provided for gasoline mixtures with less than 1 % v/v ethanol only, though. Larger admixtures of ethanol may lead to sudden engine malfunction and should be considered as considerable security risks. Major problems are caused by the partially ethanol non-withstanding materials, a necessarily changed stochiometric adjustment of the engine for varying ethanol shares and the tendency for phase separation in the presence of absorbed water. The concepts of the flexible fuel vehicles are only partially applicable in the view of air security.

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Author:Harald FunkeORCiD, Thomas EschORCiD, Peter Roosen
ISBN:978-3-924813-75-8
Parent Title (English):Fuels 2009 : mineral oil based and alternative fuels ; 7th international colloquium ; January 14 - 15, 2009
Publisher:Technische Akademie Esslingen (TAE)
Place of publication:Ostfildern
Editor:Wilfried J. Bartz
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of Completion:2009
Date of the Publication (Server):2023/05/22
First Page:237
Last Page:244
Institutes:FH Aachen / ECSM European Center for Sustainable Mobility
FH Aachen / Fachbereich Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik
collections:Verlag / Technische Akademie Esslingen (TAE)