Jet Fuel Contamination: Forms, Impact, Control, and Prevention

Daniel Pruski and Myroslav Sprynskyy ()
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Daniel Pruski: Academia Scientiarum Thoruniensis, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Grudziądzka 5, 87-100 Torun, Poland
Myroslav Sprynskyy: Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Gagarin 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland

Energies, 2024, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-44

Abstract: This paper describes commonly used processes to produce aviation fuel and alternative routes with potential production yields for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) like HEFA and ATJ. It also presents the possible sources (crude oil, refinery processes), causes (filter clogging, engine failure), and forms of contamination in both conventional and alternatively produced aviation fuels. Special attention is focused on the threats of fuel contamination with solid particles/trace elements, water, microorganisms, and fatty acid methyl esters (FAME). This review also presents the standard and novel advanced methods (ICP-MS, MALDI, ViPA) for identifying contaminations in aviation fuel. It also identifies possible ways to control and eliminate the risk of contamination, such as the fallowing coherent JIG system to ensure the quality of aviation fuel. Another approach that is very interesting and worth considering for future development is the idea of predictive maintenance and machine learning in monitoring and detecting contamination.

Keywords: jet fuel contamination; sustainable aviation fuels; solid particulates; trace elements; water; microorganism; FAME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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