JP-8 Fuel

[deuceaid]

basicaly your talking about a mix between diesel and kerosene,,,,, good enough for mechanical diesel engines,,, and jet turbines........ buy some diesel and thin it down with some kerosene...

as a good example.....a cheap honda genset burning jp8...

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf-zUsIT4W4[/media]

 

[3ID ARMY BRAT]

Lane Aviation has JP-8, well the one at Columbus International Airport has it.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

I regularly haul 140,000 gallons at a time of the stuff... sometimes I get lucky and can get some 'waste' fuel when they clean a tank out or send a refueling truck to maintenance.

I've burned it in many different diesel engines. Mixing it with regular diesel, some 2 stroke, WVO, or WMO, and it burns just fine.

 

[SCSG-G4]

JP-8 is highly refined kerosene, with three types of additives - antifreeze, corrosion inhibitor, and biocide. It does not jell or get crystals down to -47 degrees C, algae supposedly won't grow in it and the corrosion inhibitors helps to break gunk from the surfaces it contacts. The difference between it and Jet-A is in the strength and composition of those three additives. If burning it in a deuce, add some oil or Opti-Lube to increase lubricity.

 

[blitzberger]

Thanks For the discussion the test Facility was able to locate enough for testing yesterday.


Thanks All

 

[Blackmagic94]

What lube should I add

 

[wsucougarx]

I typically add TC-3W 2 stroke outboard oil from Walmart.

 

[Blackmagic94]

How much per volume?

 

[SCSG-G4]

We are using Opti-lube at 1 to 500 (one gallon of Opti-lube in 500 gallons of diesel/JP-.

 

[Blackmagic94]

Any difference in power or mpg

 

[zout]

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA397145

Here is some test data for ya
for some reason this Mil site testing results will not display ? - show effects of JP8 on equipment.

 

[Blackmagic94]

Are you running jp8-100?