Role of Hydrocarbon Building Blocks on Gas-to-Liquid Derived Synthetic Jet Fuel Characteristics

The role of typical hydrocarbon building blocks of gas-to-liquid (GTL) derived jet fuels on their physical and chemical properties have been investigated. The ultimate goal of our studies is to develop accurate composition–property relationships for synthetic fuels to be used in optimizing synthetic fuel properties as per the aviation industry standards. The composition–property analysis has been carried out through formulating in-house fuel blends using neat GTL fuel building blocks (normal-, iso-, and cyclo-paraffins). Typical properties of interest in this study are density, freezing point, flash point, and heat content, all of which are essential for jet fuel certification. The systematic approach developed in this study was to identify an optimized region, in which all major properties for aviation standards are met. Different techniques were used, including the development of ternary mapping of these aforementioned building blocks alongside their physical properties. This has been achieved through f...