Abstract:
In order to select the surrogate fuel with the same physical and chemical properties as RP-3 kerosene, the physical and chemical properties of RP3 kerosene were analyzed. According to the physical and chemical properties of RP3 kerosene, the selection criterions of the RP3 kerosene surrogate fuel (including the molecular mass, hydrogencarbon ratio, cetane number and lower heating value) were determined. Based on the selection criterions, a fivecomponent RP-3 kerosene surrogate fuel comprising ndecane, n-dodecane, iso-cetane, methylcyclohexane and toluene was presented, and the mole fractions of these five components were optimized. Furthermore, the densities and kinematic viscosities of the surrogate fuel and RP3 kerosene were contrastively analyzed at different temperatures. The results show that the molecular mass, hydrogencarbon ratio, cetane number and lower heating value of the surrogate fuel, which comprise 14% ndecane/10% ndodecane/30% isocetane/36% methylcyclohexane/10% toluene (mole fraction), agree well with the corresponding criterions of RP3 kerosene. At the same time, the variation trends of the densities and kinematic viscosities of the surrogate fuel agree well with the corresponding experimental data of RP3 kerosene at different temperatures.