Compressed-liquid density measurements of three alternative turbine fuels

Compressed-liquid densities of three alternative turbine fuels have been measured with a vibrating U-tube densimeter. The measurements were made from 270 K to 470 K, and 0.5 MPa to 50 MPa and have an overall combined uncertainty of 0.81 kg m−3. Each of the fuels was derived from a very different source; one from hydroprocessed chicken fat, the second from the dimerized components of crude turpentine, and the third was synthesized from natural gas in a Fischer-Tropsch process. The data have been correlated with a Tait equation within their experimental uncertainty. Equation parameters are given for each fuel. Results of the measurements presented here are compared with previously measured densities of Jet-A, JP-8 and JP-10.