JPTS

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JPTS stands for Jet Propellant Thermally Stable (high thermal stability, high altitude fuel), and was created specifically as fuel for the Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft. The United States Air Force currently spends approximately $10 million annually on fuel support for the Lockheed U-2 aircraft. The U-2 has used JPTS since the aircraft's development in the 1950s.[1]

JPTS is a specialty fuel and is produced by only two oil refineries in the United States. As such, it has limited worldwide availability and costs over three times the per-gallon price of the Air Force's primary jet fuel, JP-8. Research is under way to find a cheaper and easier alternative involving additives to generally-used jet fuels.

JPTS is specified to have a flash point of 43 °C (110 °F) and a freezing point of -53 °C (-64 °F).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Simms, Christian G. (March 2001). JP-8+100LT: A low cost replacement of JPTS as the primary fuel for the U-2 aircraft? (PDF). Air Force Institute of Technology. 
  2. ↑ "MIL-DTL-25524E, Detail Specification: Turbine Fuel, Aviation, Thermally Stable (20 Nov 1997) [Superseding MIL-T-25524D]". 

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