JPTS
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JPTS stands for Jet Propellant Thermally Stable (high thermal stability, high altitude fuel), and was created specifically for the U-2 spy plane. 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.
[edit] References
- ^ Simms, Christian G. (March 2001) (PDF). JP-8+100LT: A low cost replacement of JPTS as the primary fuel for the U-2 aircraft?. Air Force Institute of Technology. https://www.afresearch.org/skins/rims/q_mod_be0e99f3-fc56-4ccb-8dfe-670c0822a153/q_act_downloadpaper/q_obj_25c6c504-9001-4067-a9f6-e17e0c777ebc/display.aspx?rs=enginespage.
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